Procedurals? Fantasy/fiction (Non police)

Is there a genre for procedurals that aren’t law enforcement/detective?

I’m looking for books that sort of take you through a story but seen through the eyes of a professional navigating a trade and a set of rules about what to do or why. So like Lit RPG but RPG is the trade.

For example, a detective fantasy that talks about investigating a crime (“magic for liars”) but includes more about the rules and what they are and why. Eg getting subpoena from the judge and the forms to fill out. But I’m kind of not liking for police / detective because it’s to mainstream.

I would love a document fantasy that has a lot of emphasis on filling out forms. Sort of like The Terminal (2004, Tom Hanks) but if it kept the forms all throughout and was a bit more prominent.

Other examples are Kingkiller Chronicles where he runs an inn but with more inn and business and inventory.

Or what Pillars of The Earth could have been if it talked more about the building process and architect process ( only made it through half the book after for tries, ngl)

The man who mistook his wife as a top hat by Oliver sacks if it was fiction and talked more about tests and procedures

Emily Wildes encyclopedia of fairies if it talked more about the mechanics of writing each paper section, or the politics of academic papers or oversight committee or funding. Peer review process or even drafts of the paper/book that she is writing so it provides an progression.

So I’m looking for a lit RPG that isn’t a lit RPG but about a job / trade. Like, the RPG system is the job. You know that guy on imgur who posts his housing foundation inspections? That plus a story, because he always has a lot of technical detail about what is bad and why and what that means and even housing building codes.

Especially if it has a sense of progression or progression fantasy. Looking for fantasy or fiction.

Is this a thing?

Recommend me some books

by SparkKoi