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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 10 in The Expanse

2011 • 2,375 Readers • 621 pages 4.2

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

1965 • 5,508 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1989 • 2,078 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Foundation

#1 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1951 • 2,212 Readers • 255 pages 4

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2014 • 3,249 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Empire of Silence

#1 of 6 in The Sun Eater

2018 • 961 Readers • 624 pages 4

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

#1 of 4 in Wayfarers

2014 • 1,734 Readers • 423 pages 4.1

Ancillary Justice

#1 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2013 • 1,149 Readers • 416 pages 4

A Memory Called Empire

#1 of 2 in Teixcalaan

2019 • 1,256 Readers • 464 pages 4.2

Saga, Book One

#1-3 of 12 in Saga

2012 • 122 Readers • 504 pages 4.6

Gideon the Ninth

#1 of 4 in The Locked Tomb

2019 • 1,934 Readers • 448 pages 4.1

A Fire Upon the Deep

#1 of 5 in Zones of Thought

1992 • 675 Readers • 624 pages 3.9

Speaker for the Dead

#2 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1986 • 912 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Second Foundation

#3 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1953 • 754 Readers • 254 pages 4.1

Foundation and Empire

#2 of 9 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1945 • 842 Readers • 244 pages 4

Shards of Earth

#1 of 3 in The Final Architecture

2021 • 597 Readers • 592 pages 4

Saga, Vol. 1

#1 of 12 in Saga

2012 • 908 Readers • 160 pages 4.4

Demon in White

#3 of 6 in The Sun Eater

2020 • 223 Readers • 1,085 pages 4.7

Ancillary Sword

#2 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2014 • 471 Readers • 359 pages 4

Ancillary Mercy

#3 of 5 in Imperial Radch

2015 • 375 Readers • 432 pages 4.1

Startide Rising

#2 of 7 in The Uplift Saga

1983 • 131 Readers • 498 pages 4

Hidden Empire

#1 of 7 in The Saga of Seven Suns

2002 • 72 Readers • 688 pages 3.7

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

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

1979 • 4,280 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

Columbus Day

#1 of 18 in Expeditionary Force

2016 • 262 Readers • 305 pages 4.1

Field of Dishonor

#4 of 14 in Honor Harrington

1994 • 84 Readers • 416 pages 3.9

Ilium

#1 of 2 in Ilium

2003 • 257 Readers • 752 pages 3.8

The Stars My Destination

1955 • 439 Readers • 278 pages 3.8

Ender's Shadow

#1 of 4 in The Shadow Series

1999 • 462 Readers • 384 pages 4.2

Golden Son

#2 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2015 • 1,473 Readers • 442 pages 4.4

Shards of Honour

#1 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

1986 • 325 Readers • 272 pages 3.9

Linesman

#1 of 3 in Linesman

2015 • 35 Readers • 386 pages 3.6

The Martian Chronicles

1950 • 1,066 Readers • 182 pages 4

Revelation Space

#1 of 5 in Revelation Space

2000 • 595 Readers • 596 pages 3.9

House of Suns

2008 • 381 Readers • 512 pages 4.2

The Last Watch

#1 of 3 in The Divide

2021 • 109 Readers • 480 pages 3.7

The Collapsing Empire

#1 of 3 in The Interdependency

2017 • 681 Readers • 336 pages 4.1

Downbelow Station

#1 of 7 in The Company Wars

1981 • 154 Readers • 526 pages 3.4

Starship Repo

2 The Breach

2019 • 14 Readers • 336 pages 3.7

Dark Age

#5 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

2019 • 695 Readers • 800 pages 4.4

The Gap Into Conflict: The Real Story

#1 of 5 in The Gap Cycle

1990 • 95 Readers • 274 pages 3.5

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

1968 • 2,025 Readers • 223 pages 3.9

Birth of an Empire

#7 of 4 in The Frontiers Saga - Part 3: Fringe Worlds

2023 • 6 Readers 4.7

The Fall of Hyperion

#2 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

1990 • 680 Readers • 595 pages 4.2

The Warrior's Apprentice

#2 of 16 in Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)

1986 • 160 Readers • 304 pages 3.9