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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 39,809 ratings
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Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 14,757 ratings
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Games of Command
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4.04 avg rating — 3,455 ratings
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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 14,863 ratings
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Finders Keepers
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3.93 avg rating — 3,256 ratings
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Hope's Folly (Dock Five Universe, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
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Endeavor
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4.35 avg rating — 51 ratings
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Ptolemy's Child (The Ani Maxima Files #1)
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3.83 avg rating — 64 ratings
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SuperVirus (The Ani Maxima Files #2)
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4.42 avg rating — 31 ratings
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Soul Sister (The Ani Maxima Files #8)
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4.62 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 16,254 ratings
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Nevermore (Ani Maxima Salvation #1)
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4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Veiled Sky (The Ani Maxima Files #3)
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4.72 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Selenocentric
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4.32 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Enigma (The Ani Maxima Files #4)
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4.78 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Flying in the Rain (The Ani Maxima Files #5)
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4.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Ani Maxima Salvation: The Complete Trilogy
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4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Silent Lucidity (The Ani Maxima Files #6)
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4.80 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Flesh and Blood (The Ani Maxima Files #7)
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4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
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Terraformer
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3.84 avg rating — 56 ratings
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Ghosts of Ophidian
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3.71 avg rating — 278 ratings
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Social Animal (The Ani Maxima Files #9)
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4.77 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Vestige
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3.79 avg rating — 109 ratings
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Colonization (Colonization #1-5)
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3.88 avg rating — 68 ratings
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The Ani Maxima Files: Collection (The Ani Maxima Files #1-3)
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4.32 avg rating — 40 ratings
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Paper Doll: Ani Maxima Salvation #2
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4.94 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Sister Rise: Ani Maxima Salvation #3
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4.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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ESCAPE
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4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings
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Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 2,131 ratings
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Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
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4.50 avg rating — 26,022 ratings
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An Accidental Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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4.41 avg rating — 20,176 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 16,098 ratings
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The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 3,529 ratings
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Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 11,517 ratings
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Ghost in the Machine (Corwint Central Agent Files, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 393 ratings
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Here There Be Dragons (Sunscapes Trilogy, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings
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Age of Deception (The Firebird Chronicles, #2)
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4.48 avg rating — 10,538 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,676 ratings
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Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 6,268 ratings
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Last Chance [Sunscapes Trilogy Book 1]
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4.07 avg rating — 59 ratings
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The Curse of Sotkari Ta
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4.01 avg rating — 72 ratings
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Local Custom (Liaden Universe, #5)
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4.28 avg rating — 2,713 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 30,674 ratings
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Restoree
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3.96 avg rating — 5,140 ratings
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Escape From Zulaire (The Sectors #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 322 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 4,473 ratings
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Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe, #6)
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4.43 avg rating — 2,584 ratings
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 10,420 ratings
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The Queen's Advantage (Rogue Queen, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 2,514 ratings
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The Queen's Triumph (Rogue Queen, #3)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,798 ratings
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Catch the Lightning (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #2)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,598 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 3,916 ratings
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Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
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4.33 avg rating — 2,874 ratings
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Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
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4.16 avg rating — 4,397 ratings
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Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 5,365 ratings
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Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 10,161 ratings
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Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,175 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 3,348 ratings
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Tracing The Stars (Corwint Central Agent Files, #3)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 65 ratings
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In the Black (Tales from the Edge, #1)
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3.32 avg rating — 282 ratings
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These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 71,417 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
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3.58 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,544 ratings
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Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,339 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
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3.87 avg rating — 6,900 ratings
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Overload Flux (Central Galactic Concordance, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 834 ratings
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Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 9,006 ratings
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A Hero for the Empire (The Dragon's Bidding, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 161 ratings
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The Passing of Each Perfect Moment
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3.62 avg rating — 80 ratings
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
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4.23 avg rating — 220,179 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 48,619 ratings
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Starbreaker (Endeavor, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 2,035 ratings
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Dragonfly
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3.66 avg rating — 118 ratings
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The Catalyst (The Targon Tales, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 531 ratings
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Ladder to the Red Star (Once Upon a Red World, #2)
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4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Crown of Starlight
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1.66 avg rating — 467 ratings
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The Challenge (Rystani #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 1,715 ratings
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Mako's Bounty (1Night Stand, #95)
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23 ratings
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The Dare (Rystani #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 550 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,264 ratings
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 14,819 ratings
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This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 22,160 ratings
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Rebel Alliances (The Targon Tales, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 168 ratings
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Beyond Varallan (Stardoc, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,649 ratings
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Moonstruck (Borderlands, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,550 ratings
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Endless Blue (1)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,271 ratings
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The Warlord's Daughter (Borderlands, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 619 ratings
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The Radiant Seas (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #4)
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3.95 avg rating — 1,354 ratings
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Only Human (The Targon Tales, #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 405 ratings
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The Quantum Rose (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #6)
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3.57 avg rating — 2,130 ratings
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The Cold Between (Central Corps, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 1,450 ratings
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Prime Obsession (The Prime Chronicles, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
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Ice & Peace
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3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Farscape, Vol. 1: The Beginning of the End of the Beginning
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3.96 avg rating — 421 ratings
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Victory Conditions (Vatta's War, #5)
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4.10 avg rating — 9,375 ratings
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Outworlder (Star Wanderers, #1)
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3.49 avg rating — 677 ratings
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The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,847 ratings
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Nexus
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3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Chosen One (Sword of the Gods Saga, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 430 ratings
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Space Opera usually has larger themes going on than the love story. While the love story can be central, there are often explorations of human nature. The hero's journey should be in play, and there are more often than not metaphysical explorations as well. (I.E. what is our place in the universe? existential questions, the force, destiny, etc)
On the flip-side, we are not looking for general or military Space Opera - we are looking for Space Opera books with a central focus on Romance and character development.