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Voyages into the great unknown.

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1,383 books in space exploration

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Space exploration2021

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

4.5(185)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1984

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

4.5(179)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1996

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide

Douglas Adams

4.4(112)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

Time travel1975

The Dispossessed

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.5(37)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2020

Network Effect

Martha Wells

4.3(59)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1994

2001: A Space Odyssey

A Space Odyssey

Arthur C. Clarke

4.2(124)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1991

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

4.2(158)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2018

Artificial Condition

The Murderbot Diaries

Martha Wells

4.3(72)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 life1986

Contact

a novel

Carl Sagan

4.2(103)Open Library rating out of 5

Alien life1969

The Left Hand of Darkness

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.2(57)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2017

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

4.2(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1953

Rendezvous with Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

4.2(102)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1953

The Caves of Steel

Isaac Asimov

4.3(30)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2011

Mouse In Space

Elisabetta Dami

4.7(11)Open Library rating out of 5

Artificial intelligence2017

All Systems Red

Martha Wells

4.1(82)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1999

Life, the Universe and Everything

Douglas Adams

4.1(125)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

Space exploration1980

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams

4.2(41)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration2018

Salvation

Peter F. Hamilton

4.4(14)Open Library rating out of 5

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