Alternate History

Alternate history is a subgenre of speculative fiction (or science fiction) and historical fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from the actual history of the world. Alternate history literature asks the question, "What if history had developed differently?" Most works in this genre are based on real historical events, yet feature social, geopolitical, or industrial circumstances that developed differently than our own. ...more

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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
What Feasts at Night (Sworn Soldier, #2)
Red Side Story (Shades of Grey, #2)
Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3)
The Blueprint
Earthdivers, Vol. 2: Ice Age
A Bit of Luck: Alternate Histories in Honor of Eric Flint
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Boy of Chaotic Making (Whimbrel House, #3)
The Once and Future Witches
Quantum Radio
Biography of X
You Dreamed of Empires
Rodham
Inheritance (American Royals, #0.5)
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Machines like Me
The Defector (Apollo Murders, #2)
Five Years After (After, #4)
Cahokia Jazz
The Apollo Murders (Apollo Murders, #1)
The Last Kingdom (Cotton Malone, #17)
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Best Social Science Fiction
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Rabelais' Codpiece
133 books — 157 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuShōgun by James Clavell
Japanese Fiction
383 books — 328 voters

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Vaginal Fantasy's Science Fiction
124 books — 32 voters

The Man in the High Castle
His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Fatherland
The Years of Rice and Salt
Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
11/22/63
1632
The Plot Against America
The Guns of the South
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)

Jennifer McKeithen
At least I don't have to go through with my earlier plan.” Instead, it seemed she soon would meet her end. “I will make it such an end!” she vowed ...more
Jennifer McKeithen, Atlantis: On the Tides of Destiny

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There will never be slaves in Britain,' Godalming continued, 'but those who stay warm will naturally serve us, as the excellent Bessie has just served me. Have a care, lest you wind up the equivalent of some damned regimental water-bearer.' In India, I knew a water-bearer who was a better man than most. ...more
Kim Newman, Anno Dracula

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