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288 books in alternate history

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Balanced rating combines the average and the number of ratings; small samples carry less weight. How ranking works ↗

Dystopian worlds1910

The Scarlet Plague

Jack London

3.8(5)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2001

Bring the jubilee

Ward Moore

3.8(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2006

A Meeting at Corvallis

S. M. Stirling

3.7(3)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2006

Missile Gap

Charles Stross

3.7(3)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1916

Lost Continent

Edgar Rice Burroughs

3.5(2)Open Library rating out of 5

Arabella of Mars

David D. Levine

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel1980

Beyond Heaven's River

Greg Bear; Ray Chase

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2016

Fallout

the Hot War

Harry Turtledove

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Robots & androids2013

Gideon Smith and the mechanical girl

David Barnett

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1965

Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen

H. Beam Piper

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2009

Maelstrom

Destroyermen, book III

Taylor Anderson

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Apocalypse & aftermath2020

Oppenheimer Alternative

Robert J. Sawyer

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1998

Stars & Stripes Forever

A Novel of Alternate History (Stars & Stripes Trilogy)

Harry Harrison

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Time travel2007

The Gladiator (Crosstime Traffic)

Harry Turtledove

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Robots & androids2015

The rising

Ian Tregillis

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2012

The Scream

Laurent Graff

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2012

World Divided

Mercedes Lackey; Cody Martin; Dennis Lee

3.0(1)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history1914

THE WORLD SET FREE

H. G. Wells; Ellen Marriage

3.7(6)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2005

A Colder War

Charles Stross

3.5(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2003

Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax)

Robert J. Sawyer

3.5(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Radiance

Catherynne M. Valente; Catherynne M. Valente; Heath Miller

3.5(4)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2005

Ring of Fire (Assiti Shards)

Eric Flint

3.3(3)Open Library rating out of 5

Dystopian worlds2012

The lord of mountains

a novel of the Change

S. M. Stirling

3.3(3)Open Library rating out of 5

Alternate history2011

Rising tides

Taylor Anderson

3.0(2)Open Library rating out of 5

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