Alternative History Books

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The Man in the High Castle The Man in the High Castle (Paperback)
by (shelved 291 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.59 — 230,789 ratings — published 1962
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11/22/63 11/22/63 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 205 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.35 — 622,156 ratings — published 2011
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Fatherland Fatherland (Paperback)
by (shelved 139 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.02 — 54,609 ratings — published 1992
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 118 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.07 — 109,890 ratings — published 2006
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union The Yiddish Policemen's Union (Hardcover)
by (shelved 115 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.72 — 79,505 ratings — published 2007
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The Plot Against America The Plot Against America (Paperback)
by (shelved 115 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 67,835 ratings — published 2004
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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
by (shelved 100 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 37,115 ratings — published 2018
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
by (shelved 95 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 94,326 ratings — published 2009
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 94 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,152 ratings — published 2004
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The Years of Rice and Salt The Years of Rice and Salt (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 90 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.76 — 15,258 ratings — published 2002
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The Guns of the South The Guns of the South (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.96 — 9,550 ratings — published 1992
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Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1) Dread Nation (Dread Nation, #1)
by (shelved 79 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.13 — 35,583 ratings — published 2018
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Babel Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 73 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 415,022 ratings — published 2022
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Underground Airlines Underground Airlines (Paperback)
by (shelved 73 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.82 — 25,860 ratings — published 2016
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Farthing (Small Change, #1) Farthing (Small Change, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 5,608 ratings — published 2006
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How Few Remain (Timeline-191, #1) How Few Remain (Timeline-191, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 5,541 ratings — published 1997
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Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 69 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 54,689 ratings — published 2006
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1632 1632 (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.05 — 13,426 ratings — published 2000
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Dominion Dominion (Hardcover)
by (shelved 64 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.86 — 13,905 ratings — published 2012
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 64 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 136,382 ratings — published 2001
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Behemoth (Leviathan, #2) Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
by (shelved 59 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.17 — 41,137 ratings — published 2010
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In the Balance (Worldwar, #1) In the Balance (Worldwar, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 7,186 ratings — published 1994
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The Underground Railroad The Underground Railroad (Hardcover)
by (shelved 56 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.06 — 436,560 ratings — published 2016
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Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1) Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
by (shelved 53 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 113,534 ratings — published 2009
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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 53 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 42,683 ratings — published 2006
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Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1) Wolf by Wolf (Wolf by Wolf, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 23,189 ratings — published 2015
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American Front (The Great War, #1) American Front (The Great War, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,118 ratings — published 1998
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River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1) River of Teeth (River of Teeth, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 11,465 ratings — published 2017
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My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1) My Lady Jane (The Lady Janies, #1)
by (shelved 46 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 80,113 ratings — published 2016
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1984 1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,281,981 ratings — published 1949
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The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,347,197 ratings — published 1985
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Goliath (Leviathan, #3) Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
by (shelved 44 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.22 — 33,703 ratings — published 2011
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Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1) Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
by (shelved 44 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 34,087 ratings — published 2009
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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 44 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.99 — 33,129 ratings — published 2007
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Upsetting the Balance (Worldwar, #3) Upsetting the Balance (Worldwar, #3)
by (shelved 43 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 4,608 ratings — published 1996
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The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.27 — 15,245 ratings — published 2018
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Walk in Hell (Great War, #2) Walk in Hell (Great War, #2)
by (shelved 42 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.95 — 3,444 ratings — published 1999
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Tilting the Balance (Worldwar, #2) Tilting the Balance (Worldwar, #2)
by (shelved 41 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.84 — 5,101 ratings — published 1995
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Blood & Iron (American Empire, #1) Blood & Iron (American Empire, #1)
by (shelved 41 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 2,771 ratings — published 2001
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Ring Shout Ring Shout (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 48,271 ratings — published 2020
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Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6) Tongues of Serpents (Temeraire, #6)
by (shelved 40 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 23,421 ratings — published 2010
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SS-GB SS-GB (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.75 — 8,726 ratings — published 1979
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1) Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, #1)
by (shelved 39 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.71 — 138,342 ratings — published 2010
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Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization Fingerprints of the Gods: The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 15,099 ratings — published 1995
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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3) The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)
by (shelved 38 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.97 — 17,303 ratings — published 2019
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Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5) Victory of Eagles (Temeraire, #5)
by (shelved 38 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 28,164 ratings — published 2008
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Breakthroughs (The Great War, #3) Breakthroughs (The Great War, #3)
by (shelved 38 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,280 ratings — published 2000
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The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire, #2) The Center Cannot Hold (American Empire, #2)
by (shelved 38 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 2,836 ratings — published 2002
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Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, #1) Return Engagement (Settling Accounts, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,837 ratings — published 2004
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The Victorious Opposition (American Empire, #3) The Victorious Opposition (American Empire, #3)
by (shelved 37 times as alternative-history)
avg rating 3.94 — 2,428 ratings — published 2003
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Shaun Musson
“Propaganda is the most powerful invention of all time because it enables human selection. It moulds thinking. It creates saints and devils. It ensures that for every Mother Theresa there are a hundred little Hitlers; and a couple of bigger ones.”
Shaun Musson, The Retrieval Chamber

M.K. Williams
“You’re like the tide, you keep coming back to me. And each time you do you bring fresh salt spilling and gurgling into my wounds and you take away the ground that I stand on, leaving me to wonder when I’ll fall again.”
M.K. Williams, The Infinite-Infinite

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