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Leviathan Wakes Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 337,840 ratings — published 2011
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 1001 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,704,298 ratings — published 1965
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 961 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 196,927 ratings — published 2014
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Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 898 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 193,336 ratings — published 2012
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 875 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,153 ratings — published 2013
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 754 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 163,082 ratings — published 2013
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 741 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 233,735 ratings — published 2005
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 724 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 317,643 ratings — published 1989
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 682 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 103,940 ratings — published 1987
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 656 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 134,945 ratings — published 2014
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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 639 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,021 ratings — published 2019
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Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 601 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 121,570 ratings — published 2015
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Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1) Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 593 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,903 ratings — published 2000
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 576 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 195,560 ratings — published 2015
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 562 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 55,040 ratings — published 2004
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Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 561 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,390 ratings — published 1986
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The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 548 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 61,600 ratings — published 2017
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 536 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 614,539 ratings — published 1951
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Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6) Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 529 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 104,545 ratings — published 2016
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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 504 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,501 ratings — published 1992
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 490 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,473 ratings — published 1993
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Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 465 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 92,388 ratings — published 2017
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Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 447 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,336 ratings — published 2014
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 420 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,502,433 ratings — published 1985
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Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 412 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 86,997 ratings — published 2019
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The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 399 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,087 ratings — published 1986
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Dune Messiah (Dune #2) Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 397 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 442,367 ratings — published 1969
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2) The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 377 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,870 ratings — published 1988
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 373 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 969,247 ratings — published 2014
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 372 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 407,831 ratings — published 2017
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The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1) The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 368 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,640 ratings — published 1996
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The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 100,440 ratings — published 2006
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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 363 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 93,397 ratings — published 2016
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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 156,850 ratings — published 1990
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,209 ratings — published 2016
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Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,693 ratings — published 2015
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Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1) Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 349 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 66,433 ratings — published 2018
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,998 ratings — published 2016
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 601,848 ratings — published 2015
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Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 339 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 36,752 ratings — published 2021
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 331 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 488,782 ratings — published 2016
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Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2) Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,351 ratings — published 2005
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House of Suns House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 34,356 ratings — published 2008
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The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 185,099 ratings — published 1974
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Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 233,486 ratings — published 1952
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Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9) Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 311 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 75,637 ratings — published 2021
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,771 ratings — published 2021
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,438 ratings — published 2013
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The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,776 ratings — published 1990
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Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,340 ratings — published 1990
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Andri E. Elia
“When you call a ghetto a cordon, does it become a village?”
Andri E. Elia, Borealis: A Worldmaker of Yand Novel

Kameron Hurley
“I have spent my life battling monsters. It was only in realizing that I was the monster, and choosing to destroy her, that I could save the world.”
Kameron Hurley, The Stars Are Legion

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