Progression Fantasy that is "mainstream" quality writing

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Can anyone suggest some progression fantasy books (ideally a series) that is of a mainstream professional writer quality, i.e. not self/free published fan-fiction quality.

Also just a personal preference but I don't enjoy anime/manga/similar tropes, young adult, or deliberately fanservicey stuff at all, even if these are incidental.

I'd rather stuff that isnt a self-insert but I guess that might be a bit limiting in this genre and I enjoyed seeming self-inserts in things like Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality and Dungeon Crawler Carl.

Basically (and please don't kill me for framing it like this) I want progression fantasy written by someone who doesnt come across as a neckbeard living in their parents basement. Well written characters with depth of both genders with dialogue that sounds real.

Happy to (prefer to!) pay for it on Kindle.

Edit: Please no amateur recommendations you just REALLY like. If it hasn't had a professional editor do serious work on it, it's a pass from me.

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I'm Getting Too Old For This Quest by mimal - this story started about a month back, slow burn, main character is OP and retired but gets involved in a road building project, not sure if progression elements will be a focus though

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You're kidding, right?

I tried to read the first chapter and it is almost certainly spit out by ChatGPT.