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Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1494 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 338,561 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 1007 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,707,644 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 960 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,359 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 900 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 193,712 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 877 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,329 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 754 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 163,396 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 743 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 234,054 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 725 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 318,526 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 685 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 104,080 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 657 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 135,212 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 643 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,291 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 603 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 121,803 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 597 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,990 ratings — published 2000
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 579 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 196,416 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 567 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 55,099 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 562 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,426 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 547 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 61,672 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 540 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 615,373 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 529 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 104,766 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 505 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,580 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 490 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,498 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 466 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 92,596 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 448 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,410 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 420 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,503,525 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 412 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 87,213 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 400 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 444,071 ratings — published 1969
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 397 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,117 ratings — published 1986
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 377 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 84,017 ratings — published 1988
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 376 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 977,632 ratings — published 2014
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 373 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 409,304 ratings — published 2017
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 369 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,658 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 100,576 ratings — published 2006
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 157,256 ratings — published 1990
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 362 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 93,597 ratings — published 2016
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 358 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 145,017 ratings — published 2016
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 354 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.93 — 67,045 ratings — published 2018
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 354 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 51,774 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 345 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 22,022 ratings — published 2016
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 343 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 607,327 ratings — published 2015
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 36,903 ratings — published 2021
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 332 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 493,343 ratings — published 2016
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 324 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,387 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 185,286 ratings — published 1974
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 34,433 ratings — published 2008
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 75,886 ratings — published 2021
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 233,796 ratings — published 1952
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,860 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,442 ratings — published 2013
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,411 ratings — published 1990
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 304 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,797 ratings — published 1990
“Out here, the connected stars are far enough apart that between bursts, there’s time to think, time to sleep, and time to write.”
― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
― MOTE: SCIFI ADVENTURE SERIES
“The greatest legends are never buried by time. They are waiting for the moment humanity is ready to remember them.”
― Atlantis A New Home: Volume III
― Atlantis A New Home: Volume III
