Thanks to certain Vs. Threads right here on this forum, I'm reading Honor Harrington, it also helped that the first three (two?) were free on Amazon. I'm up to #8 - Echoes of Honor - and, so far, it's the only book in the entire series that I haven't liked - I'm about 40% of the way through, says my Kindle.
At first I was like "This is just Hornblower in Space!"
...Wait...I like Hornblower.
...Wait...I like Space.
...This is awesome!