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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 — 308,176 ratings — published 2011
Dune (Dune #1)
by (shelved 948 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,585,735 ratings — published 1965
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
by (shelved 934 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 177,851 ratings — published 2014
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
by (shelved 861 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.39 — 176,942 ratings — published 2012
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
by (shelved 846 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 116,382 ratings — published 2013
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
by (shelved 723 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 149,526 ratings — published 2013
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
by (shelved 712 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 218,472 ratings — published 2005
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
by (shelved 682 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 289,356 ratings — published 1989
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
by (shelved 652 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.85 — 98,683 ratings — published 1987
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
by (shelved 629 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 123,473 ratings — published 2014
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
by (shelved 577 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.11 — 69,233 ratings — published 2019
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
by (shelved 577 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.99 — 60,551 ratings — published 2000
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
by (shelved 569 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.44 — 110,896 ratings — published 2015
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by (shelved 543 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 53,049 ratings — published 2004
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
by (shelved 536 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.07 — 39,633 ratings — published 1986
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
by (shelved 527 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 58,673 ratings — published 2017
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
by (shelved 523 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 163,670 ratings — published 2015
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
by (shelved 507 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 584,951 ratings — published 1951
Babylon’s Ashes (The Expanse, #6)
by (shelved 499 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 95,143 ratings — published 2016
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
by (shelved 480 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,535 ratings — published 1993
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
by (shelved 478 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.13 — 65,600 ratings — published 1992
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
by (shelved 432 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.08 — 59,432 ratings — published 2014
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
by (shelved 430 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.38 — 83,706 ratings — published 2017
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
by (shelved 407 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,456,239 ratings — published 1985
The Warrior's Apprentice (Vorkosigan Saga, #2)
by (shelved 386 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 29,967 ratings — published 1986
Dune Messiah (Dune #2)
by (shelved 371 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.89 — 386,549 ratings — published 1969
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
by (shelved 366 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.58 — 78,135 ratings — published 2019
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
by (shelved 361 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.28 — 78,923 ratings — published 1988
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
by (shelved 356 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 37,776 ratings — published 1996
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
by (shelved 355 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.37 — 85,673 ratings — published 2016
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 353 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 345,365 ratings — published 2017
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
by (shelved 351 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.12 — 93,930 ratings — published 2006
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.79 — 21,204 ratings — published 2016
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 49,045 ratings — published 2015
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
by (shelved 341 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 143,611 ratings — published 1990
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
by (shelved 320 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.30 — 39,903 ratings — published 2005
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
by (shelved 317 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 116,172 ratings — published 2016
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
by (shelved 313 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 685,833 ratings — published 2014
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
by (shelved 312 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.14 — 177,945 ratings — published 1974
House of Suns (Paperback)
by (shelved 309 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.24 — 31,737 ratings — published 2008
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
by (shelved 304 times as space-opera)
avg rating 3.94 — 16,060 ratings — published 2013
Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
by (shelved 303 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.18 — 31,726 ratings — published 2021
The Vor Game (Vorkosigan Saga, #6)
by (shelved 297 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.27 — 26,799 ratings — published 1990
The Honor of the Queen (Honor Harrington, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.23 — 29,702 ratings — published 1993
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.49 — 419,000 ratings — published 2015
Foundation and Empire (Foundation, #2)
by (shelved 295 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.22 — 222,003 ratings — published 1952
Use of Weapons (Culture, #3)
by (shelved 290 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.16 — 51,647 ratings — published 1990
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
by (shelved 289 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.00 — 16,120 ratings — published 2003
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 288 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.17 — 100,965 ratings — published 1991
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
by (shelved 284 times as space-opera)
avg rating 4.25 — 199,877 ratings — published 2018
“Never ask a question if you don’t know the answer.
— Rhett”
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— Rhett”
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“Space travel, I’ve often found, is a hushed experience. Not only for the great quiet of the endless Dark, but in the way that quiet oppresses you, impresses you to silence. To stand beneath the bottomless sky and above and among its stars is like standing amidst the pillars of a great cathedral—afraid to speak, lest God may hear. Or devils.”
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