Space Operas Books
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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,624,118 ratings — published 1965
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.80 — 70,121 ratings — published 2020
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,472,483 ratings — published 1985
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 223,851 ratings — published 2005
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 318,098 ratings — published 2011
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.89 — 402,062 ratings — published 1969
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 61,658 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.18 — 33,458 ratings — published 2021
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
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avg rating 4.11 — 72,016 ratings — published 2019
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
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avg rating 4.38 — 86,775 ratings — published 2017
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 184,620 ratings — published 2014
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
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avg rating 4.54 — 383,823 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.27 — 766,008 ratings — published 2014
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.22 — 2,013,487 ratings — published 1979
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.85 — 100,462 ratings — published 1987
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.09 — 74,041 ratings — published 2019
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
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avg rating 4.44 — 114,333 ratings — published 2015
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.27 — 298,173 ratings — published 1989
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
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avg rating 4.30 — 173,523 ratings — published 2015
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.39 — 182,387 ratings — published 2012
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 367,566 ratings — published 2017
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.50 — 470,080 ratings — published 2015
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 595,591 ratings — published 1951
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 161,255 ratings — published 2015
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.43 — 81,292 ratings — published 2016
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.28 — 154,033 ratings — published 2013
Binti (Binti, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.84 — 80,467 ratings — published 2015
Winter’s Orbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.98 — 27,316 ratings — published 2021
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,101,758 ratings — published 2021
Starship Troopers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.01 — 246,142 ratings — published 1959
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 127,350 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.14 — 180,276 ratings — published 2003
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.44 — 57,703 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,284,721 ratings — published 2011
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
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avg rating 3.79 — 21,497 ratings — published 2016
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
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avg rating 3.99 — 118,798 ratings — published 2013
Children of Dune (Dune #3)
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avg rating 3.95 — 249,765 ratings — published 1976
God Emperor of Dune (Dune #4)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.88 — 146,724 ratings — published 1981
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.16 — 361,408 ratings — published 2012
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.25 — 98,412 ratings — published 2016
Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
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avg rating 4.02 — 11,717 ratings — published 2022
Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
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avg rating 3.92 — 15,085 ratings — published 2019
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
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avg rating 3.89 — 4,154 ratings — published 2020
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
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avg rating 4.40 — 41,992 ratings — published 2021
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
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avg rating 4.46 — 125,522 ratings — published 2020
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.25 — 212,805 ratings — published 2018
Redshirts (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.87 — 117,616 ratings — published 2012
Speaker for the Dead (Ender's Saga, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.11 — 270,884 ratings — published 1986
Shadow Captain (Revenger, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.82 — 5,581 ratings — published 2019
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 147,771 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
