Alternate History Books


Cities of the Red Night: A NovelCities of the Red Night: A Novel
Best Price: $8.00
This is the most accessible William Burroughs novel ever written. It has more structure,...
What Ifs? Of American HistoryWhat Ifs? Of American History
Best Price: $3.49
A family member gave me this book, knowing that I was a fan of American history and "what...
Weaver: Time's Tapestry, Book Four (Time's Tapestry)Weaver: Time's Tapestry, Book Four (Time's Tapestry)
Best Price: $7.75
Having read the series as they were released, I was anxious to read this concluding book....
Ha'pennyHa'penny
Best Price: $4.12
Apolitical acress Viola Lark is reluctantly drawn in to a plot to assassinate Hitler. She...
The DominationThe Domination
Best Price: $14.52
Stirling definitely doing Stirling here. Of course the subject matter have many 'grimace'...


Great Expectations (The Classic Collection)Great Expectations (The Classic Collection)
Best Price: $27.44
I love listening to it. It is beautifully done. Voices are expressive and understandable.
Making HistoryMaking History
Best Price: $8.95
I loved the humor in this book (except some of the British humor, which admittedly sometimes...
Half a CrownHalf a Crown
Best Price: $17.13
In 1941 the European war ended in the Farthing Peace, a rapprochement between Britain and Nazi...
FarthingFarthing
Best Price: $3.25
I agree with other reviewers who have problems with the alt history presented here. The strength...
CounterclockwiseCounterclockwise
Best Price: $13.94
Good fiction not only answers the question of "what if," it plausibly fills in the...


Drive to the East (Settling Accounts, Book 2)Drive to the East (Settling Accounts, Book 2)
Best Price: $7.96
I have read every Turtledove book I can get my hands on. He is the master of alternate history....
Ring of Fire (Assiti Shards)Ring of Fire (Assiti Shards)
Best Price: $4.00
This collection of short stories is centered around the universe Flint created in his novel 1632...
Ministry Of SpaceMinistry Of Space
Best Price: $6.90
i'm a big fan of warren ellis, so i'll give basically anything he writes a chance. here he...
1824: The Arkansas War1824: The Arkansas War
Best Price: $4.12
Flint must have spent a lot of time studying the principals of this book. All of the main...
Conquistador: A Novel of Alternate HistoryConquistador: A Novel of Alternate History
Best Price: $3.17
I mulled over purchasing this for quite a while; eventually I picked up a used copy and enjoyed...

Second Contact (Colonization, Book 1)Second Contact (Colonization, Book 1)
Best Price: $2.65
"Repetition works, David. Repetition works, David" - Wayne Gale Story: Very...
1634: The Ram Rebellion (Assiti Shards)1634: The Ram Rebellion (Assiti Shards)
Best Price: $5.78
This book is a little more of a thinky piece than the typical 1632-verse story, and as such it...
Colonization: AftershocksColonization: Aftershocks
Best Price: $3.59
So Turtledove gives us the last of his tenderized horse carcass story in "Colonization:...
Guns of the SouthGuns of the South
Best Price: $8.89
In the world of alternate Civil War history, Guns of the South stands out for several reasons. ...
Sideways In CrimeSideways In Crime
Best Price: $7.48
When I saw this book on the shelf at my local shop, I had to pick it up. Mystery and...

The Peshawar LancersThe Peshawar Lancers
Best Price: $1.95
In this book, S.M. Stirling writes an excellent adventure novel in the best of Victorian...
Roads Not TakenRoads Not Taken
Best Price: $3.72
I really enjoy alternate history stories but these were poor. No intrigue, no what ifs, just...
Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax)Humans (Volume Two of The Neanderthal Parallax)
Best Price: $2.99
I enjoyed the first book in the series, Hominids. It was a quick, enjoyable read that did spend...
Walk In Hell (The Great War, Book 2)Walk In Hell (The Great War, Book 2)
Best Price: $4.30
This is the second volume of Turtledove's Great War trilogy, and the third book in the...
Fox at the Front (Fox on the Rhine)Fox at the Front (Fox on the Rhine)
Best Price: $4.24
I really enjoyed _Fox on the Rhine_, which I'll have to get to reviewing one of these days; it...

End of the Beginning (Pearl Harbor)End of the Beginning (Pearl Harbor)
Best Price: $1.60
Just a snapshot in time for the characters. Left saying, "Okay, now what?". Happy...
Down to Earth (Colonization, Book 2)Down to Earth (Colonization, Book 2)
Best Price: $4.25
As I complained in the review of the first book, this book continues more of the same......
The Great War: BreakthroughsThe Great War: Breakthroughs
Best Price: $3.96
This is the third volume of Turtledove's THE GREAT WAR trilogy, and the fourth book in the...
Navigator: Time's Tapestry, Book Three (Time's Tapestry)Navigator: Time's Tapestry, Book Three (Time's Tapestry)
Best Price: $6.48
I have been a longtime fan of Stephen Baxter's books, and have been particularly impressed by...
The Gladiator (Crosstime Traffic)The Gladiator (Crosstime Traffic)
Best Price: $4.00
HT's newest angle on his Crosstime Traffic theme is a refreshing change of pace from the...

