Best Space Opera of the 21st Century

1.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 304,557 ratings
2.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 216,448 ratings
3.
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 115,493 ratings
4.
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1)
Red Rising (Red Rising Saga, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 656,825 ratings
5.
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 175,364 ratings
6.
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 60,087 ratings
7.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,637 ratings
8.
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 52,779 ratings
9.
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2)
Caliban’s War (The Expanse, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 174,889 ratings
10.
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Abaddon’s Gate (The Expanse, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 147,861 ratings
11.
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 335,058 ratings
12.
House of Suns
House of Suns 4.24 avg rating — 31,341 ratings
13.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,806 ratings
14.
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5) 4.44 avg rating — 109,574 ratings
15.
The Dreaming Void (Void #1)
The Dreaming Void (Void #1) 4.18 avg rating — 29,329 ratings
16.
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2)
Golden Son (Red Rising Saga, #2) 4.49 avg rating — 400,720 ratings
17.
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2)
Ancillary Sword (Imperial Radch, #2) 4.08 avg rating — 59,023 ratings
18.
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3)
Morning Star (Red Rising Saga, #3) 4.53 avg rating — 328,051 ratings
19.
Cibola Burn (Expanse, #4)
Cibola Burn (Expanse, #4) 4.23 avg rating — 121,987 ratings
20.
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 58,255 ratings
21.
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2) 4.12 avg rating — 93,088 ratings
22.
Redshirts
Redshirts 3.87 avg rating — 114,924 ratings
23.
Look to Windward (Culture, #7)
Look to Windward (Culture, #7) 4.23 avg rating — 28,822 ratings
24.
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2)
Judas Unchained (Commonwealth Saga #2) 4.30 avg rating — 39,706 ratings
25.
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2)
Redemption Ark (Revelation Space, #2) 4.16 avg rating — 31,767 ratings
26.
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3)
Ancillary Mercy (Imperial Radch, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 48,681 ratings
27.
Surface Detail (Culture, #9)
Surface Detail (Culture, #9) 4.26 avg rating — 29,669 ratings
28.
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2)
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 193,411 ratings
29.
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)
The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 21,241 ratings
30.
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10)
The Hydrogen Sonata (Culture, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 25,109 ratings
31.
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1)
Fortune's Pawn (Paradox, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 15,990 ratings
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The Temporal Void (Void #2)
The Temporal Void (Void #2) 4.25 avg rating — 24,386 ratings
33.
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1)
Children of Time (Children of Time, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 159,985 ratings
34.
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1)
Trading in Danger (Vatta's War, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16,049 ratings
35.
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7)
Fuzzy Nation (Fuzzy Sapiens, #7) 4.14 avg rating — 31,775 ratings
36.
Chasm City
Chasm City 4.13 avg rating — 26,993 ratings
36.
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1)
The Quantum Thief (Jean le Flambeur, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 23,442 ratings
38.
Great North Road
Great North Road 4.07 avg rating — 17,918 ratings
39.
The Algebraist
The Algebraist 4.04 avg rating — 23,915 ratings
40.
The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3)
The Evolutionary Void (Void, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 23,116 ratings
41.
The Player of Games (Culture, #2)
The Player of Games (Culture, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 78,337 ratings
42.
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 992,847 ratings
43.
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)
Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4) 4.37 avg rating — 136,731 ratings
44.
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3)
Rogue Protocol (The Murderbot Diaries, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 154,974 ratings
45.
The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5)
The Human Division (Old Man's War, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 36,874 ratings
46.
New Continent: A non-stop action sci-fi thriller
New Continent: A non-stop action sci-fi thriller 4.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
47.
Fallen Dragon
Fallen Dragon 4.08 avg rating — 14,979 ratings
48.
Aurora
Aurora 3.78 avg rating — 27,123 ratings
49.
Saga, Volume 1
Saga, Volume 1 4.16 avg rating — 354,222 ratings
50.
Accelerando
Accelerando 3.87 avg rating — 21,991 ratings
51.
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2)
A Closed and Common Orbit (Wayfarers, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 84,549 ratings
52.
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3)
Absolution Gap (Revelation Space, #3) 4.02 avg rating — 24,623 ratings
53.
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15)
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (Vorkosigan Saga, #15) 4.21 avg rating — 16,901 ratings
54.
Excession (Culture #5)
Excession (Culture #5) 4.20 avg rating — 33,411 ratings
55.
