Favorite Space Opera booksAnswer

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

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,105 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Speaker for the Dead

#2 of 6 in Ender's Saga

Speaker for the Dead
ByOrson Scott Card

1986 • 922 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

Red Rising
ByPierce Brown

2014 • 3,280 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Foundation

#1 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)

Foundation
ByIsaac Asimov

1951 • 2,236 Readers • 255 pages 4

Leviathan Wakes

#1 of 10 in The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes
ByJames S. A. Corey

2011 • 2,405 Readers • 621 pages 4.2

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 5,553 Readers • 704 pages 4.3