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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1459 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 326,135 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 968 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,654,990 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 941 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 189,533 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 876 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 186,781 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 864 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 120,415 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 737 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 157,687 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 731 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 228,111 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 703 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 305,584 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 673 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 101,903 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 643 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 130,465 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 609 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 73,806 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 586 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 117,560 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 579 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,473 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 557 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 40,757 ratings — published 1986
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 556 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 182,068 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 555 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 54,331 ratings — published 2004
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 538 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 60,514 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 525 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 603,411 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 513 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,942 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 488 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,400 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 485 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,184 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 451 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 89,010 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 437 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,184 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 416 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,484,615 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 396 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,644 ratings — published 1986
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 394 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 83,653 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 383 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 416,843 ratings — published 1969
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 368 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 81,887 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,330 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 362 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 98,160 ratings — published 2006
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 383,478 ratings — published 2017
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 90,418 ratings — published 2016
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 352 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 151,246 ratings — published 1990
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 347 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,605 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,719 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 846,073 ratings — published 2014
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 337 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 131,411 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 330 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,999 ratings — published 2021
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,820 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 319 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 182,174 ratings — published 1974
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.50 — 521,720 ratings — published 2015
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 317 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.95 — 55,892 ratings — published 2018
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 33,238 ratings — published 2008
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 308 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 424,623 ratings — published 2016
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,307 ratings — published 2013
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 229,185 ratings — published 1952
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 303 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,420 ratings — published 1990
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 300 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,296 ratings — published 1990
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,102 ratings — published 1993
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 37,316 ratings — published 2021
“Gwiżdżę na historię. Zrobię to, co jest słuszne. - primero Xavier Harkonnen, list do Voriana Atrydy”
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“Evil occurs because we are insufficient to challenge it. Too weak to stop it at the gates, too blind to see it bubbling within. Were we all angels in our virtue and heroes in our capacity, we might hold all chaos at bay, might stop even the unkindling of the stars. Yet we are but men.”
― Ashes of Man
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