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Favorite Space Opera books

Action/Adventure, fun casts of characters, galaxy spanning. While there's no shortage of military oriented SF, I'm looking for ... not that.

Leviathan Wakes

#1 of 9 in The Expanse

2011 • 2,026 Readers • 621 pages 4.2

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

11 • 4,689 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 1,774 Readers • 481 pages 4.3

Foundation

#1 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1951 • 1,885 Readers • 255 pages 4

Red Rising

#1 of 7 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 2,733 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Empire of Silence

#1 of 7 in The Sun Eater

2018 • 814 Readers • 624 pages 4

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

#1 of 4 in Wayfarers

2014 • 1,487 Readers • 423 pages 4.1

Ancillary Justice

#1 of 3 in Imperial Radch

2013 • 976 Readers • 416 pages 4

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2019 • 1,087 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

A Fire Upon the Deep

#1 of 3 in Zones of Thought

2010 • 583 Readers • 624 pages 4

Saga, Book One

#1-3 of 14 in Saga

2012 • 110 Readers • 504 pages 4.6

Speaker for the Dead

#2 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1986 • 752 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Foundation and Empire

#2 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1952 • 694 Readers • 244 pages 4

Second Foundation

#3 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1953 • 619 Readers • 254 pages 4.2

Shards of Earth

#1 of 3 in The Final Architecture

2021 • 507 Readers • 592 pages 3.9

Ancillary Mercy

#3 of 3 in Imperial Radch

2015 • 306 Readers • 432 pages 4.1

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 1,661 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

Demon in White

#3 of 7 in The Sun Eater

2020 • 185 Readers • 1,085 pages 4.7

Ancillary Sword

#2 of 3 in Imperial Radch

2014 • 389 Readers • 359 pages 4

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 3,622 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

Hidden Empire

#1 of 7 in The Saga of Seven Suns

2002 • 51 Readers • 688 pages 3.5

Startide Rising

#2 of 6 in The Uplift Saga

1983 • 109 Readers • 498 pages 4.1

Columbus Day

#1 of 17 in Expeditionary Force

2016 • 205 Readers • 271 pages 4.1

Field of Dishonor

#4 of 14 in Honor Harrington

1994 • 71 Readers • 416 pages 3.9

Ilium

#1 of 2 in Ilium

2003 • 220 Readers • 752 pages 3.8

The Stars My Destination

1955 • 385 Readers • 278 pages 3.8

Ender's Shadow

#5 of 18 in Enderverse: Publication Order

1999 • 390 Readers • 384 pages 4.1

Golden Son

#2 of 7 in Red Rising Saga

2015 • 1,230 Readers • 442 pages 4.4

Shards of Honour

#1 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

1986 • 275 Readers • 272 pages 3.9

Linesman

#1 of 3 in Linesman

2015 • 22 Readers • 386 pages 3.9

The Martian Chronicles

20 • 904 Readers • 182 pages 4

Revelation Space

#1 of 4 in Revelation Space

2000 • 493 Readers • 596 pages 3.8

House of Suns

2008 • 322 Readers • 512 pages 4.2

The Last Watch

#1 of 3 in The Divide

2021 • 65 Readers • 480 pages 3.9

The Collapsing Empire

#1 of 3 in The Interdependency

2017 • 597 Readers • 336 pages 4.1

Downbelow Station

#1 of 7 in The Company Wars

1981 • 127 Readers • 526 pages 3.4

Starship Repo

The Breach

2019 • 9 Readers • 336 pages 3.7

Dark Age

#5 of 7 in Red Rising Saga

2019 • 588 Readers • 800 pages 4.5

The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story

#1 of 5 in The Gap Cycle

1990 • 80 Readers • 274 pages 3.6

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 1,717 Readers • 223 pages 3.9

Cover 4

#7 of 2 in The Frontiers Saga - Part 3: Fringe Worlds

3 Readers 4.5

Saga, Vol. 1

#1 of 14 in Saga

2012 • 783 Readers • 160 pages 4.4