Alternate History Books


The Difference EngineThe Difference Engine
Best Price: $8.81
The 20th anniversary edition of the classic steampunk novel With new commentary by the authors ...
Union Forever (The Lost Regiment #2)  (Book 2)Union Forever (The Lost Regiment #2) (Book 2)
Best Price: $18.90
The Book Union Forever, the 2nd book in the Lost Regiment Series, begins with a good start. The...
Terrible Swift Sword (Lost Regiment #3)Terrible Swift Sword (Lost Regiment #3)
Best Price: $31.85
War is changing in Forstchen's world. Good! This sort of war without prisoners, without...
The Peshawar LancersThe Peshawar Lancers
Best Price: $5.00
S.M. Stirling's latest foray into alternate history is one with a rather inspired premise:...
Erewhon (Dover Thrift Editions)Erewhon (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $1.35
As all good social satirists do, Samuel Butler turns the world on its ear as he lambastes the...


The Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern AgeThe Mechanical Messiah and Other Marvels of the Modern Age
Best Price: $16.83
The newest opus from the Master of Far Fetched Fiction features magic, mayhem, mechanical...
Andy & Mark and the Time Machine: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Andy and Mark and the Time Machine)Andy & Mark and the Time Machine: Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg (Andy and Mark and the Time Machine)
Best Price: $10.20
Hi I'm Zack, and I'm 16 and I'm from Amherst, MA. I thought that it was so cool...
Blood of the BelovedBlood of the Beloved
Best Price: $12.30
Will it ever be possible to stop war, or is war an intractable problem? Combining the...
Master Humphrey's ClockMaster Humphrey's Clock
Volume: 1 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1841 Original...
Lord DarcyLord Darcy
Best Price: $10.22
It's great to see paperback publishers bringing out "unitary editions" of OP...


Beacon Lights of History, Volume VIII: Great RulersBeacon Lights of History, Volume VIII: Great Rulers
Best Price: $72.99
SlingersSlingers
Best Price: $19.85
The supernatural western is a genre that has been around for a long time, though it was usually...
The DivasThe Divas
Best Price: $29.86
Jo-Mary: Black Free Slave: A NovelJo-Mary: Black Free Slave: A Novel
Best Price: $15.97
Masters of the Sea: The Adventures of Verne's Mathias SandorfMasters of the Sea: The Adventures of Verne's Mathias Sandorf
Best Price: $15.47
George Rios is a superb biographer of Jules Verne. In "Masters of the Sea," Rios uses...

Pathways to the Gods: The Stones of KiribatiPathways to the Gods: The Stones of Kiribati
Best Price: $21.00
A spaceport in the Andes! A computer chart in Egyptian ruins! Primitive sculptures of figures...
I Graduated In AutumnI Graduated In Autumn
Best Price: $29.63
The World According to Luke Book I: My Life in KnotsThe World According to Luke Book I: My Life in Knots
Best Price: $8.99
Follow Michael and his grandson Luke's adventures fifteen years after civilization as we...
The Chicken ClubThe Chicken Club
Best Price: $20.84
Glenna Thompson's The Chicken Club is an insightful narrative depicting the life of...
Truth Be Told: A Dangered Princess NovelTruth Be Told: A Dangered Princess Novel
Best Price: $29.84

Hard TimesHard Times
Best Price: $25.00
"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!""Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
Best Price: $4.99
"In the cozy den of the large but modest house in Omaha where he has lived since he started...
The Bloodletting: An American Tale of Revenge, Book 1The Bloodletting: An American Tale of Revenge, Book 1
Best Price: $44.90
A History of the FutureA History of the Future
Best Price: $17.95
A History of the Future is a vast but orderly chronicle of the next five hundred year-a map for...
The Night of the Long KnivesThe Night of the Long Knives
Best Price: $8.49
Well Fritz Leiber has penned another good yarn. Its sort of cool that stories out of print are...

Great Expectations: Library EditionGreat Expectations: Library Edition
Best Price: $104.99
The SeparationThe Separation
Best Price: $13.75
I love this book and have given it to several people who've loved it as much as I do. ...
Heaven's WaveHeaven's Wave
Best Price: $12.95
This book should be on the New York Times Best Seller's List (period). Dear publisher, you...
The Tenth SymphonyThe Tenth Symphony
Best Price: $10.00
Thomas Kubizek's years of Nazi research has paid off with a very significant and...
Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic)Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic)
Best Price: $1.94
One of the primary pre-requisites to enjoying science fiction is the ability to suspend...

