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"

Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Nonesuch
World War 3.3 (The Axis of Time Reloaded Book 3)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
The Age of Calamities
Cronus (The Time Traveler's Passport)
A War of Wyverns (A Language of Dragons, #2)
Pagans
To Ride a Rising Storm (Nampeshiweisit, #2)
Blood Slaves
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
World War 3.3 (The Axis of Time Reloaded Book 3)
Mania
Murder at Martingale Manor (Chronicles of St. Mary's)
The Last Wizards' Ball (Gunnie Rose, #6)
Biography of X
Polostan (Bomb Light #1)
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
Nonesuch
The Age of Calamities
The Kingdoms by Natasha PulleyA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkYou Feel It Just Below the Ribs by Jeffrey CranorRedemption by Regina M. JosephThe Peculiarities by David Liss
Alternate History in 2021
27 books — 13 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh
Best Social Science Fiction
540 books — 379 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
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

Abraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-SmithPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithBrothers Sen Gogh by Manik BalEscape from Texas by James W. RussellJacob T. Marley by R. William Bennett
Revisionist Novels
22 books — 18 voters
The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickWatchmen by Alan             MooreFatherland by Robert   HarrisThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
772 books — 1,296 voters

The Man in the High Castle
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Fatherland
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
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)

Nava Semel
אתר האינטרנט של אוניברסיטת אררט־ניאגרה מבשר לי בגאווה על שלושה סטודנטים שנרשמו השנה ללימודי עברית בחוג ללשונות עתיקות, שם מלמדים אותה לצד לטינית, יוונית עתיקה, גאלית, ארמית, אסקימו־גרנלנדית, קאווסקר ושפת שבט הטוסקארורה שזוכה בעת האחרונה לעדנה. "הסטודנטים בני המזל הללו יזכו לקרוא את ספר הספרים בשפה שבה נכתב"... גן חיות לשפות נכחדות. בואו ילדים, נבקר בכלוב של העברית. ...more
Nava Semel, Isra-Isle

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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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