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Space Opera is a subgenre of Science Fiction where the story takes place largely in outer space, usually on a space ship.

Updated July 17, 2023
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Children of time
Tchaikovsky, Adrian
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2016 ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARDThe last remnants of the human race left a dying Earth, desperate to find a new home among the stars. Following in the footsteps of their ancestors, they discover the greatest treasure of the past age - a world terraformed and prepared for human life...
The collapsing empire
Scalzi, John
Paper Book
The Collapsing Empire is an exciting space opera from John Scalzi, the first in the award-winning Interdependency series. Does the biggest threat lie within? In the far future, humanity has left Earth to create a glorious empire. Now this...
Illuminae
Kaufman, Amie
Paper Book
The internationally and New York Times bestselling first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy that bends the sci-fi genre into a new dimension. Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the worst thing she'd ever been through. That was before her planet was invaded. Now, with enemy...
Leviathan wakes
Corey, James S. A.
Paper Book
NOW A PRIME ORIGINAL SERIES Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the New York Times bestselling and Hugo-award winning Expanse series - over 7 million copies sold worldwide. 'Interplanetary adventure the way it ought...
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Wayfarers Series, Book 1
Chambers, Becky.
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'A quietly profound, humane tour de force' Guardian The beloved debut novel that will restore your faith in humanity #SmallAngryPlanet When Rosemary Harper...
A memory called empire
Martine, Arkady
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2020In a war of lies she seeks the truthAmbassador Mahit Dzmare travels to the Teixcalaanli Empire's interstellar capital, eager to take up her new post. Yet when she arrives, she discovers her predecessor was murdered. But no one will admit his death wasn't...
Ninefox gambit
Lee, Yoon Ha
Paper Book
New York Times Best-Selling Author - Nominated for the 2019 Hugo Award for Best Series - Winner of the 2016 Locus Award - Nominated for the Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C. Clarke Awards When Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced for her unconventional tactics, Kel...
Provenance
Leckie, Ann
Paper Book
SHORTLISTED FOR THE HUGO AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOCUS AWARDS 2018 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BSFA AWARDS 2018 'Excellent' Book Smugglers 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world' NPR
Space opera
Valente, Catherynne M.
Paper Book
HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL 2019 IN SPACE EVERYONE CAN HEAR YOU SING A century ago, the Sentience Wars tore the galaxy apart and nearly ended the entire concept of intelligent space-faring life. In the aftermath, a curious tradition was...
To sleep in a sea of stars
Paolini, Christopher
Paper Book
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars is a masterful epic science fiction novel from the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini.During a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, xenobiologist Kira NavΓ‘rez finds an alien relic that thrusts her...
Translation state
Leckie, Ann
Paper Book
'There are few who write science fiction like Ann Leckie can. There are few who ever could' John Scalzi The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple effect across the stars in this powerful new novel by award-winning...
Unconquerable Sun
Elliott, Kate
Paper Book
'An entertaining shoot-'em-up, replete with epic starship battles, court intrigue and Machiavellian betrayals' Guardian It has been eight centuries since the beacon system failed, sundering the heavens. Rising from the ashes of the collapse, cultures have fought, system-by-system, for...
Winter's orbit
Maxwell, Everina
Paper Book
'A chilling account of a dark past wrapped in the warm blanket of a promising future . . . A pleasure to read' Ann Leckie 'Sparks fly' NPR 'A stunning new space opera debut' K. B. Wagers The Iskat Empire rules its vassal...

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