Space Operas Books
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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,640,371 ratings — published 1965
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.80 — 71,050 ratings — published 2020
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 226,209 ratings — published 2005
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,479,027 ratings — published 1985
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.89 — 409,018 ratings — published 1969
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,103 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,341 ratings — published 2021
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 72,957 ratings — published 2019
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
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avg rating 4.38 — 87,969 ratings — published 2017
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 187,151 ratings — published 2014
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
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avg rating 4.50 — 497,529 ratings — published 2015
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 322,398 ratings — published 2011
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 405,038 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.27 — 808,714 ratings — published 2014
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.85 — 101,273 ratings — published 1987
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.44 — 115,667 ratings — published 2015
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.27 — 301,997 ratings — published 1989
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 177,999 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.39 — 184,815 ratings — published 2012
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.12 — 376,494 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 599,871 ratings — published 1951
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 161,852 ratings — published 2015
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.43 — 81,619 ratings — published 2016
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,026,734 ratings — published 1979
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.28 — 156,040 ratings — published 2013
Winter’s Orbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.98 — 27,568 ratings — published 2021
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,211,564 ratings — published 2021
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,453 ratings — published 2019
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 129,040 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.14 — 181,291 ratings — published 1974
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.44 — 57,961 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,300,237 ratings — published 2011
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,598 ratings — published 2016
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 119,687 ratings — published 2013
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.95 — 253,511 ratings — published 1976
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.88 — 148,891 ratings — published 1981
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.15 — 363,242 ratings — published 2012
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.26 — 99,769 ratings — published 2016
Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,888 ratings — published 2022
Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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avg rating 3.92 — 15,271 ratings — published 2019
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,194 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 80,990 ratings — published 2015
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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avg rating 4.40 — 42,598 ratings — published 2021
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.46 — 128,342 ratings — published 2020
Starship Troopers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.01 — 247,419 ratings — published 1959
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.25 — 217,967 ratings — published 2018
Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,316 ratings — published 2012
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.11 — 271,992 ratings — published 1986
Shadow Captain (Revenger, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,632 ratings — published 2019
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 149,610 ratings — published 1990
“This was not going to be a peaceful day. No. It was going to be a mess.”
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
