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Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1502 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 341,160 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 993 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,719,512 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 966 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,099 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (Paperback)
by (shelved 905 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 195,180 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 885 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,991 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 757 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 164,599 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 750 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 235,441 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 736 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 321,479 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 688 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 104,554 ratings — published 1987
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 660 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 78,238 ratings — published 2019
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 659 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 136,264 ratings — published 2014
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 606 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 122,756 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 600 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,311 ratings — published 2000
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 593 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 199,577 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 569 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 55,287 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 564 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,645 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 548 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 61,943 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 543 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 618,122 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 534 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 105,654 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 510 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,857 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 491 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,590 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 468 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 93,421 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 451 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,731 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 420 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,507,559 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 415 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 87,976 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
by (shelved 404 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 450,239 ratings — published 1969
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 398 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,241 ratings — published 1986
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 387 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,006,729 ratings — published 2014
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 382 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 84,523 ratings — published 1988
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 376 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.92 — 69,498 ratings — published 2018
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 374 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 414,738 ratings — published 2017
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 372 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,741 ratings — published 1996
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 369 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 158,707 ratings — published 1990
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 147,955 ratings — published 2016
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 101,122 ratings — published 2006
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 363 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 94,282 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 37,464 ratings — published 2021
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 52,060 ratings — published 2015
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 351 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 626,960 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 347 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 22,110 ratings — published 2016
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 338 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 509,571 ratings — published 2016
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 34,755 ratings — published 2008
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 324 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,513 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 185,930 ratings — published 1974
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 76,664 ratings — published 2021
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 234,869 ratings — published 1952
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 39,260 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 309 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,496 ratings — published 2013
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,659 ratings — published 1990
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 107,551 ratings — published 1991
“I know the ship's sounds the way a person knows their own heartbeat not consciously, until something changes.”
― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
“Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.”
― Revelation Space
― Revelation Space
