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Conflict and consequence beyond Earth.

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Artificial intelligence1985

Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card

4.4(417)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2018

Tiamat's Wrath

James S. A. Corey

4.5(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2009

Leviathan Wakes

James S. A. Corey

4.3(168)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2012

Caliban's War

James S. A. Corey

4.3(120)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2021

Leviathan Falls

Book 9 of the Expanse

James S. A. Corey

4.4(35)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2005

Old Man's War

John Scalzi

4.2(112)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2017

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

4.2(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2017

Thrawn

Timothy Zahn; Albert Agut Iglesias

4.4(22)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 opera2001

Star Wars

Darth Plagueis

James Luceno

4.4(18)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2019

Treason

Timothy Zahn; Albert Agut Iglesias

4.7(9)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1978

The forever war

Joe Haldeman

4.1(90)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2005

Judas Unchained

Peter F. Hamilton

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

Space opera2016

Babylon's Ashes

James S. A. Corey

4.1(64)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2021

Heaven’s River

Dennis E. Taylor

4.7(7)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2014

Droids in distress

Michael Kogge

4.5(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life2016

Ahsoka

E. K. Johnston

4.3(15)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2015

Nemesis Games

James S. A. Corey

4.2(24)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1986

Speaker for the Dead

Orson Scott Card

4.0(143)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2020

Star Wars: Chaos Rising

Thrawn Ascendancy

Timothy Zahn; Albert Agut Iglesias

4.8(5)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2018

Thrawn

Alliances

Timothy Zahn

4.3(12)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2014

Cibola Burn

James S. A. Corey

4.3(14)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2000

Look to Windward

Iain Banks

4.1(35)Open Library rating out of 5

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