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Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 1505 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 342,140 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 1017 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,724,466 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 970 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 199,849 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (Paperback)
by (shelved 905 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 195,765 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 886 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 124,215 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 757 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 165,065 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 750 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 235,956 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 737 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 322,562 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 686 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.84 — 104,773 ratings — published 1987
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 680 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 78,616 ratings — published 2019
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 659 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 136,669 ratings — published 2014
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 615 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 200,770 ratings — published 2015
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 605 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 123,132 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 601 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,438 ratings — published 2000
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 567 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 55,350 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 565 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 41,734 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 548 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 62,027 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 547 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 619,040 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 535 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 105,964 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 511 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 68,963 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 491 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,627 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 470 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 93,748 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 452 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 62,850 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 422 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,509,058 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 416 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 88,299 ratings — published 2019
Dune Messiah (Dune, #2)
by (shelved 406 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 452,691 ratings — published 1969
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 398 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 31,278 ratings — published 1986
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 397 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.92 — 70,547 ratings — published 2018
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 392 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,018,960 ratings — published 2014
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 382 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 84,755 ratings — published 1988
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 377 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 416,649 ratings — published 2017
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 370 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,769 ratings — published 1996
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 368 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 159,294 ratings — published 1990
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 367 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 101,348 ratings — published 2006
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 149,144 ratings — published 2016
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 94,565 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 363 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 37,607 ratings — published 2021
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 356 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 52,170 ratings — published 2015
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 634,911 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 346 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 22,137 ratings — published 2016
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 516,068 ratings — published 2016
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 325 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 34,883 ratings — published 2008
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 323 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,574 ratings — published 2005
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 186,174 ratings — published 1974
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.54 — 76,997 ratings — published 2021
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 313 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 235,293 ratings — published 1952
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 311 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 39,382 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 310 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,512 ratings — published 2013
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 54,794 ratings — published 1990
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 304 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,927 ratings — published 1990
“Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett”
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— Rhett”
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“Meanwhile here I am- Earthborn woman, a mere barbaric maula, geting deeper into Imperial Space with each passing light second. I should be trembling with fear, I suppouse.
No. Let the Emperor tremble. Laylah is here!”
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No. Let the Emperor tremble. Laylah is here!”
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