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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1481 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 334,054 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 985 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,686,880 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 955 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 194,522 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 893 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 191,125 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 873 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 122,185 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 747 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 161,233 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 735 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 231,872 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 722 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 313,286 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 676 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 103,214 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 654 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 133,387 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 628 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 75,922 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 599 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 120,142 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 588 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,468 ratings — published 2000
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 566 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 190,908 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 561 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 54,806 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 559 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,182 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 543 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 61,206 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 533 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 610,539 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 526 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 103,268 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 499 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,102 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 490 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,379 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 462 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 91,237 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 446 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,933 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 417 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,496,324 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 407 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 85,826 ratings — published 2019
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 396 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,943 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 389 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 433,085 ratings — published 1969
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 375 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,144 ratings — published 1988
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 399,810 ratings — published 2017
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 38,540 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 99,652 ratings — published 2006
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 924,057 ratings — published 2014
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 360 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 92,430 ratings — published 2016
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 154,809 ratings — published 1990
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 352 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,319 ratings — published 2015
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 348 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 140,125 ratings — published 2016
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,898 ratings — published 2016
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 335 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 62,938 ratings — published 2018
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 36,182 ratings — published 2021
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 331 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 572,361 ratings — published 2015
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,163 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 321 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 184,113 ratings — published 1974
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 320 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 465,425 ratings — published 2016
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 316 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 33,915 ratings — published 2008
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 310 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 231,996 ratings — published 1952
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,398 ratings — published 2013
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 74,517 ratings — published 2021
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,979 ratings — published 1990
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,291 ratings — published 2021
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 304 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,659 ratings — published 1990
“The ship had made the jump into hyperspace, so there were no stars or worlds to be seen, just a vortex of light and shade they were passing through.”
― The Polymorph
― The Polymorph
“I saw the Earth, yes. I saw the colors so magnificent, so vivid, so real. It was hope so large and round, green and blue.”
― Unbreathable
― Unbreathable