JamestownJamestown
Best Price: $3.99
Anybody who reads this book and utterly denounces it, as far too many seem to have done on this...
The Breath of GodThe Breath of God
Best Price: $16.47
Once the great Glacier enclosed the Raumsdalian Empire. Now it’s broken open, and...
Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final VictoryNever Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory
Best Price: $5.74
The first volume covers the battle of Gettysburg, though with strategic maneuvers beyond...
Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth CenturyDarwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century
Best Price: $4.78
Many things could have go wrong with this novel. The concept is so promising that it could have...
Rex Mundi Volume 2: The River Underground (Rex Mundi)Rex Mundi Volume 2: The River Underground (Rex Mundi)
Best Price: $8.32
The second volume of Rex Mundi draws Julien deeper and deeper into dangerous territory. The...

American Empire: The Victorious Opposition (American Empire)American Empire: The Victorious Opposition (American Empire)
Best Price: $2.95
Another one of those Turtledove books where mostly nothing happens with the notable exception...
Rex Mundi Volume 3: The Lost Kings (Rex Mundi)Rex Mundi Volume 3: The Lost Kings (Rex Mundi)
Best Price: $7.22
Julien has finally been taken by the Inquisition. He knows the Duke of Lorraine is involved in...
If The South Had Won The Civil WarIf The South Had Won The Civil War
Best Price: $4.65
I love this little book of 'alternative' or 'what if?' history - only 127 pages in the edition I...
The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)
Best Price: $2.95
Harry Turtledove takes a very interesting concept ... and butchers it. The writing is beyond...
American Empire: Blood & IronAmerican Empire: Blood & Iron
Best Price: $2.87
This is the first volume of Turtledove's AMERICAN EMPIRE trilogy, and the fifth book in the...

Conqueror: Time's Tapestry Book Two (Time's Tapestry)Conqueror: Time's Tapestry Book Two (Time's Tapestry)
Best Price: $10.64
This installment is really very good ... excellent fun. Baxter's well researched narrative of...
Hitler's PeaceHitler's Peace
Best Price: $3.00
I was hooked almost immediately and planned to give it 5 stars. The absurd plot shift near the...
Throne of JadeThrone of Jade
Best Price: $5.59
I loved the first Temeraire book. It wasn't without its weaknesses (mainly the poorly written...
Terrible Swift Sword (Lost Regiment #3)Terrible Swift Sword (Lost Regiment #3)
I like this guy because he never tries to sell you something other than what you know you are...
Only Uni (The Sushi Series, Book 2)Only Uni (The Sushi Series, Book 2)
Best Price: $1.98
As much as I loved Camy Tang's first book, I loved this one even better! Only Uni was the...

Grant Comes EastGrant Comes East
Best Price: $7.99
Shaara's trilogy is great, but Gingrich and Forstchen bring an even more realistic setting this...
Rex Mundi Volume 4: Crown and Sword (Rex Mundi)Rex Mundi Volume 4: Crown and Sword (Rex Mundi)
Best Price: $8.77
Political intrigue can be so difficult to write for comic books. If we look at the recent...
The Western LandsThe Western Lands
Best Price: $5.94
It's sad that since his death, the star of William S. Burroughs has been fading. But when this...
American Front (The Great War, Book 1)American Front (The Great War, Book 1)
Best Price: $2.57
This is the second volume in Turtledove's eleven-book series that began with HOW FEW REMAIN. In...
Days of Infamy (Pearl Harbor)Days of Infamy (Pearl Harbor)
Best Price: $2.75
Turtledove does a great job of showing what an occupation of Hawaii by Japan would be like. I...

American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire)American Empire: The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire)
Best Price: $2.95
As THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD opens it is the early 1920's and people are recovering from the Great...
Rising Sun Victorious: An Alternate History of the Pacific WarRising Sun Victorious: An Alternate History of the Pacific War
Best Price: $3.98
Unfortunately I do not have a review since all my purchases in December were gifts for others.
The Tide of Victory (Belisarius)The Tide of Victory (Belisarius)
Best Price: $12.89
The Belisarius series is often stunningly good. The first 4 volumes were fantastic. This, book...
Nature's God (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles)Nature's God (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles)
Best Price: $10.30
Mr. Wilson, (not to be confused with that cantankerous abomination that lived next door to...
CrosstimeCrosstime
Best Price: $12.00
I first read this book in high school back in the early 1960's. Of course, it was two books...

Gunpowder Empire (Crosstime Traffic)Gunpowder Empire (Crosstime Traffic)
Best Price: $1.80
Well, had moderately high hopes for this, my first Turtledove book. Sadly, i will likely never...
    
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