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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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4.06 avg rating — 40,795 ratings
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Rules of Redemption (The Firebird Chronicles, #1)
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4.34 avg rating — 15,384 ratings
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Games of Command
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4.04 avg rating — 3,459 ratings
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Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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3.92 avg rating — 15,478 ratings
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Finders Keepers
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3.93 avg rating — 3,266 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 — 65 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 — 16,387 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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4.67 avg rating — 27 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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4.32 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 — 2,157 ratings
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Sweep of the Blade (Innkeeper Chronicles, #4)
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4.50 avg rating — 27,030 ratings
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An Accidental Goddess
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4.03 avg rating — 4,038 ratings
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A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12)
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4.41 avg rating — 20,505 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
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3.94 avg rating — 16,313 ratings
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The Queen's Gambit (Rogue Queen, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 3,639 ratings
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Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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4.02 avg rating — 12,038 ratings
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Ghost in the Machine (Corwint Central Agent Files, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 397 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 — 10,990 ratings
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Aurora Blazing (Consortium Rebellion, #2)
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4.07 avg rating — 7,910 ratings
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Chaos Reigning (Consortium Rebellion, #3)
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4.04 avg rating — 6,502 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 — 2,739 ratings
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Barrayar (Vorkosigan Saga, #7)
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4.30 avg rating — 31,193 ratings
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Restoree
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3.96 avg rating — 5,174 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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3.73 avg rating — 4,491 ratings
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Scout's Progress (Liaden Universe, #6)
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4.44 avg rating — 2,609 ratings
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Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
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4.12 avg rating — 10,624 ratings
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The Queen's Advantage (Rogue Queen, #2)
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3.98 avg rating — 2,589 ratings
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The Queen's Triumph (Rogue Queen, #3)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,856 ratings
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Catch the Lightning (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #2)
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3.77 avg rating — 1,614 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
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3.80 avg rating — 3,936 ratings
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Conflict of Honors (Liaden Universe, #8)
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4.32 avg rating — 2,900 ratings
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Agent of Change (Liaden Universe, #9)
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4.16 avg rating — 4,440 ratings
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Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
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3.97 avg rating — 10,356 ratings
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Heaven's Queen (Paradox, #3)
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3.97 avg rating — 8,359 ratings
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The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
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4.08 avg rating — 3,369 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 — 71,824 ratings
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Ascension (Tangled Axon, #1)
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3.59 avg rating — 1,706 ratings
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Nightchaser (Endeavor, #1)
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3.81 avg rating — 5,435 ratings
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Killbox (Sirantha Jax, #4)
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4.07 avg rating — 4,562 ratings
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Doubleblind (Sirantha Jax, #3)
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3.99 avg rating — 5,364 ratings
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Wanderlust (Sirantha Jax, #2)
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3.88 avg rating — 7,030 ratings
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Overload Flux (Central Galactic Concordance, #1)
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3.91 avg rating — 853 ratings
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Dark Horse (Class 5, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 9,235 ratings
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A Hero for the Empire (The Dragon's Bidding, #1)
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3.75 avg rating — 160 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 — 228,428 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
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4.14 avg rating — 49,206 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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3.87 avg rating — 549 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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1.64 avg rating — 473 ratings
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The Challenge (Rystani #1)
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3.70 avg rating — 1,756 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 — 557 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
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3.73 avg rating — 4,301 ratings
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Their Fractured Light (Starbound, #3)
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4.10 avg rating — 15,070 ratings
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This Shattered World (Starbound, #2)
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3.93 avg rating — 22,434 ratings
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Rebel Alliances (The Targon Tales, #3)
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4.21 avg rating — 170 ratings
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Beyond Varallan (Stardoc, #2)
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3.91 avg rating — 1,660 ratings
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Moonstruck (Borderlands, #1)
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3.87 avg rating — 1,557 ratings
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Endless Blue (1)
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3.89 avg rating — 1,285 ratings
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The Warlord's Daughter (Borderlands, #2)
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3.92 avg rating — 622 ratings
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The Radiant Seas (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #4)
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3.95 avg rating — 1,365 ratings
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Only Human (The Targon Tales, #2)
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3.83 avg rating — 408 ratings
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The Quantum Rose (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #6)
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3.57 avg rating — 2,148 ratings
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The Cold Between (Central Corps, #1)
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3.62 avg rating — 1,467 ratings
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Prime Obsession (The Prime Chronicles, #1)
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3.86 avg rating — 1,527 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 — 9,556 ratings
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Outworlder (Star Wanderers, #1)
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3.50 avg rating — 690 ratings
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The Golden Transcendence (Golden Age, #3)
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4.16 avg rating — 1,853 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 — 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.