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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1449 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 321,323 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 966 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,636,367 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 940 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 186,498 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 873 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 184,193 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 864 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,485 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 734 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 155,552 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 730 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 225,638 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 701 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 301,075 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 666 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 101,055 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 642 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 128,586 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 601 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 72,715 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 584 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.44 — 115,295 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 576 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,000 ratings — published 2000
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 553 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 54,015 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 549 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 40,444 ratings — published 1986
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 548 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 176,841 ratings — published 2015
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 537 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 60,080 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 523 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 598,848 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 512 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 99,407 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 484 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 66,903 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 482 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,972 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 446 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 87,665 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 438 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.08 — 60,725 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 412 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,477,403 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 391 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,448 ratings — published 1986
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 389 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 82,321 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 384 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 407,259 ratings — published 1969
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 81,082 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,171 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 359 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 97,104 ratings — published 2006
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 374,309 ratings — published 2017
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 89,169 ratings — published 2016
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 351 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 149,160 ratings — published 1990
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 347 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,207 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,572 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 334 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 797,800 ratings — published 2014
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 332 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 126,245 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 326 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,122 ratings — published 2021
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,575 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 319 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 181,049 ratings — published 2003
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 32,844 ratings — published 2008
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.50 — 490,343 ratings — published 2015
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,230 ratings — published 2013
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.96 — 51,212 ratings — published 2018
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 227,420 ratings — published 1952
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 301 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,229 ratings — published 1990
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 299 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 399,358 ratings — published 2016
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 103,423 ratings — published 1991
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 296 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,004 ratings — published 1993
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 36,741 ratings — published 2021
“Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett”
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— Rhett”
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“They could be totally ignored by Earth without infringing on their lifestyle because of the vastness of the planet.”
― The Polymorph
― The Polymorph
