Graphic novels and comics! The Drizzt comics from IDW or the older Dragonlance comics are a fantastic, visual way to get into the stories. They condense the key plot points and give you a face for the characters. You can blast through the adaptation of 'The Crystal Shard' in an hour. If the story grabs you, then you can seek out the full novel for more depth and internal monologue.
It’s a low-time-investment sampler. The art style sets the tone, and the action is immediate. This is how I got my younger cousin interested. He’s not a big prose reader, but he devoured the graphic novels and then asked for the actual books to get 'the rest of the story.' It’s a perfectly legitimate gateway medium in the modern age.