Most Popular Space Opera Books of the 2010s

Liaden Universe #19

Alliance of Equals

Steve Miller, Sharon Lee

Science Fiction · Space Opera

July 2016

Ragnarok #1

Absorption

John Meaney

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 12, 2010

The Culture #9

The Hydrogen Sonata

Iain M. Banks

Science Fiction · Space Opera

September 29, 2012

The Expanse #8

Tiamat's Wrath

James S. A. Corey

Science Fiction · Space Opera

March 26, 2019

The Expanse #7

Persepolis Rising

James S. A. Corey

Science Fiction · Space Opera

December 4, 2017

The Black Fleet Trilogy #1

Warship

Joshua Dalzelle

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 3, 2015

Rise of the Jain #1

The Soldier

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 14, 2018

A Galaxy Unknown - Border Patrol #2

Clidepp Requital

Thomas DePrima

Science Fiction · Space Opera

September 2014

Silversands

Gareth L. Powell

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 10, 2010

Rome's Revolution #2

The Ark Lords

Michael Brachman

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Space Opera

August 2012

Ragnarok #2

Transmission

John Meaney

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 17, 2012

Rome's Revolution #1

Rome's Revolution

Michael Brachman

Science Fiction · Hard Science Fiction · Space Opera

2011

The Foreigner Universe #12

Betrayer

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 2, 2011

White Space #1

Ancestral Night

Elizabeth Bear

Science Fiction · Space Opera

March 5, 2019

The Foreigner Universe #19

Emergence

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 2018

Xeelee Sequence

Xeelee: Redemption

Stephen Baxter

Science Fiction · Space Opera

August 20, 2018

Willful Child #3

The Search for Spark

Steven Erikson

Science Fiction · Space Opera

November 19, 2018

Noumenon #1

Noumenon

Marina J. Lostetter

Science Fiction · Space Opera

August 1, 2017

The Foreigner Universe #18

Convergence

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 4, 2017

Odyssey One #5

Warrior King

Evan Currie

Science Fiction · Space Opera

July 2016

Underside #1

Sailor to a Siren

Zoë Sumra

Science Fiction · Space Opera

July 17, 2015

The Foreigner Universe #16

Tracker

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 4, 2015

The Foreigner Universe #15

Peacemaker

C. J. Cherryh

Science Fiction · Space Opera

March 25, 2014

Omega Force #2

Soldiers of Fortune

Joshua Dalzelle

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 21, 2013

Omega Force #1

Omega Rising

Joshua Dalzelle

Science Fiction · Space Opera

January 2013

Odyssey One #3

Homeworld

Evan Currie

Science Fiction · Space Opera

September 2013

Caine Riordan #1

Fire with Fire

Charles E. Gannon

Science Fiction · Space Opera

April 2013

The Engines of God / Priscilla 'Hutch' Hutchins #7

Starhawk

Jack McDevitt

Science Fiction · Space Opera

October 29, 2013

Ragnarok #3

Resonance

John Meaney

Science Fiction · Space Opera

December 19, 2013

Star Kingdom #2

Fire Season

Jane Lindskold, David Weber

Science Fiction · Space Opera · Young Adult

September 29, 2012

Odyssey One #1

Into the Black

Evan Currie

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 2011

The Diving Series #2

City of Ruins

Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 2, 2011

Debatable Space

Version 43

Philip Palmer

Science Fiction · Space Opera

October 1, 2010

Transformation #3

Infinity Engine

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Space Opera

March 21, 2017

Transformation #2

War Factory

Neal Asher

Science Fiction · Space Opera

May 1, 2016

The Sun Eater #1

Empire of Silence

Christopher Ruocchio

Science Fiction · Space Opera

July 2, 2018