If you don't mind spending a little bit of money then Sam & Max from telltale games are probably a great place for beginners to get into the genre. The majority of the puzzles are on the easier side and some the episodes storys are great.
If you want to try something free first then I'll second beneth a steel sky. I only played it for my first time this year and the game was great. You can die a couple of times in it so saving often helps but you can't get yourself stuck without the right puzzle items to continue.
I would advise staying away from the adventure games from sierra with quest in the title at least until you are familiar with the genre as you can die in them all. They also allow you to not pick up vital quest items and then progress to a point you can't go back for them. They are great fun however when you can be bothered with restarting them a few times especially the space quest series.
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