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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1477 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 332,960 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 984 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,682,519 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 952 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 193,794 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 890 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 190,503 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 873 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 121,908 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 747 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 160,730 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 734 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 231,301 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 717 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 312,123 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 677 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,009 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 653 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 132,976 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 626 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 75,542 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 598 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 119,766 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 589 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,366 ratings — published 2000
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 564 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 189,553 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 562 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 54,734 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 559 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,112 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 542 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 61,101 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 533 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 609,453 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 523 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 102,941 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 498 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,995 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 489 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,359 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 460 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 90,948 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 444 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,819 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 417 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,494,730 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 404 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 85,507 ratings — published 2019
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 396 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 30,899 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 388 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 430,812 ratings — published 1969
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 374 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 82,935 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 38,509 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 99,459 ratings — published 2006
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 397,317 ratings — published 2017
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 362 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 911,561 ratings — published 2014
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 359 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 92,127 ratings — published 2016
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 357 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 154,258 ratings — published 1990
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 351 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,199 ratings — published 2015
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 348 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 138,926 ratings — published 2016
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,872 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 35,991 ratings — published 2021
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 332 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 61,882 ratings — published 2018
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 331 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 564,558 ratings — published 2015
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,126 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 321 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 183,724 ratings — published 1974
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 319 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 459,189 ratings — published 2016
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 33,814 ratings — published 2008
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 231,583 ratings — published 1952
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 74,204 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,388 ratings — published 2013
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,859 ratings — published 1990
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,152 ratings — published 2021
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 304 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,628 ratings — published 1990
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