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Space Opera Books
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1409 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 309,982 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 953 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,592,416 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 932 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 179,171 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 863 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 178,050 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 846 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,831 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 723 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 150,400 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 714 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 219,543 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 684 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 291,011 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 658 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 98,988 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 631 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 124,187 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 578 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 69,750 ratings — published 2019
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 576 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,750 ratings — published 2000
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 573 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.44 — 111,561 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 542 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,202 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 537 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 39,746 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 529 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 58,888 ratings — published 2017
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 525 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 165,470 ratings — published 2015
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 508 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 586,893 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 499 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 95,767 ratings — published 2016
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 482 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,591 ratings — published 1993
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 480 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,792 ratings — published 1992
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
by (shelved 432 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,658 ratings — published 2014
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 431 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 84,320 ratings — published 2017
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 409 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,459,070 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 387 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,027 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 378 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 389,358 ratings — published 1969
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 365 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.58 — 78,722 ratings — published 2019
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 79,217 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 37,827 ratings — published 1996
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 349,614 ratings — published 2017
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 86,232 ratings — published 2016
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 94,451 ratings — published 2006
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 49,227 ratings — published 2015
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 144,442 ratings — published 1990
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 339 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,265 ratings — published 2016
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,000 ratings — published 2005
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 117,299 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 315 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 699,948 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 178,395 ratings — published 1974
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,901 ratings — published 2008
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 306 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 32,047 ratings — published 2021
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,084 ratings — published 2013
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 26,852 ratings — published 1990
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,744 ratings — published 1993
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.49 — 428,304 ratings — published 2015
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 222,795 ratings — published 1952
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 290 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 101,274 ratings — published 1991
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 290 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 51,797 ratings — published 1990
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
by (shelved 288 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,157 ratings — published 2003
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 286 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 202,585 ratings — published 2018
“Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.”
― Revelation Space
― Revelation Space
“Brother Cavil:
In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...
I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...
I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
―
In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? ...
I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. ...
I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!”
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