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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)
The Age of Calamities
Murder at Martingale Manor (Chronicles of St. Mary's)

Most Read This Week Tagged "Alternate History"

Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
Blood Slaves
Murder at Martingale Manor (Chronicles of St. Mary's)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
Pagans
The Last Wizards' Ball (Gunnie Rose, #6)
The Blueprint
Mania
Biography of X
The Heist (Isaac Bell #14)
The Power Fantasy Volume 1: The Superpowers
All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose, #5)
The Last Kingdom (Cotton Malone, #17)
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Alternate History Books

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)
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Lists

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
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Imaginative Books
733 books — 257 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
So Below by Julie ManninoAs Above by Julie ManninoAngel Devil by Julie ManninoThrall by Julie ManninoValentine by Julie Mannino
Alternate History/Historical Fantasy - Marginalized Protagonist
146 books — 51 voters

Famous Men Who Never Lived by K. ChessThe Girl with No Face by M.H. BorosonGolden State by Ben H. WintersRevolution by W.L. GoodwaterRedemption by Regina M. Joseph
Alternate History in 2019
37 books — 23 voters
Heart of Brass by Felicity BanksSilver and Stone by Felicity BanksDoctor Jack by Karen J. CarlisleThe Adventures of Viola Stewart by Karen J. CarlisleDoctor Jack and Other Tales by Karen J. Carlisle
Australian Steampunk
31 books — 13 voters


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Fiction
Historical Fiction
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Time Travel
Weird West
Counterfactual History
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Quotes Tagged “Alternate History”

Ben H. Winters
“ Sometimes it's possible, just barely possible, to imagine a version of this world different from the existing one, a world in which there is true justice, heroic honesty, a clear perception possessed by each individual about how to treat all the others. Sometimes I swear I could see it, glittering in the pavement, glowing between the words in a stranger's sentence, a green, impossible vision--the world as it was meant to be, like a mist around the world as it is. ...more ”
― Ben H. Winters, Underground Airlines
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Jennifer McKeithen
“ At least I don't have to go through with my earlier plan.” Instead, it seemed she soon would meet her end. “I will make it such an end!” she vowed ...more ”
― Jennifer McKeithen, Atlantis: On the Tides of Destiny
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Videos Tagged “Alternate History”

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Groups Tagged "Alternate History"

Daniel M. Bensen's Q&A I started this thinking it was temporary, but it's easier to leave it permanent. Ask me anything…more
12 members, last active 4 years ago
Underground Knowledge — A discussion group This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underrep…more
24,825 members, last active 10 hours ago
Adarna SF: a speculative fiction blog for the ebook revolution Dedicated to indie speculative fiction: books from independent publishers and self-published aut…more
184 members, last active 6 years ago
Reading books for a monthly club doesn't always work out. This book club is for sharing books yo…more
7 members, last active 12 years ago

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