Lady LazarusLady Lazarus
Best Price: $2.98
With the romance of Twilight , the suspense of The Dresden Files, and the delicious thrills...
The Youtopia Game: A NovelThe Youtopia Game: A Novel
Best Price: $11.95
The Kingdom of AmericaThe Kingdom of America
Best Price: $11.42
At first, you think that you are going to be reading about a possible change from Democracy in...
GilgameshGilgamesh
Best Price: $10.59
Speculative fiction time travel novel loosely based on the ancient astronaut themes of Zecharia...
The Black Arrow: A Tale of the ResistanceThe Black Arrow: A Tale of the Resistance
Best Price: $24.94
I'm not anti-government, and neither is this book or this author. In fact, quite the...

The Ghosts Among UsThe Ghosts Among Us
Best Price: $7.95
"The Ghosts Among Us" is the fifth book in Rita Arnold's series of supernatural...
Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (The Maeve Chronicles)Magdalen Rising: The Beginning (The Maeve Chronicles)
Best Price: $10.66
"Smart and earthy . . . richly imaginative . . . the epitome of the storyteller's...
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VBeacon Lights of History, Volume V
Best Price: $57.99
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was...
Beacon Lights of History, Volume XIV: The New EraBeacon Lights of History, Volume XIV: The New Era
Best Price: $20.99
Carthaginian Empire 10 - AssassinCarthaginian Empire 10 - Assassin
Handro is taking a well earned sabbatical, a chance to rest in Athens, now captured. One night a...

Bloody Business (Tales of the Brass Griffin)Bloody Business (Tales of the Brass Griffin)
The pleas of a desperate young woman draw Captain Anthony Hunter and his crew into a race...
MEETING OF THE MAYANSMEETING OF THE MAYANS
It's an interesting concept, but its execution is a bit drab. It's not bad, but it...
Guns of the SouthGuns of the South
Best Price: $10.73
Turtledove's Guns of the South, provides a rollicking good read as well as a great deal of...
Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3)Black Powder War (Temeraire, Book 3)
Best Price: $2.50
After making a better success of their previous adventure Throne of Jade than they had any...
Without WarningWithout Warning
Best Price: $4.32
The plot of what the world would be like after the instantaneous "disappearance" of...

JamestownJamestown
Best Price: $0.01
Anybody who reads this book and utterly denounces it, as far too many seem to have done on this...
The Coming Conquest of EnglandThe Coming Conquest of England
Best Price: $16.84
Subjects: Fiction Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text....
What Might Have Been: Imaginary History From Twelve Leading HistoriansWhat Might Have Been: Imaginary History From Twelve Leading Historians
Best Price: $45.45
I always wondere what the world would be like if one piece of history had gone another way...
Written on Silk (Silk House Series)Written on Silk (Silk House Series)Hard TimesHard Times
Best Price: $25.00

"Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!""Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!"
Best Price: $4.99
"In the cozy den of the large but modest house in Omaha where he has lived since he started...
The Bloodletting: An American Tale of Revenge, Book 1The Bloodletting: An American Tale of Revenge, Book 1
Best Price: $44.90
A History of the FutureA History of the Future
Best Price: $17.95
A History of the Future is a vast but orderly chronicle of the next five hundred year-a map for...
The Night of the Long KnivesThe Night of the Long Knives
Best Price: $8.49
Well Fritz Leiber has penned another good yarn. Its sort of cool that stories out of print are...
Great Expectations: Library EditionGreat Expectations: Library Edition
Best Price: $104.99

The SeparationThe Separation
Best Price: $13.75
I love this book and have given it to several people who've loved it as much as I do. ...
Heaven's WaveHeaven's Wave
Best Price: $12.95
This book should be on the New York Times Best Seller's List (period). Dear publisher, you...
The Tenth SymphonyThe Tenth Symphony
Best Price: $10.00
Thomas Kubizek's years of Nazi research has paid off with a very significant and...
JamestownJamestown
Best Price: $2.12
A group of "settlers" (more like survivors) arrive in Virginia from the ravished...
The Garden Path: The Miseducation of a CityThe Garden Path: The Miseducation of a City
The Garden Path provides a fascinating look into the school reform movement that swept New...

V-SquadV-Squad
Placed during the troubles of World War II, this is a vampire book unlike any you have seen...
Michael's Mom - A NovellaMichael's Mom - A Novella
I was a little hesitant at bothering with this book simply because it's not to be found at...
ClementineClementine
I just finished reading Clementine by Cherie Priest, which I downloaded and read on my Kindle...
The Amarnan Kings Book 1: Scarab - AkhenatenThe Amarnan Kings Book 1: Scarab - Akhenaten
This is the story of Pharoah Ahkenaten, otherwise known as The Heretic King, as told by his...
Fear InfinityFear Infinity
Fear Infinity is a contemporary exploration of why we often choose to believe in something else...

