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Alternate History Books
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The Man in the High Castle (Vintage)
by (shelved 1137 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.59 — 239,251 ratings — published 1962
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 688 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 113,559 ratings — published 2006
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 516 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 38,481 ratings — published 2018
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
by (shelved 510 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 95,105 ratings — published 2009
The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 491 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 81,042 ratings — published 2007
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 490 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 258,364 ratings — published 2004
Fatherland (Paperback)
by (shelved 486 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.03 — 57,811 ratings — published 1992
The Years of Rice and Salt (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 443 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 15,764 ratings — published 2002
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 433 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 56,600 ratings — published 2006
11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 417 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.35 — 677,483 ratings — published 2011
1632 (Paperback)
by (shelved 384 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,701 ratings — published 2000
The Plot Against America (Paperback)
by (shelved 383 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 70,365 ratings — published 2004
The Guns of the South (Paperback)
by (shelved 365 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,783 ratings — published 1992
Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 348 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 44,079 ratings — published 2006
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 343 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 138,158 ratings — published 2001
Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
by (shelved 338 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 36,293 ratings — published 2018
Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 313 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 34,236 ratings — published 2007
Farthing (Small Change, #1)
by (shelved 298 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,697 ratings — published 2006
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
by (shelved 297 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 41,634 ratings — published 2010
How Few Remain (Timeline-191, #1)
by (shelved 294 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,652 ratings — published 1997
River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
by (shelved 293 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.51 — 11,821 ratings — published 2017
Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 284 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.14 — 502,541 ratings — published 2022
Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5)
by (shelved 279 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 29,134 ratings — published 2008
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
by (shelved 278 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.53 — 34,330 ratings — published 2009
In the Balance (Worldwar, #1)
by (shelved 272 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,313 ratings — published 1994
Underground Airlines (Paperback)
by (shelved 266 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 26,143 ratings — published 2016
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 246 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 114,541 ratings — published 2009
American Front (The Great War, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,185 ratings — published 1998
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
by (shelved 237 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.26 — 15,768 ratings — published 2018
Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)
by (shelved 236 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.18 — 23,478 ratings — published 2015
Watchmen (Paperback)
by (shelved 229 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.39 — 599,618 ratings — published 1987
The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 229 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 451,396 ratings — published 2016
Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6)
by (shelved 229 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 24,243 ratings — published 2010
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 223 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 139,162 ratings — published 2010
1633 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 221 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 6,857 ratings — published 2002
Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
by (shelved 221 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 34,208 ratings — published 2011
Island in the Sea of Time (Nantucket, #1)
by (shelved 220 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 4.01 — 8,569 ratings — published 1998
Walk in Hell (Great War, #2)
by (shelved 213 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,493 ratings — published 1999
Tilting the Balance (Worldwar, #2)
by (shelved 208 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,180 ratings — published 1995
Crucible of Gold (Temeraire, #7)
by (shelved 206 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 19,424 ratings — published 2012
Upsetting the Balance (Worldwar, #3)
by (shelved 201 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 4,674 ratings — published 1996
Breakthroughs (The Great War, #3)
by (shelved 196 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,326 ratings — published 2000
Striking the Balance (Worldwar, #4)
by (shelved 194 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.85 — 4,695 ratings — published 1996
Blood & Iron (American Empire, #1)
by (shelved 191 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,805 ratings — published 2001
Seventh Son (Tales of Alvin Maker, #1)
by (shelved 188 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 37,462 ratings — published 1987
Anno Dracula (Anno Dracula, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.76 — 15,094 ratings — published 1992
The Difference Engine (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 183 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.47 — 23,106 ratings — published 1990
The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire, #2)
by (shelved 180 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,878 ratings — published 2002
A Master of Djinn (Dead Djinn Universe, #1)
by (shelved 176 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 36,666 ratings — published 2021
The Black God's Drums (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 173 times as alternate-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 11,888 ratings — published 2018
“The professors like to pretend that the tower is a refuge of pure knowledge, that it sits above the mundane concerns of business and commerce, but it does not. It’s intricately tied to the business of colonialism. It is the business of colonialism.”
― Babel
― Babel
“Prentice leaned forward. ‘This is where you’re free,’ he said, tapping his head. ‘Do what they want, but don’t let them in.”
― The Retrieval Chamber
― The Retrieval Chamber
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