Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like ...more

New Releases Tagged "Steampunk"

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All Fun and Games (The Case Files of Henri Davenforth #11)
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
City of Mirth and Malice (Vows of Vengeance, #2)
The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Glass and Steele, #13)
The Imposter's Inheritance (Glass and Steele, #9)
The Spy Master's Scheme (Glass and Steele, #12)
The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Glass and Steele, #10)
The Toymaker's Curse (Glass and Steele, #11)
The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
All Fun and Games (The Case Files of Henri Davenforth #11)
Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires #1.5)
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)
Murder on the Lamplight Express (The Lamplight Murder Mysteries, #2)
Of Jade and Dragons (Fall of the Dragon, #1)
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)
The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)
Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
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Best Steampunk and Gaslight Works
313 books — 419 voters
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSoulless by Gail CarrigerBehemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Best YA Steampunk Books
217 books — 321 voters

Soulless by Gail CarrigerLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldBoneshaker by Cherie PriestPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Steampunk Books
1,234 books — 4,086 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
725 books — 248 voters


Maeve Alpin
We do not need you. Do not come unless I call you.” Ricard crawled out of bed and shut the door as the steam men moved down the hall. “Dumb things.” Ricard - As Timeless As Stone
Maeve Alpin

Sam Dogra
I see your aptitude for modesty hasn’t changed.” “Please.” I clenched my fingers around the scroll. “I know my own skill, and so do my assessors. Why bother to play it down?
Sam Dogra, The Sorceror's Lament

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