Nowadays I don’t really have any authors or book series like this. As I kid I used to get really excited for a new Series of Unfortunate Events or Alex Rider book. For a while I kept my eye on Adrian Tchaikovsky, but lately I’ve found some of his novels to be hit or miss.
The only book release I’m currently looking forward to is Brigands & Breadknives in the Legends & Lattes series by Travis Baldree. The other two books have been cosy and wholesome, and it’s become a little tradition of mine to read these books around Christmas.
Stormlight is his biggest series, most of his other work is much shorter. Elantris is stand alone. Mistborn is a trilogy (thought there’s also Era 2, and now Era 3 is currently written, but you can read the first trilogy as standalone). Skyward series is also shorter, but it’s a more of a YA, still pretty good though.