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Book2018

Throne of Glass Box Set

The Assassin's Blade / Throne of Glass / Crown of Midnight / Heir of Fire / Queen of Shadows / Empire of Storms / Tower of Dawn / Kingdom of Ash

Sarah J. Maas

5.0(7)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2013

Abaddon's Gate

James S. A. Corey

4.2(70)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1945

Foundation and Empire

Isaac Asimov

4.1(156)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2014

Station Eleven

Emily St. John Mandel

4.1(91)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1999

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

4.1(125)Open Library rating out of 5

Life on Mars2022

All Tomorrows

The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man

C.M. Kösemen

4.7(10)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2000

Lilith’s Brood

Octavia E. Butler

4.6(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1978

The Dragonriders of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

4.6(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1992

Dark Force Rising (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 2)

Timothy Zahn

4.3(28)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2006

Life As We Knew It

Susan Beth Pfeffer

4.6(12)Open Library rating out of 5

Robots & androids1986

Robot Dreams

Isaac Asimov

4.5(13)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2006

Star Wars: Darth Bane

Path of Destruction

Drew Karpyshyn

4.5(13)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2015

Dark Age

Pierce Brown

4.5(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2020

A Beautifully Foolish Endeavour

Hank Green

4.4(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1998

One Piece Volume 3

East Blue Part 3: Don't Get Fooled Again

尾田栄一郎

4.4(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1974

I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison

4.2(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2001

Star Wars

Darth Plagueis

James Luceno

4.4(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel1955

The End of Eternity

Isaac Asimov

4.4(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1980

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

4.2(41)Open Library rating out of 5

Genetic engineering2002

Oryx and Crake

Margaret Atwood

4.2(48)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2001

Steelheart

Brandon Sanderson

4.2(50)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2017

Saga

Book Two

Brian K. Vaughan

4.9(7)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2020

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.2(30)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2017

Saga

Volume eight

Brian K. Vaughan

4.8(8)Open Library rating out of 5