The Expanse James S. A. Corey Space antics with realistic physics. Quality dips midway through, but first few books are great. I haven’t watched the show yet. Leviathan Wakes The Butcher of Anderson Station Caliban's War Gods of Risk Drive Abaddon's Gate The Churn: An Expanse Novella Cibola Burn Nemesis Games The Vital Abyss Babylon's Ashes Strange Dogs Persepolis Rising Tiamat's Wrath Auberon Leviathan Falls 2021Space opera
The Mercy of Gods James S. A. Corey First book in the new series by the authors of The Expanse, shows promise. 2024Space opera
Ender's Saga Orson Scott Card The first book is definitely worth reading, the rest are quite different. Ender's Game Speaker for the Dead Xenocide Children of the Mind 1996Space opera
Red Rising Saga Pierce Brown Plot-driven and entertaining, I enjoyed them at the time. There are additional books out now, but haven’t felt the need to continue. Red Rising Golden Son Morning Star 2016Dystopian fictionSpace opera
Commonwealth Saga Peter F. Hamilton There are five more books in the series that I haven’t gotten around to Pandora's Star Judas Unchained 2005Space opera
The Interdependency John Scalzi The Collapsing Empire The Consuming Fire The Last Emperox 2020Space opera
The Salvation Sequence Peter F. Hamilton The best (and only) series about post-scarcity humanity and evangelical space aliens I’ve ever read Salvation Salvation Lost The Saints of Salvation 2018Space opera
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Becky Chambers A bit too cutesy for my taste, but came highly recommended so might still read the others in the series. 2015Space opera
Culture Iain Banks I know a lot of people that love this 10-book series, but I wasn’t a fan of the first, though the second was better Consider Phlebas The Player of Games 1987Space opera
