Way back, I believe I read the first 10 books of Percy Jackson + Jason. I liked it, I don't know why I dropped it in the end. (or maybe the latter books weren't released yet because this was in 2013).
IIRC, Trials of Apollo went from 2015-2020, so the timelines do add up. He's also done similar books for Egyptian and Norse mythology (Kane Chronicles and Magnis Chase)
IIRC, Trials of Apollo went from 2015-2020, so the timelines do add up. He's also done similar books for Egyptian and Norse mythology (Kane Chronicles and Magnis Chase)
Mother of Learning by Nobody103 - free webnovel, complete now I think. Wizard student gets stuck in a time loop and uses this opportunity to become OP and solve the mystery.
Diane Duane's Young Wizards series, if middle grade is okay.
I second Earthsea.
Spellwright seems like it might be good but I haven't got far in it yet.
The Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan. It's been a long time since I read this, but Canavan is one of those authors who's popular and has a lot of books out but is weirdly never mentioned online.
Also try L.E. Modesitt Jr. If you haven't. Either the order mage series, or Imager maybe. Most anything by him will have a lot of studying. They're very good if you like his specific flavor of writing.
Edit: Vita Nostra being described as just "magic school" is very funny to me, although I do see where it comes from lol.
Edit 2: I remember the Charlie Bone books being good, but again those are middle grade and it's been ages since I read them. No idea if they hold up.
Annette Marie has a number of series set in her world of The Guild Codex. Urban fantasy where guilds of "mythics" (mages of various sorts) live hidden from the mundane world. The first series The Guild Codex: Spellbound is a good place to start, featuring a normal human woman stumbling into a bartending gig for such a guild. That 8 book series within the world is complete. Book one is "Three Mages and a Margarita."
Super engaging, and has great audio narration if you're into that as well.