Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
Another excellent series that'll keep you busy for awhile are the Aubrey/Maturin nautical novels by Patrick O'Brian....
I was actually coming back here to mention these as well. Can't go wrong with the Aubrey/Maturin books (Master and Commander was based off some of them)

If you like those, and want to see what that world would have been like with dragons in it, look up the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik