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Alternate history

A familiar past with an unfamiliar future.

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288 books in alternate history

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Alternate history2013

Supervolcano

things fall apart

Harry Turtledove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2009

The age of Ra

James Lovegrove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2011

The astounding, the amazing, and the unknown

Paul Malmont

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

The blood red city

Justin Richards

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2017

The book of Joan

a novel

Lidia Yuknavitch; Xe Sands; Albert Fuentes Sánchez

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2015

The Change

tales of downfall and rebirth

S. M. Stirling

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2008

The Dragon's Nine Sons (Celestial Empire)

Chris Roberson

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2006

The Grapple (Settling Accounts, Book 3)

Harry Turtledove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1977

The Martian Inca

Ian Watson

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Life on Mars2017

The Massacre of Mankind

A sequel to the War of the Worlds

Stephen Baxter

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2008

The Other Teddy Roosevelts

Mike Resnick

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2007

The Sky People

S. M. Stirling

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2007

The swing voter of Staten Island

a novel

Arthur Nersesian

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1999

The twist

Richard Calder

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2003

The Tyrant (The Raj Whitehall Series, Book 8)

Eric Flint

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2008

The Valley-Westside War (Crosstime Traffic)

Harry Turtledove

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1979

Two Hawks from Earth

Philip José Farmer; Christopher Paul Carey

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2015

Uber Volume 3 TP

Gabriel Andrade; Daniel Gete; Kieron Gillen

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2014

V-S day

a novel of alternate history

Allen M. Steele

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Space opera2007

Watch on the Rhine (Posleen War Series #7)

John Ringo

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2008

Weaver

Stephen Baxter

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2002

Worlds That Weren't

Harry Turtledove; S. M. Stirling; Mary Gentle; Walter Jon Williams

4.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2017

Empire Games : Empire Games

Book One

Charles Stross

3.8(5)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1985

Radio Free Albemuth

Philip K. Dick; Philip K. Dick

3.8(5)Open Library rating out of 5

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