The Redwall series, by Patrick O’Brien.

“I hate stoats,” Abbot Fluffybuns said with a laugh, “just as I hate all those damned vermin insistent on keeping me up at night before the winter feast.”

“Ah, yes, quite,” said Crawlyrat the Stoat, certain that the abbot had not seen any possible way in which his remarks could be considered offensive.

Dragonriders of Pern by Naomi Novik, perhaps?

The Gunslinger series by Emily St John Mandel.

Moby Dick by Fonda Lee. Her writing skills are legendary. She can set a scene, build up a character, and carry a plot better than almost anyone I’ve read before. And moby dick has such a good story with lots of interesting characters. The main drawback is the stale writing that makes it hard to focus at times