Alternate History

Alternate history is a subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world. Alternate history literature asks the question, "What if history had developed differently?" Most works in this genre are based on real historical events, yet feature social, geopolitical, or industrial circumstances that developed differently than our own. ...more

New Releases Tagged "Alternate History"

Graceless Heart (The Spellbound History, #1)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Murder at Martingale Manor (Chronicles of St. Mary's)
Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
Pagans
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Blood Slaves
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
Murder at Martingale Manor (Chronicles of St. Mary's)
Biography of X
Mania
The Blueprint
Пісня дібров (Літопис Сірого Ордену, #3)
The Last Wizards' Ball (Gunnie Rose, #6)
The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers
Five Years After (After, #4)
The Man in the High Castle
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Fatherland
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
The Years of Rice and Salt
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
11/22/63
The Plot Against America
1632
The Guns of the South
Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
Good Intentions by D.N. SimmonsLocked Together by Michelle  AbbottThe Kalarthri by H.M. ClarkeFallon by Valerie ZambitoTwo Romantic, Two Suspenseful by Harmony Stalter
Books On Tour
103 books — 14 voters

Retribution Falls by Chris WoodingSoulless by Gail CarrigerAnno Dracula by Kim NewmanAgatha H and the Airship City by Phil FoglioThe Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder
Favourite Steampunk/Alt. History Novels
174 books — 167 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan             MooreFatherland by Robert   HarrisCoilhunter by Dean F. WilsonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Alternate History
361 books — 679 voters

His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Underground Railroad by Colson WhiteheadDread Nation by Justina IrelandThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
Task 2 #ReadHarder 2019
111 books — 59 voters
Redemption by Regina M. JosephAmerican Survivor by Debbie HightowerThe Relentless Moon by Mary Robinette KowalRing Shout by P. Djèlí ClarkAgency by William Gibson
Alternate History in 2020
28 books — 8 voters


Kim Newman
There will never be slaves in Britain,' Godalming continued, 'but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just served me. Have a care, lest you wind up the equivalent of some damned regimental water-bearer.' In India, I knew a water-bearer who was a better man than most. ...more
Kim Newman, Anno Dracula

Stephanie Osborn
Watson fully comprehended the fact that occasionally it is useful for one’s adversaries to underestimate one’s abilities.” ~Sherlock Holmes
Stephanie Osborn, The Case of the Displaced Detective: The Arrival

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