Space Opera Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.1 and Above

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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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House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 31,341 ratings
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The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,337 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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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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Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1)
Salvation (Salvation Sequence, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 16,329 ratings
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Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,114 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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Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 285,898 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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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,871 ratings
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A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,189 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 Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)
A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 65,233 ratings
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The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 21,242 ratings
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The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)
The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 141,835 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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The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 58,255 ratings
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A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,551 ratings
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A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 34,315 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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Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8) 4.58 avg rating — 77,005 ratings
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A Red Peace (Starfire #1)
A Red Peace (Starfire #1) 3.74 avg rating — 515 ratings
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Delta-v (Delta-v, #1)
Delta-v (Delta-v, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 9,872 ratings
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Stormblood (The Common, #1)
Stormblood (The Common, #1) 3.73 avg rating — 618 ratings
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Into the Dark (Alexis Carew #1)
Into the Dark (Alexis Carew #1) 4.22 avg rating — 2,727 ratings