Molly White's curated list of space operas Public
Created by Ricardo Carvalho
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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie (Imperial Radch, #1)
4 stars
On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest.
Breq is both …
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All Systems Red by Martha Wells (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
4 stars
"As a heartless killing machine, I was a complete failure."
In a corporate-dominated spacefaring future, planetary missions must be approved …
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The Collapsing Empire by John Scalzi (The Interdependency, #1)
4 stars
In the far future, humanity has left Earth to create a glorious empire. Now this interstellar network of worlds faces …
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Foundation by Isaac Asimov (Foundation, #1)
5 stars
One of the great masterworks of science fiction, the Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov are unsurpassed for their unique blend …
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Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey (The Expanse, #1)
4 stars
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars are still out of our …
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Saga, Vol. 1 (Saga, #1) by Fiona Staples, Brian K. Vaughan, Brian K. Vaughan
5 stars
The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. When two soldiers from opposite …
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Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky (The Final Architecture, #1)
4 stars
Idris has neither aged nor slept since they remade him in the war. And one of humanity’s heroes now scrapes …
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The Stars Are Legion by Kameron Hurley
3 stars
Somewhere on the outer rim of the universe, a mass of decaying world-ships known as the Legion is traveling in …
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The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Three-Body Trilogy, #1)
4 stars
Within the context of the Chinese Cultural Revolution, a military project sends messages to alien worlds. A nearby alien society …
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The Algebraist by Iain M. Banks
It is 4034 AD. Humanity has made it to the stars.
Seconded to a military-religious order he's barely heard of, …
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Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children of Time, #1)
5 stars
Children of Time is a 2015 science fiction novel by author Adrian Tchaikovsky. The work was praised by the Financial …
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Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks (Culture, #1)
4 stars
The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced …
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The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
5 stars
Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestionable, and attempt to tear down …
