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Bel Canto (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 335,904 ratings — published 2001
The Phantom of the Opera (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as opera)
avg rating 3.96 — 287,567 ratings — published 1910
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
by (shelved 31 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 70,612 ratings — published 1995
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 103,615 ratings — published 1987
Carmen (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as opera)
avg rating 3.55 — 8,396 ratings — published 1845
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 28 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,183 ratings — published 1990
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 315,697 ratings — published 1989
The Queen of the Night (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as opera)
avg rating 3.45 — 12,612 ratings — published 2016
La Traviata (Overture Opera Guides)
by (shelved 24 times as opera)
avg rating 4.15 — 319 ratings — published 1853
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 83,544 ratings — published 1988
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
by (shelved 22 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,076 ratings — published 2000
Childhood’s End (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 177,965 ratings — published 1953
Puccini's La Boheme (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.05 — 381 ratings — published 1896
Tosca (Black Dog Opera Library)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.21 — 177 ratings — published 1900
Matter (Culture, #8)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 30,537 ratings — published 2008
Opera 101: A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 459 ratings — published 1994
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 4.24 — 187 ratings — published 1995
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 336,245 ratings — published 2011
Transition (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 3.87 — 11,737 ratings — published 2009
Burning Chrome (Sprawl, #0)
by (shelved 18 times as opera)
avg rating 4.05 — 43,558 ratings — published 1986
Don Giovanni in Full Score (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 533 ratings — published 1787
The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflote) in Full Score (Dover Opera Scores)
by (shelved 17 times as opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 583 ratings — published 1791
A History of Opera (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 358 ratings — published 2012
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5)
by (shelved 17 times as opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 342,103 ratings — published 1996
Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 44,482 ratings — published 1992
Contact (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 15 times as opera)
avg rating 4.15 — 155,814 ratings — published 1985
The Algebraist (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.04 — 24,930 ratings — published 2004
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 232,949 ratings — published 2005
100 Great Operas and Their Stories: Act-by-Act Synopses (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 171 ratings — published 1989
The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,220 ratings — published 2004
The Marriage of Figaro (Le Nozze Di Figaro): Vocal Score
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,540 ratings — published 1773
5000 Nights at the Opera: The Memoirs of Sir Rudolf Bing (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 90 ratings — published 1972
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 438,426 ratings — published 1969
Flashforward (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.66 — 17,188 ratings — published 1999
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,739 ratings — published 2000
Chasm City (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 28,286 ratings — published 2001
The Queen's Throat: Opera, Homosexuality, and the Mystery of Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 324 ratings — published 1993
Madame Butterfly (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.37 — 701 ratings — published 1904
The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.21 — 115 ratings — published 2010
Il Trovatore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.03 — 72 ratings — published 1853
Turandot: Full Score by Giacomo Puccini | Complete Opera Score for Orchestra, Choir, and Solo Voices with Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi ... Study Score (Ricordi Opera Full Scores)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.34 — 131 ratings — published 1926
Magician: Apprentice (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 105,341 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 — 76,774 ratings — published 2008
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,425 ratings — published 1993
War of Honor (Honor Harrington, #10)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 14,418 ratings — published 2002
The Song of the Lark (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 12,246 ratings — published 1915
Madame Butterfly: The Story of the Opera (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as opera)
avg rating 3.91 — 324 ratings — published 1904
“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
“You want to feel that you belong to something higher, to something even beyond this universe, then go to the opera!”
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