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Opera Books
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Bel Canto (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 326,472 ratings — published 2001
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as opera)
avg rating 3.96 — 281,166 ratings — published 1910
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 69,626 ratings — published 1995
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 101,652 ratings — published 1987
Carmen (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as opera)
avg rating 3.55 — 8,112 ratings — published 1845
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 27 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,163 ratings — published 1990
The Queen of the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as opera)
avg rating 3.43 — 12,174 ratings — published 2016
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 304,217 ratings — published 1989
La Traviata (Overture Opera Guides)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 310 ratings — published 1853
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,645 ratings — published 2000
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 81,635 ratings — published 1988
Tosca (Black Dog Opera Library)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 214 ratings — published 1900
Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 3.92 — 447 ratings — published 1994
Puccini's La Boheme (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 379 ratings — published 1896
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 324,781 ratings — published 2011
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 175,045 ratings — published 1953
Matter (Culture, #8)
by (shelved 19 times as opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 30,093 ratings — published 2008
A Night at the Opera: An Irreverent Guide to The Plots, The Singers, The Composers, The Recordings (Modern Library (Paperback))
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 186 ratings — published 1995
Transition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 3.87 — 11,600 ratings — published 2009
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.05 — 42,996 ratings — published 1986
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)
by (shelved 17 times as opera)
avg rating 3.95 — 574 ratings — published 1791
Don Giovanni in Full Score (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 526 ratings — published 1787
A History of Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 352 ratings — published 2012
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 339,663 ratings — published 1996
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 43,141 ratings — published 1992
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as opera)
avg rating 4.15 — 153,608 ratings — published 1985
The Algebraist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,618 ratings — published 2004
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 227,469 ratings — published 2005
100 Great Operas and Their Stories: Act-by-Act Synopses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 170 ratings — published 1989
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,201 ratings — published 2004
Flashforward (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.66 — 17,018 ratings — published 1999
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,333 ratings — published 2000
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 27,862 ratings — published 2001
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 319 ratings — published 1993
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,545 ratings — published 1773
5000 Nights at the Opera: The Memoirs of Sir Rudolf Bing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 88 ratings — published 1972
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 413,459 ratings — published 1969
Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 103,619 ratings — published 1982
The Metropolis Case (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.50 — 719 ratings — published 2010
Anathem (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 76,016 ratings — published 2008
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,122 ratings — published 1993
War of Honor (Honor Harrington, #10)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 14,271 ratings — published 2002
The Song of the Lark (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 11,963 ratings — published 1915
Madame Butterfly (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 3.38 — 551 ratings — published 1904
Madame Butterfly (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 3.92 — 323 ratings — published 1904
The Complete Opera Book The Stories of the Operas, together with 400 of the Leading Airs and Motives in Musical Notation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 97 ratings — published 1918
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 157,092 ratings — published 2013
Il Trovatore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 4.01 — 70 ratings — published 1853
“Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of bleeding, he sings.”
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“We consider the opera queen to be a pre-Stonewall throwback because we homophobically devalue opera love as addictive behavior and as displaced eroticism.”
― The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
― The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire
