swap_horiz Farthing 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

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

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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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The Plot Against America (audiobook)

The Plot Against America audiobook is a recorded edition of Philip Roth's 2004 alternate history novel in which aviator...

Audiobook 1940S Award Winner Philip Roth

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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The Eyre Affair

The Eyre Affair is a 2001 alternate history novel by Welsh author Jasper Fforde, set in a 1985 parallel-universe Britain...

Novel Literary Alt 1985 Britain Jasper Fforde

8.3 Great

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Conquistadors of the Useless

Conquistadors of the Useless is a mountaineering memoir by French alpinist Lionel Terray (1921–1965), one of the foremos...

Exploration Novel Americas Alt Colonization

8.3 Great

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Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus

Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus is a 1996 science-fiction novel by Orson Scott Card. In a future damag...

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 American writer John M. Ford. It depicts a Renaissance E...

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 comic fantasy novel by Jasper Fforde and the second volume in the Thursd...

Novel Sequel Alt 1985 Britain Jasper Fforde

8.1 Great

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The Guns of the South

The Guns of the South is a 1992 alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove, depicting a scenario where members of the w...

Time Travel Novel Civil War Confederacy

8.1 Great

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Pavane

"Pavane" is a 1968 science fiction and alternate history novel by British author Keith Roberts, structured as a fix-up o...

British Novel Spanish Armada No Reformation

8.0 Great

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The Peshawar Lancers

"The Peshawar Lancers" is an alternate history, steampunk-adjacent novel published by S. M. Stirling in 2002. Set in the...

Novel Victorian British India Sm Stirling

8.0 Great

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Guns of the South

"Guns of the South" is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove published in 1992. The story is set in 1864 during...

Novel Civil War Confederate Victory Harry Turtledove

8.0 Great

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Anno Dracula

"Anno Dracula" is a 1992 alternate history vampire novel written by British author Kim Newman, serving as the first book...

Vampire Novel Victorian Dracula Victorian

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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Collaborator

Collaborator is an alternate-history novel by Murray Davies, published in 2003. Its point of divergence is a successful...

Wwii British Novel Nazi Occupation

6.7 Fair