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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Warp, Rinse, Repeat (Tales of a Former Space Janitor, #6)
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The Polymorph
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Mickey7 (Mickey7 #1)
System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)
The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, #1)
Shadows Upon Time (The Sun Eater, #7)
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Shards of Earth (The Final Architecture, #1)
Leviathan Falls (The Expanse, #9)
Not Till We Are Lost (Bobiverse, #5)
Cytonic (Skyward, #3)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1)
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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)
A Memory Called Empire (Teixcalaan, #1)
Nemesis Games (The Expanse, #5)
Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
Shards of Honour  (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)
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Andri E. Elia
A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.
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Brian W. Aldiss
Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.
Brian W. Aldiss

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