Space Opera

Empires, fleets, and a very large map. Interstellar fiction at full scale — dynasties, wars and long journeys, told with more appetite for spectacle than for engineering.

On the Science Fiction & the Future shelf.

Books shelved as Space Opera

• The End and the Death: Volume II — Dan Abnett
• Kingdoms of Death — Christopher Ruocchio
• Abaddon's Gate — James S. A. Corey
• Aeons — Andrew Hastie
• The Silent War — Anthony Reynolds / Chris Wraight / Graham McNeill / Rob Sanders / Nick Kyme / James Swallow / John French / C Z. Dunn / John French / L.J. Goulding / Anthony Reynolds / James Swallow / Christian Z. Dunn / Nick Kyme / Graham McNeill / Rob Sanders / Chris Wraight / Laurie Goulding
• Judas Unchained — Peter F. Hamilton
• Garro: Weapon of Fate — James Swallow
• Dune: The Battle of Corrin — Brian Herbert / Kevin J. Anderson
• Skyward — Brandon Sanderson
• Tales of Heresy — Dan Abnet / Lindsey Priestley / Dan Abnett / Mike Lee / Anthony Reynolds / James Swallow / Gav Thorpe / Graham McNeill / Matthew Farrer / Nick Kyme
• Corax — Gav Thorpe
• Starsight — Lee Garbett
• Ancillary Sword — Ann Leckie
• Deliverance Lost — Gav Thorpe
• The First Wall — Gav Thorpe
• Warhawk — Chris Wraight
• Old Earth — Nick Kyme
• Scions of the Storm (The Horus Heresy Short Story) — Anthony Reynolds
• Cibola Burn — James S. A. Corey
• The Vital Abyss — James S. A. Corey
• The End of All Things — John Scalzi
• Strange Dogs — James S. A. Corey
• The Wolf of Ash and Fire (The Horus Heresy) — Graham McNeill
• Saga, Vol. 12 — Brian K. Vaughan / Fiona Staples

Related genres

• Science Fiction
• Dystopian
• Military Science Fiction
• Time Travel
• Post-Apocalyptic
• Apocalyptic
• Speculative Fiction
• Classic Science Fiction
• Cyberpunk
• First Contact
• Steampunk
• Eco-Fiction
• Pandemic Fiction
• Hard Science Fiction
• Alien Invasion
• Parallel Worlds
• Climate Fiction
• Biopunk

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