Space Operas Written by Black Authors (7 books)

For the purpose of this list, a space opera is a story set mostly on a spaceship and has the following characteristics:

- set mostly in space and on a ship
- set far in the future
- adventurous in nature
- usually features a grand/operatic/large-scale plot that spans the galaxy-- or galaxies

Books added to this list should have most, if not all, of these characteristics.

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1	Sweep of Stars (Astra Black, #1) by Maurice Broaddus (Goodreads Author) 3.37 avg rating — 275 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Babel-17/Empire Star by Samuel R. Delany 3.89 avg rating — 2,548 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The King's Summit (Orej Zans #1) by Sukalia Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Nova by Samuel R. Delany 3.80 avg rating — 9,058 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Dark Universe by Milton J. Davis (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.27 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Yohancé by Paul Louise-Julie 4.26 avg rating — 57 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Principle of Moments (Order of Legends #1) by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 1,423 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars