swap_horiz Eagle and Empire 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

2

For Want of a Nail

For Want of a Nail is a 1973 alternate history novel written by American author Robert Sobel. The book is structured ent...

Academic Novel American Revolution Textbook Parody

8.6 Great

3

Declare

Declare is a 2001 supernatural spy novel by American author Tim Powers that won the World Fantasy Award. The narrative o...

Cold War Supernatural Novel Spy

8.5 Great

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

*The Yiddish Policemen's Union* is a 2007 alternate-history detective novel written by Michael Chabon. The story is set...

Novel Noir Jewish Alaska Michael Chabon

8.4 Great

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The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

*The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August* is a science fiction novel written by Catherine Webb under the pseudonym Clair...

Cold War Wwii Time Loop Novel

8.4 Great

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His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon is a 2006 alternate history novel by American author Naomi Novik, the first book in the nine-volume...

Novel Dragons Napoleonic Wars Temeraire

8.3 Great

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Anno Dracula: 1918 The Bloody Red Baron

The Bloody Red Baron is a 1995 alternate history novel by Kim Newman, the second in his Anno Dracula series, set during...

Series Vampire Novel Wwi

8.0 Great

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Ha'penny

Ha'penny is a 2007 alternate history detective novel by Canadian author Jo Walton, serving as the second installment in...

Series British Novel Nazi Peace

7.8 Good

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Half a Crown

Half a Crown is a 2008 alternate history novel by Welsh-Canadian writer Jo Walton, concluding her Small Change trilogy f...

Series British Novel Nazi Peace

7.7 Good

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Lest Darkness Fall

Lest Darkness Fall is an alternate-history novel by L. Sprague de Camp, first published in shorter form in 1939. America...

Time Travel Medieval Novel Roman Empire

7.4 Good

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Anno Dracula: 1959 Dracula Cha Cha Cha

Dracula Cha Cha Cha is a 1998 alternate history novel by Kim Newman, third in the Anno Dracula series, set in 1950s Rome...

Cold War Series Vampire Novel

7.4 Good

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1634: The Baltic War

'1634: The Baltic War' is an alternate history novel co-authored by Eric Flint and David Weber, published in 2007 as a c...

Series Novel 17TH Century Eric Flint

7.2 Good

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Clash of Eagles

Clash of Eagles is a 2015 alternate-history novel by Alan Smale and the opening volume of the Hesperian Trilogy. It imag...

Novel Roman Empire Roman North America Alan Smale

7.1 Good

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Eagle in Exile

Eagle in Exile is a 2015 alternate-history novel by Alan Smale and the second volume of the Clash of Eagles trilogy. The...

Series Novel Roman Empire Roman North America

7.0 Good

15

1635: The Eastern Front

1635: The Eastern Front is a 2011 alternate-history novel by Eric Flint in the Ring of Fire series. It follows the Unite...

Series Novel 17TH Century Eric Flint

6.9 Fair

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Anno Dracula: 1976-1977 Johnny Alucard

Johnny Alucard is a 2013 alternate history novel by Kim Newman, the fourth Anno Dracula book, following a vampire protag...

Series Vampire 1970S Novel

6.9 Fair

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End of the Beginning

End of the Beginning is a 2005 alternate-history novel by Harry Turtledove and the second and final volume in the Days o...

Hawaii Series Novel Turtledove

6.7 Fair

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Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th

Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th is a historical alternate-history novel by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen,...

Japan Series Novel Gingrich Forstchen

6.7 Fair

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Uchronie

Uchronie is an 1876 work by French philosopher Charles Renouvier and one of the earliest extended examples of alternate-...

French Novel Roman Empire 1857

6.5 Fair

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1634: The Bavarian Crisis

1634: The Bavarian Crisis is a novel by Eric Flint and Virginia DeMarce in the alternate-history Ring of Fire, or 1632,...

Series Novel 17TH Century Eric Flint

6.4 Fair