Favorite Space Opera booksAnswer

Action/Adventure, fun casts of characters, galaxy spanning. While there's no shortage of military oriented SF, I'm looking for ... not that.

Hyperion

#1 of 4 in Hyperion Cantos

Hyperion
ByDan Simmons

1989 • 2,662 Readers • 492 pages 4.3

Speaker for the Dead

#2 of 6 in Ender's Saga

Speaker for the Dead
ByOrson Scott Card

1986 • 1,178 Readers • 382 pages 4.2

Red Rising

#1 of 6 in Red Rising Saga

Red Rising
ByPierce Brown

2014 • 4,168 Readers • 382 pages 4.1

Foundation

#1 of 8 in Foundation (Publication Order)

Foundation
ByIsaac Asimov

1951 • 2,832 Readers • 255 pages 4

Leviathan Wakes

#1 of 9 in The Expanse

Leviathan Wakes
ByJames S. A. Corey

2009 • 3,053 Readers • 621 pages 4.3

Dune

#1 of 9 in Dune

Dune
ByFrank Herbert

1965 • 6,861 Readers • 704 pages 4.3