swap_horiz Conquistador Alternatives

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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell

Susanna Clarke’s *Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell* explores an alternative British past where magic has faded into legend....

British Novel Magic Napoleonic Wars

9.4 Excellent

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For Want of a Nail

Robert Sobel's 1973 book is a landmark alternate history written as a non-fiction academic text detailing a world where...

Academic Novel American Revolution Textbook Parody

8.6 Great

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon's 2007 detective novel explores an alternate timeline where the Jewish state was temporarily established...

Novel Noir Jewish Alaska Michael Chabon

8.4 Great

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His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon is a 2006 alternate history novel by Naomi Novik, launching the Temeraire series set during the Nap...

Novel Dragons Napoleonic Wars Temeraire

8.3 Great

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The Eyre Affair

The Eyre Affair is a 2001 alternate history novel by Jasper Fforde, set in a 1985 Britain where literary detective Thurs...

Novel Literary Alt 1985 Britain Jasper Fforde

8.3 Great

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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is a 1996 sci-fi novel by Orson Scott Card about time travelers attemp...

Time Travel Novel Colonial Columbus

8.1 Great

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The Dragon Waiting

The Dragon Waiting is a 1983 alternate history fantasy novel by John M. Ford, set in a Renaissance Europe where Byzantiu...

Byzantine Novel 1983 Alt Medieval

8.1 Great

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Lost in a Good Book

Lost in a Good Book is a 2002 alternate history novel by Jasper Fforde, the second Thursday Next book, where its heroine...

Novel Sequel Alt 1985 Britain Jasper Fforde

8.1 Great

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Pavane

Keith Roberts's 1968 fix-up novel depicts an alternate 20th-century England where the Catholic Church maintains strict r...

British Novel Spanish Armada No Reformation

8.0 Great

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The Peshawar Lancers

S. M. Stirling's 2002 novel explores an alternate future where the British Empire relocated to India after cometary impa...

Novel Victorian British India Sm Stirling

8.0 Great

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Guns of the South

Harry Turtledove's 1992 novel depicts a Confederate victory in the Civil War after time-traveling white supremacists sup...

Novel Civil War Confederate Victory Harry Turtledove

8.0 Great

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Throne of Jade

Throne of Jade is a 2006 alternate history novel by Naomi Novik, the second Temeraire book, following a dragon-borne dip...

China Novel Napoleonic Wars Temeraire

8.0 Great

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Anno Dracula

Anno Dracula is a 1992 alternate history vampire novel by Kim Newman, set in a Victorian England where Dracula married Q...

Vampire Novel Victorian Dracula Victorian

8.0 Great

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Island in the Sea of Time

S. M. Stirling's 1998 novel begins the Nantucket series by transporting the modern island of Nantucket back to the Bronz...

Novel Bronze Age Nantucket Time Displacement

7.8 Good

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Under the Yoke

S. M. Stirling's 1989 novel continues the alternate timeline of the Draka, focusing on their brutal conquest and enslave...

Novel Occupation Dystopia Sm Stirling

7.8 Good

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Against the Tide of Years

S. M. Stirling's 1999 novel continues the alternate history of Nantucket islanders as they build a new civilization in t...

Novel Sequel Bronze Age Nantucket

7.7 Good

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The Stone Dogs

S. M. Stirling's 1990 novel concludes the Draka trilogy, depicting an escalating space race and genocidal war against th...

Cold War Novel Superpower Sm Stirling

7.6 Good

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On the Oceans of Eternity

S. M. Stirling's 2000 novel concludes the Nantucket trilogy, depicting the final conflicts between the stranded time tra...

Novel Bronze Age Trilogy End Nantucket

7.5 Good

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Marching Through Georgia

S. M. Stirling's 1988 novel introduces the Draka, a ruthless militaristic society in South Africa, as they conquer a Naz...

Novel WW2 Dystopia Sm Stirling

7.3 Good

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Drakon

S. M. Stirling's 1996 novel follows a genetically engineered Draka soldier who is accidentally transported to an alterna...

Modern Novel Time Slip Sm Stirling

7.2 Good