Space Opera

Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale.

Also see Planetary Romance, which has similarities.
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The Iron Garden Sutra (The Cosmic Wheel, #1)
Low Red Moon (Star Wars: Outlaws)
Red Star Rebels
Detour (Detour, #1)
Echoes of Insurrection (The Firebird Chronicles, #6)
Was niemand kommen sah
Vom Himmel gefallen
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
The Polymorph
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
Disquiet Gods (The Sun Eater, #6)
Kingdoms of Death (The Sun Eater, #4)
Ashes of Man (The Sun Eater, #5)
Service Model
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy (The Murderbot Diaries, #2.5)
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Dune by Frank HerbertOld Man's War by John ScalziLeviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinPandora's Star by Peter F. Hamilton
Excellent Space Opera
1,090 books — 3,825 voters
The Last Contract of Isako by Fonda LeeThis Kingdom Will Not Kill Me by Ilona AndrewsLove Lethal, Death Divine by Jelena DunatoPlatform Decay by Martha WellsMr. Yay by Emily  Jane
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184 books — 99 voters

Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOld Man's War by John ScalziAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieRed Rising by Pierce BrownThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
304 books — 564 voters
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SF/F Assassins!
314 books — 814 voters

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)

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Sunny, a silver boy of nine, daydreams of rescuing two princesses: “The princesses’ savior was a gallant knight. No! A prince! The valiant prince was surprisingly young. And silvered.
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A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.
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