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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 41,071 ratings
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Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 15,603 ratings
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Games of Command
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4.04 avg rating — 3,465 ratings
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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 15,662 ratings
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Finders Keepers
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3.93 avg rating — 3,278 ratings
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Hope's Folly (Dock Five Universe, #3)
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3.98 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
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Endeavor
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4.31 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Ptolemy's Child (The Ani Maxima Files #1)
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3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings
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SuperVirus (The Ani Maxima Files #2)
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4.34 avg rating — 32 ratings
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Soul Sister (The Ani Maxima Files #8)
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4.52 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 16,413 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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4.62 avg rating — 26 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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4.68 avg rating — 28 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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4.69 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Flesh and Blood (The Ani Maxima Files #7)
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4.56 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Terraformer
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3.90 avg rating — 59 ratings
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Ghosts of Ophidian
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3.70 avg rating — 283 ratings
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Social Animal (The Ani Maxima Files #9)
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4.68 avg rating — 28 ratings
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Vestige
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3.79 avg rating — 110 ratings
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Colonization (Colonization #1-5)
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3.86 avg rating — 69 ratings
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The Ani Maxima Files: Collection (The Ani Maxima Files #1-3)
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4.29 avg rating — 41 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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4.77 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Mouse and Dragon (Liaden Universe, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 2,161 ratings
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Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
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4.50 avg rating — 27,434 ratings
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An Accidental Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 4,044 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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4.41 avg rating — 20,586 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 16,376 ratings
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The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 3,673 ratings
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Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 12,192 ratings
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Ghost in the Machine (Corwint Central Agent Files, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 398 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 — 11,140 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,990 ratings
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Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 6,570 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 — 2,742 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 31,336 ratings
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Restoree
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3.97 avg rating — 5,184 ratings
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Escape From Zulaire (The Sectors #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 324 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,498 ratings
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Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe, #6)
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4.44 avg rating — 2,613 ratings
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
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4.12 avg rating — 10,670 ratings
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The Queen's Advantage (Rogue Queen, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
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The Queen's Triumph (Rogue Queen, #3)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,878 ratings
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Catch the Lightning (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #2)
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3.76 avg rating — 1,618 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 3,942 ratings
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Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
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4.32 avg rating — 2,906 ratings
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Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
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4.16 avg rating — 4,448 ratings
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Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 10,401 ratings
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Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,404 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 3,370 ratings
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Tracing The Stars (Corwint Central Agent Files, #3)
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4.02 avg rating — 66 ratings
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In the Black (Tales from the Edge, #1)
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3.31 avg rating — 283 ratings
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These Broken Stars (Starbound, #1)
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3.89 avg rating — 71,946 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
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Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 5,462 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,565 ratings
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Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,368 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 7,044 ratings
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Overload Flux (Central Galactic Concordance, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 856 ratings
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Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 9,312 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 — 230,937 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 49,338 ratings
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Dragonfly
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3.66 avg rating — 117 ratings
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The Catalyst (The Targon Tales, #1)
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3.88 avg rating — 555 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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1.63 avg rating — 473 ratings
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The Challenge (Rystani #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 1,755 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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3.82 avg rating — 556 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,312 ratings
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 15,115 ratings
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This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 22,489 ratings
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Rebel Alliances (The Targon Tales, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 171 ratings
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Beyond Varallan (Stardoc, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,663 ratings
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Moonstruck (Borderlands, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,559 ratings
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Endless Blue (1)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,284 ratings
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The Warlord's Daughter (Borderlands, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 625 ratings
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The Radiant Seas (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #4)
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3.95 avg rating — 1,367 ratings
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Only Human (The Targon Tales, #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 411 ratings
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The Quantum Rose (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #6)
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3.57 avg rating — 2,163 ratings
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The Cold Between (Central Corps, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
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Prime Obsession (The Prime Chronicles, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,526 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 — 9,597 ratings
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Outworlder (Star Wanderers, #1)
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3.50 avg rating — 689 ratings
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The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,856 ratings
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Nexus
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3.54 avg rating — 28 ratings
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The Chosen One (Sword of the Gods Saga, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 434 ratings
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Tethered
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3.78 avg rating — 41 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.