Excellent Space Opera

1.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,114 ratings
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Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,452 ratings
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Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,562 ratings
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Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating — 241,818 ratings
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Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 52,779 ratings
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On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 48,418 ratings
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Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,089 ratings
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A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,232 ratings
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Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 97,983 ratings
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The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)
The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 37,672 ratings
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Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 33,346 ratings
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Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,494 ratings
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Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1)
Rendezvous with Rama (Rama, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 179,264 ratings
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Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (The Thrawn Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 100,185 ratings
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The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,365 ratings
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The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 4.18 avg rating — 29,329 ratings
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Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1)
Gateway (Heechee Saga, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 46,815 ratings
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House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 31,341 ratings
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The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1)
The Mote in God's Eye (Moties, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 72,229 ratings
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We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 114,094 ratings
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The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1)
The Ship Who Sang (Brainship, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 26,297 ratings
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Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,049 ratings
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Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 159,990 ratings
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Ringworld (Ringworld #1)
Ringworld (Ringworld #1) 3.94 avg rating — 127,121 ratings
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The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 29,857 ratings
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Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1)
Sundiver (The Uplift Saga, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 27,363 ratings
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Salvager: A Military Science Fiction Adventure
Salvager: A Military Science Fiction Adventure 4.18 avg rating — 1,700 ratings
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Redshirts
Redshirts 3.87 avg rating — 114,924 ratings
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Eon (The Way, #1)
Eon (The Way, #1)
by: Greg Bear
3.88 avg rating — 29,924 ratings
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The Algebraist
The Algebraist 4.04 avg rating — 23,915 ratings
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Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress 4.15 avg rating — 136,868 ratings
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Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3)
Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 6,313 ratings
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Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 39,434 ratings
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A Hymn Before Battle (Posleen War, #1)
A Hymn Before Battle (Posleen War, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 13,679 ratings
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Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,824 ratings
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Shift (Silo, #2)
Shift (Silo, #2) 4.13 avg rating — 143,466 ratings
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The Polymorph
The Polymorph
by: Max Nowaz
4.28 avg rating — 15,176 ratings
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The Star Wars Trilogy
The Star Wars Trilogy 4.26 avg rating — 8,235 ratings
40.
Descent (The Palladium Wars, #4)
Descent (The Palladium Wars, #4) 4.32 avg rating — 3,232 ratings
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,070 ratings
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Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,502 ratings
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The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 58,255 ratings
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The Artifact
The Artifact 4.25 avg rating — 2,666 ratings
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Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6) 4.76 avg rating — 78,712 ratings
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Crank Palace (The Maze Runner, #3.5)
Crank Palace (The Maze Runner, #3.5) 4.09 avg rating — 16,177 ratings
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Termination Shock
Termination Shock 3.83 avg rating — 19,997 ratings
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Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1)
Hunting Party (The Serrano Legacy, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 6,405 ratings
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Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 15,990 ratings
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Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #1)
Quarter Share (Golden Age of the Solar Clipper, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 10,372 ratings
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Wraith (The Convergence War #1)
Wraith (The Convergence War #1) 4.26 avg rating — 3,196 ratings
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Starsight (Skyward, #2)
Starsight (Skyward, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 104,471 ratings
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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,898 ratings
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Starter Villain
Starter Villain 4.13 avg rating — 84,933 ratings
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Engines of Oblivion (The Memory War, #2)
Engines of Oblivion (The Memory War, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 950 ratings
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Mind's Eye
Mind's Eye 4.07 avg rating — 12,244 ratings
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The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1)
The Pride of Chanur (Chanur, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 7,632 ratings
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The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating — 460,756 ratings
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Sassinak (Planet Pirates, #1)
Sassinak (Planet Pirates, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 8,538 ratings
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Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1)
Altered Carbon (Takeshi Kovacs, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 112,799 ratings
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Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7)
Persepolis Rising (The Expanse, #7) 4.38 avg rating — 82,563 ratings
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Triplanetary (Lensman, #1)
Triplanetary (Lensman, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 7,437 ratings
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Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1)
Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 5,869 ratings
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Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4)
Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4) 4.02 avg rating — 3,962 ratings
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The Worst Ship in the Fleet (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #1)
The Worst Ship in the Fleet (Dumb Luck and Dead Heroes, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 5,094 ratings
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The Arbitrator
The Arbitrator
by: Max Nowaz
4.24 avg rating — 10,958 ratings
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Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1)
Columbus Day (Expeditionary Force, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 31,271 ratings
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On Destiny
On Destiny 4.20 avg rating — 699 ratings
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Space Cadet
Space Cadet 3.85 avg rating — 9,287 ratings
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Mutineers' Moon (Dahak, #1)
Mutineers' Moon (Dahak, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 7,047 ratings
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Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns, #1)
Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 9,215 ratings
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Service Model
Service Model 4.04 avg rating — 13,950 ratings
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Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3)
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3) 3.96 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
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The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,416 ratings
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The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1)
The Stars, Like Dust (Galactic Empire, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 25,665 ratings
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Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5) 4.31 avg rating — 13,810 ratings
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Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1)
Dorsai! (Childe Cycle, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 10,975 ratings
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Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5)
Livesuit (The Captive's War, #1.5) 4.32 avg rating — 8,044 ratings
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Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1) 3.79 avg rating — 44,799 ratings
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With the Lightnings (RCN, #1)
With the Lightnings (RCN, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 6,438 ratings
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Babel-17
Babel-17 3.72 avg rating — 19,536 ratings
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Antarctica Station
Antarctica Station 3.98 avg rating — 12,490 ratings
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Stardoc (Stardoc, #1)
Stardoc (Stardoc, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 3,906 ratings
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Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1)
Downbelow Station (The Company Wars, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 16,166 ratings
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The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1)
The Rowan (The Tower and the Hive, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 18,109 ratings
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Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1)
Gabriel's Ghost (Dock Five Universe, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 4,466 ratings
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The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3)
The Faded Sun Trilogy (The Faded Sun, #1-3) 4.13 avg rating — 5,453 ratings
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Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 15,963 ratings
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The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1)
The Butlerian Jihad (Legends of Dune, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 80,849 ratings
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Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2)
Eyes of the Void (The Final Architecture, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 18,454 ratings
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Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5)
Compulsory (The Murderbot Diaries, #0.5) 4.31 avg rating — 12,510 ratings
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Starship Sakira (Delphi in Space #1)
Starship Sakira (Delphi in Space #1) 4.21 avg rating — 4,565 ratings
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The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story (The Gap Cycle #1)
The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story (The Gap Cycle #1) 3.71 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
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In Fury Born (1) (Fury Series)
In Fury Born (1) (Fury Series) 4.31 avg rating — 7,337 ratings
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Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1)
Primary Inversion (Saga of the Skolian Empire, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 4,252 ratings
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Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4)
Falling Free (Vorkosigan Saga, #4) 3.84 avg rating — 22,719 ratings
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Taming Flame
Taming Flame 4.29 avg rating — 17,045 ratings
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The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4)
The Long Game (The Far Reaches, #4) 3.62 avg rating — 7,564 ratings
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A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1)
A Talent for War (Alex Benedict, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
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Nemesis
Nemesis 3.81 avg rating — 18,892 ratings
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