12 best-selling space opera books like Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

Cover of Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. …

"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

If you liked the space opera plot in Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear , here is a list of 12 books like this:

1. The Ophiuchi Hotline

By: John Varley

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

After the effortless capture of Earth by vastly superior aliens, humanity is forced to fight for ex… read more

Similar categories in John Varley's The Ophiuchi Hotline book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

2. The New Space Opera

By: Stephen Baxter , Ian McDonald , Alastair Reynolds , Robert Reed , Robert Silverberg , Gregory Benford , Greg Egan , Peter F. Hamilton , Mary Rosenblum , Dan Simmons , James Patrick Kelly , Gardner Dozois , Paul McAuley , Ken MacLeod , Nancy Kress , None , Kage Baker , Walter Jon Williams , Gwyneth Jones , Tony Daniel

2.83

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The brightest names in science fiction pen all-new tales of space and wonder. Contents 1 * Introduc… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Baxter's The New Space Opera book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

Cover of Taming Flame by Therisa Peimer

3. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) by Martha Wells

4. System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

By: Martha Wells

4.22

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse. Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back. … read more

Similar categories in Martha Wells's System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • audiobook
"(I'm going to have to code a patch for threat assessment.)"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"I said, “Have you done something that you feel you should be threatened for?"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Bad things may not be more statistically possible but it sure seems like they are."

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

"Then he sent me a note back. So, you may not know this but I read your letter to Dr. Mensah, the one you sent when you left Port FreeCommerce. I think you're absolutely the right person to write this…"

-Martha Wells, System Collapse (The Murderbot Diaries, #7)

Cover of The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe

5. The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.11

Format: 491 pages, Paperback

When a spy is stranded on a dead planet with her mortal enemy, she must first figure out how to sur… read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Blighted Stars (The Devoured Worlds, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Translation State by Ann Leckie

6. Translation State

By: Ann Leckie

4.09

Format: 422 pages, Hardcover

The mystery of a missing translator sets three lives on a collision course that will have a ripple … read more

Similar categories in Ann Leckie's Translation State book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"I am not a potato."

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

"You have only small and seemingly pointless choices available to you. But if there is anything I have been trying to teach you, it is that small actions can have larger consequences. If one has only …"

-Ann Leckie, Translation State

Cover of Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) by Alastair Reynolds

7. Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.36

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

From the king of modern space opera comes a new adventure in the Prefect Dreyfus series— Machine Ve… read more

Similar categories in Alastair Reynolds's Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"A small request like that, who am I to turn it down? There is something you can do for me in return, though, especially now that you’re practically on our doorstep."

-Alastair Reynolds, Machine Vendetta (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #3)

Cover of The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) by Malka Ann Older

8. The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2)

By: Malka Ann Older

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Investigator Mossa and Scholar Pleiti reunite to solve a brand-new mystery in the follow-up to the … read more

Similar categories in Malka Ann Older's The Imposition of Unnecessary Obstacles (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel by Todor Bombov

9. Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

By: Todor Bombov

4.37

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

2nd Book in Sci-Fi Series Is Set on Saturn’s Moon Homo Cosmicus-2: Titan is a sci-fi novel, sui … read more

Similar categories in Todor Bombov's Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction
"While an elderly man in his mid-eighties looks curiously at a porno site, his grandson asks him from afar, “‘What are you reading, grandpa?’"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

"Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT. So . . . but you’re all alike to me . . . of course, you woul…"

-Todor Bombov, Homo Cosmicus 2: Titan: A Science Fiction Novel

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10. Child of Another Kind

By: Steven Decker

4.29

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

A little girl can look at someone and know their past. How? Why? Single mom Cynthia Pace has he… read more

Similar categories in Steven Decker's Child of Another Kind book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"No,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"Teacher,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"We do not sleep,"

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

"They came for me the next morning."

