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My all-time favorites for pure space opera are (in nor particular order):
'Lord of Light' by Roger Zelazny.
'Santiago' by Mike Resnick
'Space War Blues' by Richard A. Lupoff
Anything by Larry Niven, by himself or writing with Jerry Pournelle.
Most of Heinlein's stuff is good. But you gotta watch whether you're getting one of his adult books or one of his juvenile books (they're both excellent, just very different).
David Drake's Hammer's Slammers books are top-notch if your interested in military adventure in space.
And, reaching way back, I love E.E. 'Doc' Smith's Lensmen books. They're gloriously goofy and overblown pulp adventures.
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