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Dune (Dune, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,710,517 ratings — published 1965
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.80 — 73,701 ratings — published 2020
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 234,402 ratings — published 2005
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,504,510 ratings — published 1985
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.10 — 77,497 ratings — published 2019
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.16 — 197,789 ratings — published 2014
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.90 — 445,589 ratings — published 1969
Revelation Space (The Inhibitor Sequence, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 64,064 ratings — published 2000
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 37,118 ratings — published 2021
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.30 — 197,189 ratings — published 2015
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.38 — 92,829 ratings — published 2017
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.51 — 612,227 ratings — published 2015
Leviathan Wakes (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.31 — 339,207 ratings — published 2011
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.55 — 497,394 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.27 — 984,890 ratings — published 2014
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.84 — 104,188 ratings — published 1987
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.45 — 122,034 ratings — published 2015
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.28 — 319,283 ratings — published 1989
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.39 — 194,084 ratings — published 2012
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.10 — 410,690 ratings — published 2017
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.99 — 123,495 ratings — published 2013
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.17 — 616,026 ratings — published 1951
Illuminae (The Illuminae Files, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.23 — 164,633 ratings — published 2015
Gemina (The Illuminae Files, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.43 — 83,050 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 — 2,077,899 ratings — published 1979
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.28 — 163,697 ratings — published 2013
Project Hail Mary (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.51 — 1,875,306 ratings — published 2021
Aurora Rising (The Aurora Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.09 — 75,940 ratings — published 2019
The Galaxy, and the Ground Within (Wayfarers, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.39 — 45,223 ratings — published 2021
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.24 — 135,474 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.14 — 185,448 ratings — published 1974
Obsidio (The Illuminae Files, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.44 — 59,213 ratings — published 2018
The Martian (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.42 — 1,381,507 ratings — published 2011
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.79 — 22,036 ratings — published 2016
Children of Dune (Dune, #3)
by (shelved 4 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.95 — 270,763 ratings — published 1976
God Emperor of Dune (Dune, #4)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.88 — 158,407 ratings — published 1981
Translation State (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.05 — 18,756 ratings — published 2023
Saga, Volume 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.15 — 371,179 ratings — published 2012
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.05 — 70,336 ratings — published 2019
Some Desperate Glory (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.05 — 22,283 ratings — published 2023
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.26 — 105,004 ratings — published 2016
Hunt the Stars (Starlight's Shadow, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.02 — 12,449 ratings — published 2022
Polaris Rising (Consortium Rebellion, #1)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.92 — 15,918 ratings — published 2019
Chilling Effect (Chilling Effect, #1)
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avg rating 3.49 — 4,454 ratings — published 2019
Bone Silence (Revenger, #3)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.89 — 4,318 ratings — published 2020
Binti (Binti, #1)
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avg rating 3.83 — 82,828 ratings — published 2015
Winter’s Orbit (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 3.97 — 28,512 ratings — published 2021
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.30 — 38,951 ratings — published 2021
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.46 — 139,611 ratings — published 2020
Starship Troopers (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as space-operas)
avg rating 4.00 — 252,165 ratings — published 1959
“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