-Steven Decker, Child of Another Kind

Cover of Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) by Miles  Cameron

11. Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1)

By: Miles Cameron

4.32

Format: 578 pages, Kindle Edition

Out in the darkness of space, something is targeting the Greatships.With their vast cargo holds and… read more

Similar categories in Miles Cameron's Artifact Space (Arcana Imperii, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
Cover of Service Model by Adrian Tchaikovsky

12. Service Model

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

To fix the world they first must break it further. Humanity is a dying breed, utterly reliant on… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) by Bethany Jacobs

13. These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1)

By: Bethany Jacobs

4.18

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

A dangerous cat-and-mouse quest for revenge. An empire that spans star systems, built on the bones … read more

Similar categories in Bethany Jacobs's These Burning Stars (The Kindom Trilogy, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
Cover of Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) by Gareth L.   Powell

14. Descendant Machine (Continuance #2)

By: Gareth L. Powell

4.11

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

From the award-winning author comes a gripping, fast-paced and fascinating science fiction adventur… read more

Similar categories in Gareth L. Powell's Descendant Machine (Continuance #2) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
Cover of Edges (Inverted Frontier, #1) by Linda Nagata

15. Edges (Inverted Frontier, #1)

By: Linda Nagata

4.03

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

From the Edge of Apocalypse: Deception Well is a world on the edge, home to an isolated remnant … read more

Similar categories in Linda Nagata's Edges (Inverted Frontier, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • space
  • audiobook
"Something drew her attention. Her eyes narrowed as if to bring a distant object into focus. "I have a new sense,"

-Linda Nagata, Edges (Inverted Frontier, #1)

Cover of Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) by Kate Elliott

16. Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1)

By: Kate Elliott

3.92

Format: 528 pages, Hardcover

GENDER-SWAPPED ALEXANDER THE GREAT ON AN INTERSTELLAR SCALE Princess Sun has finally come of age… read more

Similar categories in Kate Elliott's Unconquerable Sun (The Sun Chronicles, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • queer
Cover of Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) by Elizabeth Bear

17. Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

By: Elizabeth Bear

3.79

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

Haimey Dz thinks she knows what she wants. She thinks she knows who she is. She is wrong. … read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • audiobook
  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"Rest,"

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I felt even more hollow than I had."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"Good thing for me you’re not a murderer."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

"I was raised in a clade. There is no real me."

-Elizabeth Bear, Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

Cover of The Forbidden Stars by Tim Pratt

18. The Forbidden Stars

By: Tim Pratt

4.04

Format: 401 pages, Kindle Edition

This “witty, heartfelt sci-fi romp” is the dazzling third installment in a diverse space opera seri… read more

Similar categories in Tim Pratt's The Forbidden Stars book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • lgbt
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • aliens
  • queer
Cover of Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) by Lois McMaster Bujold

19. Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

4.62

Format: 123 pages, Kindle Edition

When Rozakajin, road-weary bandit and army deserter, spots a hapless blond young man in a country i… read more

Similar categories in Lois McMaster Bujold's Penric and the Bandit (Penric and Desdemona, #13) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Simulacrum (First Contact) by Peter Cawdron

20. The Simulacrum (First Contact)

By: Peter Cawdron

4.48

Format: 393 pages, Kindle Edition

Someone is altering old astronomical images. In one small patch of the sky, the digital versions do… read more

Similar categories in Peter Cawdron's The Simulacrum (First Contact) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • science fiction
Cover of The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) by Megan E. O'Keefe

21. The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

By: Megan E. O'Keefe

4.20

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Worlds will collide and fates will be rewritten in the thrilling conclusion to the Devoured Worlds … read more

Similar categories in Megan E. O'Keefe's The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3) book and Elizabeth Bear's Ancestral Night (White Space, #1)

  • audiobook
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • adult
  • space
  • queer
"Being injured is something of a lifestyle choice for Nai."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

"I may go away, sometimes. But as long as it's in my power, I'll always come back."

-Megan E. O'Keefe, The Bound Worlds (The Devoured Worlds, #3)

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