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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1410 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 309,280 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 951 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,589,886 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 935 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 178,606 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 862 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 177,641 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 846 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,653 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 724 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 150,056 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 713 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 219,136 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 683 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 290,396 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 657 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 98,884 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 630 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 123,942 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 578 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 69,571 ratings — published 2019
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 578 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,675 ratings — published 2000
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 571 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.44 — 111,333 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 543 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,142 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 537 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 39,702 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 527 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 58,825 ratings — published 2017
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 524 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 164,791 ratings — published 2015
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 507 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 586,150 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 499 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 95,547 ratings — published 2016
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 481 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,571 ratings — published 1993
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 480 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,732 ratings — published 1992
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
by (shelved 432 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,584 ratings — published 2014
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 431 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 84,094 ratings — published 2017
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 408 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,457,998 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 387 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,007 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 374 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 388,313 ratings — published 1969
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.58 — 78,495 ratings — published 2019
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 79,108 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 37,804 ratings — published 1996
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 354 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 348,071 ratings — published 2017
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 354 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 85,987 ratings — published 2016
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 94,243 ratings — published 2006
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 49,157 ratings — published 2015
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,138 ratings — published 1990
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 340 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,244 ratings — published 2016
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 319 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 39,959 ratings — published 2005
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,877 ratings — published 2016
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 178,232 ratings — published 1974
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 694,733 ratings — published 2014
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 311 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,841 ratings — published 2008
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 31,918 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,075 ratings — published 2013
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 26,833 ratings — published 1990
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,727 ratings — published 1993
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.49 — 424,829 ratings — published 2015
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 222,497 ratings — published 1952
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 290 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 51,743 ratings — published 1990
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 101,151 ratings — published 1991
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,136 ratings — published 2003
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 284 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 201,629 ratings — published 2018
“Art, great art, serves as a reminder of invisible things and of their manifestation in things visible.”
― Kingdoms of Death
― Kingdoms of Death
“I was a tool, a faithful knight, a pawn moved by other hands, with no will of my own. And pawns move only forward.”
― Demon in White
― Demon in White
