older protagonist book recs?

[tori]

does anyone have book recs where the protagonists are older than 19??? the last few fantasy books/series ive read, the protagonists have all started as late teens and barely touched 20 by the end of the series. they're just babies 😭 i need more main characters who are older and more mature.

[noemi]

hi Tori, have you read the HMRC series by Juno Dawson? some characters are teenagers, but most of the main characters are in their 30s/40s.

[tori]

noemi wrote: "hi Tori, have you read the HMRC series by Juno Dawson? some characters are teenagers, but most of the main characters are in their 30s/40s."

i have not! i'll add it to my tbr. thank you!

[sashenka 🖤 (hard book slump)]

The Book of Azrael they all lived for centuries

[Judith Speed]

Richard Osman has murder series set in a retirement complex.

The Life Impossible by Matt Haig has a retiree as a protagonist.

The Hundred Year Old Man who Jumped out of the Window (can’t remember the author but I reckon the title speaks for itself)
A Man Called Ove

Deborah Harkness All Souls trilogy has a hero who is a 1000 year old vampire (should be old enough for you)

[Angie]

The Way of Kings series, Brandon Sanderson

[Ayla]

I loved the Jack & Jill series by Jewel E. Ann. Books are (1) End of Day, (2) Middle of Knight & (3) Dawn of Forever.
Then there are 3 standalones that come after, which are more like epilogues and I LOVED them. The series follows a twin brother & sister who are 30 years old at the time & are basically in witness protection. You follow their story all the way through and (if you include the standalones that follow) it ends when they're about 40/50 years old.

[Constance]

One of the main characters in A Sorceress Comes to Call is 51 years old and she’s definitely more of a protagonist than the main voice in the story is!

[Nat_G]

The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune ❤️