Original SinOriginal Sin
World War Two is ending and the NAZI's know they have lost the war. But they have a plan for...
The Difference EngineThe Difference Engine
1855: The Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven...
Heart of IronHeart of Iron
This novel tries to mix steampunk action with "realism" about race, gender, etc in the...
Stars and Stripes Forever (Stars & Stripes Forever)Stars and Stripes Forever (Stars & Stripes Forever)
Best Price: $18.00
Stars & Stripes Forever is the first novel in a trilogy about a Civil War that didn't...
Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)
Best Price: $4.99
_Final Impact_ is the stunning conclusion to John Birmingham's alternate history trilogy...

The Rivers of War (The Trail of Glory)The Rivers of War (The Trail of Glory)
Best Price: $4.50
The Rivers of War (2005) is the first novel in an Alternate History series about the American...
Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1)Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1)
Best Price: $6.70
It's June 22, 1941 -- the day Jake Featherston had waited almost 25 years for. His hatred...
SolarisSolaris
The first of Lem?s novels to be published in americanca and still the best known. A scientist...
The Third World War: August 1985The Third World War: August 1985
Best Price: $6.91
Sir Thomas Hackett's "The Third World War: August 1985" is the fictional story of...
Hannibal's ChildrenHannibal's Children
Best Price: $19.95
Rome and Carthage went to war three times with Rome defeating her enemy the first and third time...

Ruled BritanniaRuled Britannia
Best Price: $1.80
Over the last few weeks I've given you a review of TL-191, which started out strong but...
Liberating AtlantisLiberating Atlantis
Best Price: $1.50
Liberating Atlantis (2009) is the third Alternate History novel in the Atlantis series,...
The Tide of VictoryThe Tide of Victory
Best Price: $13.07
Four or five reviews before mine (chronologically) an Englishman with dubious facts, one Alan...
The Years of Rice and SaltThe Years of Rice and Salt
With the incomparable vision and breathtaking detail that brought his now-classic Mars trilogy...
Pashazade (Arabesk)Pashazade (Arabesk)
Part mystery, part speculative fiction, and wholly unforgettable, Jon Courtenay Grimwood?s...

The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)
Best Price: $6.99
Time travel doesn't work. You can't go backward or forward; you're stuck at...
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (Gettysburg)Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (Gettysburg)
This is the third book of Gingrich and Forstchen's alternate history of the Civil War,...
Island in the Sea of TimeIsland in the Sea of Time
Stirling is great and this is a great opening to the Nantucket series. I highly recommend his...
Ghost of the White Nights (Ghost Trilogy)Ghost of the White Nights (Ghost Trilogy)
Set in a fascinating alternative world in which ghosts are real, the United States never came...
Nuclear War 1962 (Alternate History)Nuclear War 1962 (Alternate History)
Imagining a world where the United States lost its position as a super power as quickly as it...

A Capitol Conspiracy (Jeremiah Flynn Books)A Capitol Conspiracy (Jeremiah Flynn Books)
Read this book, it will engage your every sence. It will highten you ability to live. You will...
Triangle (Seeds Of Civilization)Triangle (Seeds Of Civilization)
As a result of their incredible-but unintentional-discoveries in Mexico and Japan, the NWIDI...
Stars and Stripes Forever (Stars & Stripes Forever)Stars and Stripes Forever (Stars & Stripes Forever)
Best Price: $18.00
Stars & Stripes Forever is the first novel in a trilogy about a Civil War that didn't...
Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)
Best Price: $4.99
_Final Impact_ is the stunning conclusion to John Birmingham's alternate history trilogy...
The Rivers of War (The Trail of Glory)The Rivers of War (The Trail of Glory)
Best Price: $4.50
The Rivers of War (2005) is the first novel in an Alternate History series about the American...

Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1)Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, Book 1)
Best Price: $6.70
It's June 22, 1941 -- the day Jake Featherston had waited almost 25 years for. His hatred...
SolarisSolaris
The first of Lem?s novels to be published in americanca and still the best known. A scientist...
The Third World War: August 1985The Third World War: August 1985
Best Price: $6.91
Sir Thomas Hackett's "The Third World War: August 1985" is the fictional story of...
Hannibal's ChildrenHannibal's Children
Best Price: $19.95
Rome and Carthage went to war three times with Rome defeating her enemy the first and third time...
Ruled BritanniaRuled Britannia
Best Price: $1.80
Over the last few weeks I've given you a review of TL-191, which started out strong but...

Liberating AtlantisLiberating Atlantis
Best Price: $1.50
Liberating Atlantis (2009) is the third Alternate History novel in the Atlantis series,...
    
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