13 best-selling space opera books like Matter (Culture, #8) by Iain M. Banks

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Matter (Culture, #8)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means…

If you liked the space opera plot in Matter (Culture, #8) by Iain M. Banks , here is a list of 13 books like this:

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1. Revelation Space (Revelation Space, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Nine hundred thousand years ago, something annihilated the Amarantin civilization just as it was on… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
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2. Chasm City

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The once-utopian Chasm City -a doomed human settlement on an otherwise inhospitable planet- has bee… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
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3. Absolution Gap

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.17

Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The Inhibitors were designed to eliminate any life-form reaching a certain level of intelligence - … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
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4. Matter (Culture, #8)

By: Iain M. Banks

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Paperback

In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one brother it means… read more

Similar categories in Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8) book and Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • cultural
  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy

5. The Temporal Void

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.42

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil as the Living Dream's deadline for launching its Pilgrima… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy

6. The Dreaming Void

By: Peter F. Hamilton

3.41

Format: 32 pages,

The year is 3589, fifteen hundred years after Commonwealth forces barely staved off human extinctio… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
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7. Redemption Ark

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.90

Format: 205 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Late in the twenty-sixth century, the human race has advanced enough to accidentally trigger the In… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space

8. Pushing Ice

By: Alastair Reynolds

4.26

Format: 91 pages, Hardcover

2057. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclearpowered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comet… read more

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9. The Business

By: Iain Banks

3.95

Format: None pages, Paperback

Kate is a senior executive officer in a powerful and massively discreet transglobal organization. T… read more

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10. The Reality Dysfunction (Night's Dawn, #1)

By: Peter F. Hamilton

0.00

Format: 126 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In AD 2600 the human race is finally beginning to realize its full potential. Hundreds of colonized… read more

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11. The Bridge

By: Iain Banks

4.17

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

A darkly brilliant novel of self-discovery the cutting edge of experimental fiction. It leads from … read more

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12. House of Suns

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.73

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Six million years ago, at the dawn of the star-faring era, Abigail Gentian fractured herself into a… read more

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13. A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

By: Vernor Vinge

4.14

Format: 613 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that … read more

Similar categories in Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1) book and Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"We're endangered by our own success."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"I never guessed I could cry so hard my face hurt."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"Intelligence is the handmaiden of flexibility and change."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

"Ravna became a librarian. "The ultimate dilettante!" Lynne had teased."

-Vernor Vinge, A Fire Upon the Deep (Zones of Thought, #1)

14. The Prefect (Prefect Dreyfus Emergency, #1)

By: Alastair Reynolds

3.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Tom Dreyfus is a Prefect, a policeman of sorts, and one of the best. His force is Panoply, and his … read more

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15. 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 Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • 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

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16. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

By: Barry Kirwan

4.23

Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition

In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more

Similar categories in Barry Kirwan's The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1) book and Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"

-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)

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17. The Polymorph

By: Max Nowaz

4.29

Format: None pages, ebook

Arbitrator, Jim Brown is returning to Earth after completing a successful mission to put down a rev… read more

Similar categories in Max Nowaz's The Polymorph book and Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction
  • fiction
"One thing I have learnt is that you may do a lot of evil things, but if you are ever afforded a chance to be good, then you should take it. You will feel better about yourself."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"If you always try to subjugate people by coercion, because you are strong, then sooner or later you will run into somebody who is just as strong, if not stronger. Then you'll be in trouble."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"He was planning to take my shape and marry you. Then he was going to kill your father and take over his business empire." "And you? What are your plans?" "I have no plans to kill your father."

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

"Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be successful." If you can learn to define your own success and not let others dictate it, you ca…"

-Max Nowaz, The Polymorph

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18. 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 Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction
  • space opera
  • fiction
"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)

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19. Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.02

Format: 486 pages, Kindle Edition

The modern classic of space opera that began with Children of Time continues in this extraordinary … read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"The essential fallacy,' Ghoti picks up, 'is that humans and other biologically evolved, calculating engines feel themselves to be sentient, when sufficient investigation suggests this is not so. And …"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory (Children of Time, #3)

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20. Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.06

Format: 597 pages, Audible Audio

The astonishing sequel to Children of Time, the award-winning novel of humanity's battle for surviv… read more

Similar categories in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2) book and Iain M. Banks's Matter (Culture, #8)

  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy
"We can only observe the present before we go on to destroy the future."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Complex life was merely the recent froth over a great vat of prokaryotes feeding and dividing and dying."

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Perhaps Senkovi would have approved; he who had once seen himself as the trickster god of the pantheon, before there were no more gods left to trick. Perhaps Senkovi would have recalled ancient human…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

"Meshner has read simplified children’s histories of the spider civilization, vocal in explaining that, these days, everything is fine and male spiders are allowed to play a full role in society. In p…"

-Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Ruin (Children of Time, #2)

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21. Lords of Uncreation (The Final Architecture, #3)

By: Adrian Tchaikovsky

4.35

Format: 608 pages, Hardcover

The Arthur C. Clarke award-winning author of Children of Time brings us the third and final novel i… read more

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  • science fiction fantasy
  • space opera
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • space
  • fantasy

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J.H. Walker

3.60

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