I enjoy books where a character from one book appears in a different book by the same author, but each book is completely standalone and not part of a series. Often a minor character in one book is a major character in another book. Some examples of authors I like that do this are: Louise Erdrich, David Mitchell, Emily St. John Mandel.
I particularly like literary fiction, magical realism/low fantasy, and historical fiction. Nothing too depressing or violent.
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Christopher Moore has recurring characters. [This link](https://chrismoore.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Crossover_Character) is for the wiki that has the characters and which books they are in.
Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout. Many recurring characters but maybe quirky inter-war New York stay-at-home crime geniuses are not be your thing. I didn’t think they were mine once.
Charles de Lint’s Newford books
The Incryptid series by Seanan McGuire is like this although the series is comprised of different duologies. Each new one is about a different member in the Price family. Based on the genres you listed I have a feeling you would like it. The first book is Discount Armageddon.
Wendell Berry’s fiction, if you enoy agrarian literature. All of his books and short stories are set in a fictional farming community in north central Kentucky.