Space Opera

Space opera is a subgenre of speculative fiction or science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often melodramatic adventure, set mainly or entirely in space, generally involving conflict between opponents possessing powerful (and sometimes quite fanciful) technologies and abilities. Perhaps the most significant trait of space opera is that settings, characters, battles, powers, and themes tend to be very large-scale.

Also see Planetary Romance, which has similarities.
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Ghost Station
Ocean's Godori
Disquiet Gods (Sun Eater, #6)
Star Wars:  The Living Force
Die Geheimnisse der ELNVAN
Auf der Transitwelt
Willkommen in Menschenstadt
Sternweiser
Floating Hotel
Cascade Failure (Ambit's Run, #1)
Alien Clay
Defy the Storm (Star Wars: The High Republic)
Die Rovan-Intrige (Die Sax-Chroniken 2) (German Edition)
Totenozean
Nejasné hranice (Cyklus Kchrat, #1)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
Light Bringer (Red Rising Saga, #6)
Fugitive Telemetry (The Murderbot Diaries, #6)
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)
Network Effect (The Murderbot Diaries, #5)
Starsight (Skyward, #2)
Defiant (Skyward, #4)
Harrow the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #2)
Nona the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #3)
Tiamat's Wrath (The Expanse, #8)
Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
City of Dreams (Danny Ryan #2)
Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
To Sleep in a Sea of Stars (Fractalverse, #1)
Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovHyperion by Dan SimmonsA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Space Opera
775 books — 888 voters
Old Man's War by John ScalziOn Basilisk Station by David WeberDauntless by Jack CampbellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Kick-Ass Military Science Fiction Books
357 books — 282 voters

The Way of Shadows by Brent WeeksThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGraceling by Kristin CashoreAssassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
SF/F Assassins!
301 books — 817 voters
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. CoreyOld Man's War by John ScalziAncillary Justice by Ann LeckieRed Rising by Pierce BrownThe Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky  Chambers
Best Space Opera of the 21st Century
277 books — 579 voters

Old Man's War by John ScalziStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardOn Basilisk Station by David WeberThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
Space Opera & Military SF
445 books — 302 voters
Accelerando by Charles StrossA Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor VingeDiaspora by Greg EganPermutation City by Greg EganAltered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Transhuman Science Fiction
146 books — 183 voters

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers, #1)
Caliban's War (The Expanse, #2)
Ancillary Justice (Imperial Radch, #1)
Abaddon's Gate (The Expanse, #3)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)
Consider Phlebas (Culture, #1)
Cibola Burn (The Expanse, #4)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
The Collapsing Empire (The Interdependency, #1)
On Basilisk Station (Honor Harrington, #1)

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