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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1469 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 330,385 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 978 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,672,518 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 947 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 192,064 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 885 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 189,087 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 867 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 121,334 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 742 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 159,547 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 732 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 230,123 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 709 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 309,638 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 675 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 102,606 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 649 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 132,001 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 614 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 74,873 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 593 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 118,925 ratings — published 2015
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 588 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,072 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 560 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 40,996 ratings — published 1986
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 556 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 54,587 ratings — published 2004
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 553 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 186,777 ratings — published 2015
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 539 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 60,875 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 528 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 607,114 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 518 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 102,173 ratings — published 2016
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 492 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,780 ratings — published 1992
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 488 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,295 ratings — published 1993
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 455 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 90,192 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 440 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,555 ratings — published 2014
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 417 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,490,874 ratings — published 1985
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 401 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 84,824 ratings — published 2019
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 396 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,800 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 387 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 425,771 ratings — published 1969
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 370 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 82,530 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,444 ratings — published 1996
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 362 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 98,990 ratings — published 2006
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 359 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 91,433 ratings — published 2016
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 357 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 392,047 ratings — published 2017
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 153,103 ratings — published 1990
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 352 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 886,131 ratings — published 2014
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 349 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,992 ratings — published 2015
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 344 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,825 ratings — published 2016
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 136,307 ratings — published 2016
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 329 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 35,626 ratings — published 2021
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 326 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.51 — 548,042 ratings — published 2015
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 41,027 ratings — published 2005
Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 59,600 ratings — published 2018
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 183,115 ratings — published 1974
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 317 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 445,852 ratings — published 2016
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 33,603 ratings — published 2008
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 308 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 230,653 ratings — published 1952
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,359 ratings — published 2013
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,550 ratings — published 1990
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 302 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 37,843 ratings — published 2021
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 302 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,644 ratings — published 1990
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 299 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 105,251 ratings — published 1991
“Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.”
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“They could be totally ignored by Earth without infringing on their lifestyle because of the vastness of the planet.”
― The Polymorph
― The Polymorph
