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Alternate history

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264 books in alternate history

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Space opera2007

1634: The Baltic War

Ring of Fire

David Weber; Eric Flint

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2013

1635

the Eastern Front

Eric Flint; Charles E. Gannon

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2014

1636

the Viennese waltz

Eric Flint; Walter H. Hunt

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2017

1636

the Vatican sanction

Eric Flint

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2021

1637

the Peacock Throne

Eric Flint; Griffin Barber

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2023

1638

the Sovereign States

Eric Flint; Paula Goodlett; Gorg Huff

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2015

1882

Custer in chains

Robert Conroy

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1995

1945

Gingrich & forstchen

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds1886

After London Or Wild England

Richard Jefferies

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2002

Alternate Generals II

Harry Turtledove; Martin H. Greenberg

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2005

Alternate Generals III (Alternate Generals)

Harry Turtledove; Roland J. Green

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Life on Mars2016

Arabella of Mars

David D. Levine

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1995

Archangel

Michael Conner

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2009

Belisarius III

the flames of sunset

Eric Flint

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Space exploration1996

Celestial matters

Richard Garfinkle

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2001

Colonization

Aftershocks

Harry Turtledove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2007

Conqueror (Gollancz)

Stephen Baxter

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2008

Crusade

Taylor Anderson

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2004

Curious Notions (Crosstime Traffic)

Harry Turtledove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2014

Deadly shores

Taylor Anderson

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2017

Devil's due

Taylor Anderson

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2013

Fiendish Schemes

K. W. Jeter

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2007

Final Impact (The Axis of Time Trilogy, Book 3)

John Birmingham

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2007

Grantville Gazette II (The Ring of Fire)

Eric Flint

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

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