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,188 ratings
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Pushing Ice
Pushing Ice 4.07 avg rating — 21,502 ratings
57.
The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1)
The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 4,175 ratings
58.
Matter (Culture, #8)
Matter (Culture, #8) 4.11 avg rating — 29,297 ratings
59.
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1)
Dauntless (The Lost Fleet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 33,346 ratings
60.
Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1)
Earth Unaware (The First Formic War, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 58,722 ratings
61.
Ilium (Ilium, #1)
Ilium (Ilium, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 31,804 ratings
62.
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1)
Red Mars (Mars Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 87,055 ratings
63.
Engaging the Enemy (Vatta's War, #3)
Engaging the Enemy (Vatta's War, #3) 4.08 avg rating — 10,101 ratings
64.
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1)
Grimspace (Sirantha Jax, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 16,210 ratings
65.
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1)
Ninefox Gambit (The Machineries of Empire, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 21,097 ratings
66.
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1)
Valor's Choice (Confederation, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,824 ratings
67.
Galactic North
Galactic North 4.12 avg rating — 9,319 ratings
68.
2312
2312 3.52 avg rating — 21,485 ratings
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Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5)
Gods of Risk (The Expanse, #2.5) 3.73 avg rating — 24,664 ratings
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Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1)
Blue Remembered Earth (Poseidon's Children, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 12,004 ratings
71.
Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4)
Command Decision (Vatta's War, #4) 4.11 avg rating — 10,353 ratings
72.
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 113,886 ratings
73.
CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14)
CryoBurn (Vorkosigan Saga, #14) 4.08 avg rating — 16,731 ratings
74.
Marque and Reprisal (Vatta's War, #2)
Marque and Reprisal (Vatta's War, #2) 4.09 avg rating — 11,192 ratings
75.
Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1)
Saturn's Children (Freyaverse #1) 3.59 avg rating — 8,072 ratings
76.
The Abyss Beyond Dreams (Chronicle of the Fallers #1)
The Abyss Beyond Dreams (Chronicle of the Fallers #1) 4.22 avg rating — 13,805 ratings
77.
Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns, #1)
Hidden Empire (The Saga of Seven Suns, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 9,215 ratings
78.
The Risen Empire (Succession, #1)
The Risen Empire (Succession, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 2,951 ratings
79.
The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5)
The Butcher of Anderson Station (The Expanse, #1.5) 4.02 avg rating — 26,161 ratings
80.
Linesman (Linesman, #1)
Linesman (Linesman, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 3,347 ratings
81.
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2)
A Desolation Called Peace (Teixcalaan, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 34,315 ratings
82.
Crystal Soldier (The Great Migration Duology, #1; Liaden Universe, #1)
Crystal Soldier (The Great Migration Duology, #1; Liaden Universe, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 2,801 ratings
83.
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1)
Singularity Sky (Eschaton, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 15,963 ratings
84.
Victory Conditions (Vatta's War, #5)
Victory Conditions (Vatta's War, #5) 4.10 avg rating — 9,302 ratings
85.
At All Costs (Honor Harrington, #11)
At All Costs (Honor Harrington, #11) 4.22 avg rating — 11,720 ratings
86.
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1)
The Golden Age (Golden Age, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 3,340 ratings
87.
Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1)
Mutineer (Kris Longknife, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 5,869 ratings
88.
Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2)
Fearless (The Lost Fleet, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 23,033 ratings
88.
Winter’s Orbit
Winter’s Orbit 3.98 avg rating — 26,593 ratings
90.
Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington, #9)
Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington, #9) 4.19 avg rating — 15,475 ratings
91.
Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2)
Neptune's Brood (Freyaverse, #2) 3.85 avg rating — 5,820 ratings
92.
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3)
Gridlinked (Agent Cormac #1, Polity Universe #3) 3.96 avg rating — 12,583 ratings
93.
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
94.
The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2)
The Fractal Prince (Jean le Flambeur, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 9,100 ratings
95.
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2)
On the Steel Breeze (Poseidon's Children, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 6,925 ratings
96.
Cosmonaut Keep (Engines of Light #1)
Cosmonaut Keep (Engines of Light #1) 3.60 avg rating — 3,402 ratings
97.
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3)
Cress (The Lunar Chronicles, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 396,147 ratings
98.
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 114,093 ratings
99.
Warchild (Warchild, #1)
Warchild (Warchild, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 2,260 ratings
100.
Odyssey One (Odyssey One, #1)
Odyssey One (Odyssey One, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 14,198 ratings
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