Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb (Book one of the Farseer Trilogy)

Read this if you want to be transported into another world that is not too dissimilar from our own. 

Singlehandedly, this book got me back into reading both fiction & fantasy. And basically just reading. 

It's a bit of a slow burn - but there's always just enough to keep you going. The writing is beautiful, and the imagery so visceral. I can imagine myself being Fitz (the main character). 

There's a bit of magic (the Skill, which is not unlike the fantasy books I read as a young adult). And there's a lot of political intrigue which is not usually my genre, but this was good. So complex, nuance, and speaks deeply of human nature. 

I would highly recommend if you're getting back into reading. It's easy enough to get into. But also just hard enough, that you start exercising your reading muscles again.