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Space opera2019

Treason

Timothy Zahn; Albert Agut Iglesias

4.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1986

Shards of Honor

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.2(32)Open Library rating out of 5

Dragonquest

Anne McCaffrey

4.5(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Dragonsdawn

Anne McCaffrey

4.5(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Genetic engineering1980

Wild Seed

Octavia E. Butler

4.5(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

4.1(201)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2008

Necronomicon

The Weird Tales of H. P. Lovecraft (Gollancz SF)

H.P. Lovecraft

4.4(14)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2018

Salvation

Peter F. Hamilton

4.4(14)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1981

The Sword of the Lictor (The Book of the New Sun, vol 3)

Gene Wolfe

4.4(14)Open Library rating out of 5

The forever war

Joe Haldeman

4.1(90)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1996

Memory

Lois McMaster Bujold

4.4(16)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1986

King Rat

James Clavell

4.4(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1968

Neutron Star

Larry Niven

4.4(17)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2017

Renegades

Marissa Meyer

4.3(19)Open Library rating out of 5

The White Dragon

Anne McCaffrey

4.3(21)Open Library rating out of 5

Book2009

Daemon

Daniel Suarez

4.1(48)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2021

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

4.3(23)Open Library rating out of 5

Book1998

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino; William Weaver 1923; William Weaver

4.1(51)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath1978

Swan Song

Robert R. McCammon

4.2(25)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2005

Judas Unchained

Peter F. Hamilton

4.2(26)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2018

Record of a Spaceborn Few

Becky Chambers

4.2(26)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2014

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

4.1(85)Open Library rating out of 5

Cinder

Marissa Meyer

4.1(56)Open Library rating out of 5

Robots & androids1985

Robots and Empire

Isaac Asimov

4.2(31)Open Library rating out of 5