Books of Magic, Vol. 1: Moveable Type

It's a little hard to look at this now without thinking of Harry Potter, since the latter happened to use a number of similar tropes - despite, of course, Books of Magic having come out first. The similarities are superficial and coincidental, but the enormous popularity of the other series still makes them hard to ignore. If you can get past that (it probably helps if, like me, you happened to read Gaiman's work before Rowling's) this is a good story, a reboot of sorts of the original from the '90s. It's primarily a character piece, with Hunter setting out on his path of learning magic and struggling with everyday concerns at school. It's not one for those who like action, although there's certainly some menace in the background and the occasional splash of gore. It's also a slow burn; one I found intriguing enough to want to continue to follow, but that some might find overly decompressed.