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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 40,084 ratings
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Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 14,893 ratings
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Games of Command
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4.04 avg rating — 3,453 ratings
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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 15,014 ratings
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Finders Keepers
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3.93 avg rating — 3,259 ratings
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Hope's Folly (Dock Five Universe, #3)
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3.98 avg rating — 1,478 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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3.83 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 — 16,294 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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3.86 avg rating — 57 ratings
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Ghosts of Ophidian
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3.71 avg rating — 279 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 — 110 ratings
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Colonization (Colonization #1-5)
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3.90 avg rating — 67 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 — 2,144 ratings
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Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
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4.50 avg rating — 26,296 ratings
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An Accidental Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 3,986 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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4.41 avg rating — 20,262 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 16,162 ratings
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The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 3,554 ratings
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Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 11,651 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 — 10,640 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,733 ratings
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Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 6,327 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 — 2,717 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 30,821 ratings
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Restoree
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3.96 avg rating — 5,145 ratings
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Escape From Zulaire (The Sectors #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 323 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 4,483 ratings
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Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe, #6)
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4.43 avg rating — 2,589 ratings
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
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4.11 avg rating — 10,479 ratings
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The Queen's Advantage (Rogue Queen, #2)
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3.99 avg rating — 2,529 ratings
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The Queen's Triumph (Rogue Queen, #3)
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3.92 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
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Catch the Lightning (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #2)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,601 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 3,921 ratings
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Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
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4.32 avg rating — 2,880 ratings
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Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
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4.16 avg rating — 4,405 ratings
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Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 5,382 ratings
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Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 10,215 ratings
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Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,214 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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4.07 avg rating — 3,359 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 — 71,518 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
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3.58 avg rating — 1,703 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,555 ratings
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Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,353 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 6,940 ratings
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Overload Flux (Central Galactic Concordance, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 837 ratings
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Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 9,083 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 — 222,588 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 48,781 ratings
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Starbreaker (Endeavor, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 2,038 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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3.85 avg rating — 533 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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1.65 avg rating — 471 ratings
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The Challenge (Rystani #1)
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3.69 avg rating — 1,719 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 — 552 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
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3.74 avg rating — 4,279 ratings
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 14,883 ratings
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This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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3.94 avg rating — 22,249 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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3.91 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
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Moonstruck (Borderlands, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,551 ratings
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Endless Blue (1)
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3.88 avg rating — 1,273 ratings
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The Warlord's Daughter (Borderlands, #2)
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3.91 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 — 1,359 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 — 2,135 ratings
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The Cold Between (Central Corps, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 1,458 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 — 423 ratings
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Victory Conditions (Vatta's War, #5)
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4.10 avg rating — 9,424 ratings
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Outworlder (Star Wanderers, #1)
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3.49 avg rating — 679 ratings
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The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,849 ratings
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Nexus
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3.55 avg rating — 29 ratings
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The Chosen One (Sword of the Gods Saga, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 431 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.