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23 Best Space Opera Books of All Time


Our goal: Find the best Space Opera books according to the internet (not just one random person's opinion).

    Here's what we did:
  1. Type "best space opera books" into our search engine and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly for you here! 馃槉
    (It was a lot of work. But hey! That's why we're here, right?)

(Updated 2024)

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Last Updated: Monday 1 Jan, 2024

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  1. 1
    Ender's Game
  2. 2
    Leviathan Wakes
  3. 3
    Dune

    Dune

    Dune, Book 1

    Frank Herbert

  4. 4
    Hyperion
  5. 5
    Old Man's War
  6. 6
    Starship Troopers

    Starship Troopers

    Robert A. Heinlein

  7. 7
    A Fire Upon The Deep
  8. 9
    Revelation Space
  9. 10
    Falling Free
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    11
    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
  11. 12
    Consider Phlebas
  12. 13
    Foundation
  13. 15
    Rendezvous with Rama
  14. 18
    Solaris

    Solaris

    Stanislaw Lem

  15. 21
    Gateway
  16. 22
    Triplanetary
  17. 23
    CassaStar

    CassaStar

    Alex J. Cavanaugh

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