What are the best science fiction 'space opera' books?
We have 235 recommendations from other readers
Book Recommendations
Page 1: Showing books 1 - 10 of 235
#1
From a New York Times bestselling and Hugo award-winning author comes a modern masterwork of science fiction, introducing a captain, his crew, and a d...See Full Details
Liked Leviathan Wakes?
#2
The first book in Iain M. Banks's seminal science fiction series, The Culture. Consider Phlebas introduces readers to the utopian conglomeration of hu...See Full Details
Liked Consider Phlebas?
#3
What do readers say about this book?
first person narrativefar future sfintelligent space operagreat space operaAncillary Justice is Ann Leckie's stunning debut - the only novel to ever win the Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke awards - about a ship's AI who be...See Full Details
Liked Ancillary Justice?
#4
John Perry did two things on his 75th birthday. First he visited his wife's grave. Then he joined the army.
The good news is that humanity finally mad...See Full Details
Liked Old Man's War?
#5
Nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the Amarantin. For the human colonists now settling the Amarantin homeworld Resurgam, it's of lit...See Full Details
Liked Revelation Space?
#6
What do readers say about this book?
fast-paced and well writtenan intriguing storymodern space operagreat space opera"An imaginative and stunning tale of the perfect future threatened . . . a book of epic proportions not unlike Frank Herbert's Dune or Isaac Asimov's ...See Full Details
Liked Pandora's Star?
#7
What do readers say about this book?
futuristic fantasybrutal and bloodya fascinating novelya dystopian novelNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Pierce Brown's relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender's ...See Full Details
Liked Red Rising?
#8
National Bestseller!
The acclaimed modern science fiction masterpiece, Hugo Award winner for Best Series! ...See Full Details
Liked The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet?
#9
What do readers say about this book?
quality science fictionepic space operalong bookmedieval fantasyReviewers exhaust superlatives when it comes to the science fiction of Peter F. Hamilton. His complex and engaging novels, which span thousands of yea...See Full Details
Liked The Dreaming Void?
#10
What do readers say about this book?
new space operamystery, action, and surpriseshard science fictionstand alone sfAn "engaging and awe-inspiring"(SF Signal) space opera from the critically-acclaimed author of the Revelation Space series.
Six million years ago, at...See Full Details
Liked House of Suns?
Help Us Improve