Space Operas Books
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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,640,437 ratings — published 1965
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.80 — 71,054 ratings — published 2020
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 226,217 ratings — published 2005
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,479,058 ratings — published 1985
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.89 — 409,045 ratings — published 1969
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 62,103 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.18 — 34,343 ratings — published 2021
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 72,960 ratings — published 2019
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
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avg rating 4.38 — 87,976 ratings — published 2017
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 187,163 ratings — published 2014
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
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avg rating 4.50 — 497,676 ratings — published 2015
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
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avg rating 4.31 — 322,413 ratings — published 2011
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 405,141 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 808,889 ratings — published 2014
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
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avg rating 3.85 — 101,279 ratings — published 1987
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
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avg rating 4.44 — 115,672 ratings — published 2015
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
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avg rating 4.27 — 302,001 ratings — published 1989
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 178,017 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
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avg rating 4.39 — 184,824 ratings — published 2012
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 376,521 ratings — published 2017
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 599,880 ratings — published 1951
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
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avg rating 4.24 — 161,855 ratings — published 2015
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.43 — 81,622 ratings — published 2016
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,026,775 ratings — published 1979
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.28 — 156,045 ratings — published 2013
Winter’s Orbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.98 — 27,573 ratings — published 2021
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,212,235 ratings — published 2021
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,453 ratings — published 2019
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
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avg rating 4.23 — 129,043 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
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avg rating 4.14 — 181,294 ratings — published 1974
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
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avg rating 4.44 — 57,962 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,300,310 ratings — published 2011
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 21,600 ratings — published 2016
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 119,689 ratings — published 2013
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
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avg rating 3.95 — 253,521 ratings — published 1976
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.88 — 148,901 ratings — published 1981
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.15 — 363,255 ratings — published 2012
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.26 — 99,772 ratings — published 2016
Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.02 — 11,889 ratings — published 2022
Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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avg rating 3.92 — 15,271 ratings — published 2019
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
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avg rating 3.89 — 4,194 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
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avg rating 3.84 — 80,992 ratings — published 2015
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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avg rating 4.40 — 42,601 ratings — published 2021
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 128,357 ratings — published 2020
Starship Troopers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.01 — 247,425 ratings — published 1959
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
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avg rating 4.25 — 217,981 ratings — published 2018
Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.87 — 118,320 ratings — published 2012
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.11 — 271,998 ratings — published 1986
Shadow Captain (Revenger, #2)
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avg rating 3.82 — 5,632 ratings — published 2019
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 149,618 ratings — published 1990
“This was not going to be a peaceful day. No. It was going to be a mess.”
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
― Yildun: Worldmaker of Yand
