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Empires, starships, and stories on a galactic scale.

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2,972 books in space opera

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Space opera1984

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

4.5(179)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 opera2021

Leviathan Falls

Book 9 of the Expanse

James S. A. Corey

4.4(35)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2001

Memories of Ice (The Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 3)

Steven Erikson

4.4(31)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1991

Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 1)

Timothy Zahn

4.3(44)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2017

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

4.2(55)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1993

The Last Command (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, Vol. 3)

Timothy Zahn

4.3(30)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1978

The Dragonriders of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

4.6(11)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 opera1992

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

Timothy Zahn

4.3(28)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

Space opera2020

Harrow the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

4.2(30)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 opera1994

Prey (Aliens Vs. Predator, Book 1)

Steve Perry; Randy Stradley; Chris Warner

5.0(5)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera1992

The Ship Who Searched

Anne McCaffrey; Mercedes Lackey

5.0(5)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

Space opera2006

Blindsight

Peter Watts; Peter Watts

4.1(68)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2018

Binti

the Night Masquerade

Nnedi Okorafor; Bel Olid

4.3(20)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2015

Nemesis Games

James S. A. Corey

4.2(24)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2008

House of Suns

Alastair Reynolds; John Lee

4.2(27)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

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