Space Opera Books

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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 1452 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 324,749 ratings — published 2011
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Dune (Dune, #1) Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 966 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,648,962 ratings — published 1965
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 938 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 188,642 ratings — published 2014
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Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 875 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 186,070 ratings — published 2012
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 860 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 120,135 ratings — published 2013
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Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 736 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 157,075 ratings — published 2013
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 732 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 227,451 ratings — published 2005
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 702 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 304,188 ratings — published 1989
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 671 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 101,648 ratings — published 1987
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Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4) Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 642 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 129,948 ratings — published 2014
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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 606 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.10 — 73,465 ratings — published 2019
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Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 584 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.45 — 117,066 ratings — published 2015
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 578 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,331 ratings — published 2000
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 555 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 54,234 ratings — published 2004
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Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 553 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.06 — 40,685 ratings — published 1986
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 552 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 180,489 ratings — published 2015
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The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 534 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 60,391 ratings — published 2017
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 523 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 602,021 ratings — published 1951
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Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6) Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 513 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 100,518 ratings — published 2016
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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 489 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 67,232 ratings — published 1992
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 485 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 49,118 ratings — published 1993
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Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 448 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 88,618 ratings — published 2017
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Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2) Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch #2)
by (shelved 436 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.09 — 61,028 ratings — published 2014
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Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 416 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,482,473 ratings — published 1985
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The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2) The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 394 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 30,587 ratings — published 1986
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Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 392 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.57 — 83,269 ratings — published 2019
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Dune Messiah (Dune #2) Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 384 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.90 — 413,381 ratings — published 1969
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2) The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 81,631 ratings — published 1988
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The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1) The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 364 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 38,277 ratings — published 1996
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The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 360 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 97,871 ratings — published 2006
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 357 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 380,628 ratings — published 2017
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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 90,053 ratings — published 2016
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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 352 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 150,591 ratings — published 1990
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Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 346 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 50,469 ratings — published 2015
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Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 342 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,675 ratings — published 2016
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Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 832,266 ratings — published 2014
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 335 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.26 — 129,617 ratings — published 2016
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Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1) Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 326 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,741 ratings — published 2021
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Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2) Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 322 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,752 ratings — published 2005
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The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 319 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 181,814 ratings — published 1974
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Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 318 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.50 — 512,848 ratings — published 2015
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Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1) Empire of Silence (The Sun Eater, #1)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.95 — 54,634 ratings — published 2018
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House of Suns House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 314 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 33,117 ratings — published 2008
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 307 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,279 ratings — published 2013
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Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.55 — 417,416 ratings — published 2016
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Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2) Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 305 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 228,684 ratings — published 1952
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The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6) The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 302 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 27,357 ratings — published 1990
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Use of Weapons (Culture, #3) Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 298 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 53,159 ratings — published 1990
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The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2) The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 30,061 ratings — published 1993
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 37,133 ratings — published 2021
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Kameron Hurley
“The monsters don't live in the belly of the world like they all say. The monsters live inside of us. We make the monsters.”
Kameron Hurley, The Stars Are Legion

Robert Silverberg
“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!”
Robert Silverberg

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