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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 41,042 ratings
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Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 15,549 ratings
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Games of Command
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4.04 avg rating — 3,465 ratings
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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 15,637 ratings
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Finders Keepers
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3.93 avg rating — 3,276 ratings
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Hope's Folly (Dock Five Universe, #3)
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3.98 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
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Endeavor
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4.31 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Ptolemy's Child (The Ani Maxima Files #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings
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SuperVirus (The Ani Maxima Files #2)
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4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Soul Sister (The Ani Maxima Files #8)
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4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 16,405 ratings
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Nevermore (Ani Maxima Salvation #1)
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4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Veiled Sky (The Ani Maxima Files #3)
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4.62 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Selenocentric
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4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Enigma (The Ani Maxima Files #4)
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4.68 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Flying in the Rain (The Ani Maxima Files #5)
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4.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Ani Maxima Salvation: The Complete Trilogy
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4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Silent Lucidity (The Ani Maxima Files #6)
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4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Flesh and Blood (The Ani Maxima Files #7)
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4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Terraformer
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3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Ghosts of Ophidian
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3.70 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Social Animal (The Ani Maxima Files #9)
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4.68 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Vestige
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3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Colonization (Colonization #1-5)
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3.86 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Ani Maxima Files: Collection (The Ani Maxima Files #1-3)
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4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Paper Doll: Ani Maxima Salvation #2
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4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sister Rise: Ani Maxima Salvation #3
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4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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ESCAPE
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4.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 2,161 ratings
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Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
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4.50 avg rating — 27,374 ratings
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An Accidental Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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4.41 avg rating — 20,570 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 16,368 ratings
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The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 3,662 ratings
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Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 12,167 ratings
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Ghost in the Machine (Corwint Central Agent Files, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 398 ratings
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Here There Be Dragons (Sunscapes Trilogy, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Age of Deception (The Firebird Chronicles, #2)
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4.48 avg rating — 11,110 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,973 ratings
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Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 6,560 ratings
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Last Chance [Sunscapes Trilogy Book 1]
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4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Curse of Sotkari Ta
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4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Local Custom (Liaden Universe, #5)
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4.28 avg rating — 2,740 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 31,313 ratings
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Restoree
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3.97 avg rating — 5,184 ratings
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Escape From Zulaire (The Sectors #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,497 ratings
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Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe, #6)
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4.44 avg rating — 2,611 ratings
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
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4.12 avg rating — 10,664 ratings
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The Queen's Advantage (Rogue Queen, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 2,607 ratings
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The Queen's Triumph (Rogue Queen, #3)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,871 ratings
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Catch the Lightning (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #2)
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3.76 avg rating — 1,617 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 3,941 ratings
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Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
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4.32 avg rating — 2,906 ratings
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Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
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4.16 avg rating — 4,447 ratings
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Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 10,395 ratings
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Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,398 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 3,371 ratings
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Tracing The Stars (Corwint Central Agent Files, #3)
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4.02 avg rating — 66 ratings
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In the Black (Tales from the Edge, #1)
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3.31 avg rating — 283 ratings
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These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 71,915 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 1,707 ratings
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Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 5,458 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,566 ratings
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Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,368 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 7,043 ratings
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Overload Flux (Central Galactic Concordance, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 856 ratings
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Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 9,296 ratings
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A Hero for the Empire (The Dragon's Bidding, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Passing of Each Perfect Moment
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3.62 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 230,538 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 49,313 ratings
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Dragonfly
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3.66 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Catalyst (The Targon Tales, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 554 ratings
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Ladder to the Red Star (Once Upon a Red World, #2)
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4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Crown of Starlight
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1.63 avg rating — 474 ratings
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The Challenge (Rystani #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 1,754 ratings
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Mako's Bounty (1Night Stand, #95)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Dare (Rystani #2)
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3.82 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,311 ratings
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 15,109 ratings
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This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 22,471 ratings
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Rebel Alliances (The Targon Tales, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Beyond Varallan (Stardoc, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
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Moonstruck (Borderlands, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
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Endless Blue (1)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
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The Warlord's Daughter (Borderlands, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 625 ratings
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The Radiant Seas (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #4)
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3.95 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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Only Human (The Targon Tales, #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 410 ratings
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The Quantum Rose (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #6)
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3.57 avg rating — 2,160 ratings
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The Cold Between (Central Corps, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 1,471 ratings
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Prime Obsession (The Prime Chronicles, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,526 ratings
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Ice & Peace
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3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Farscape, Vol. 1: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
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3.96 avg rating — 421 ratings
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Victory Conditions (Vatta's War, #5)
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4.10 avg rating — 9,592 ratings
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Outworlder (Star Wanderers, #1)
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3.50 avg rating — 689 ratings
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The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,855 ratings
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Nexus
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3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Chosen One (Sword of the Gods Saga, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 434 ratings
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Tethered
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3.78 avg rating — 41 ratings
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Space Opera usually has larger themes going on than the love story. While the love story can be central, there are often explorations of human nature. The hero's journey should be in play, and there are more often than not metaphysical explorations as well. (I.E. what is our place in the universe? existential questions, the force, destiny, etc)
On the flip-side, we are not looking for general or military Space Opera - we are looking for Space Opera books with a central focus on Romance and character development.