swap_horiz 1633 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

8.60 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

8.45 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

8.35 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

8.25 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

8.05 Great

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Farthing

Farthing is a 2006 alternate history mystery novel by British-Canadian author Jo Walton, set in a 1949 Britain that has...

British Novel 1940S Nazi Peace

8.05 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

8.00 Great

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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

7.91 Good

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Bitter Seeds

Bitter Seeds is a 2010 alternate history novel by Ian Tregillis, the first in the Milkweed Triptych, depicting a World W...

Wwii Novel Milkweed Ian Tregillis

7.85 Good

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The Paying Guests

The Paying Guests is a 2014 literary novel by Sarah Waters set in 1920s London, following a widow who takes in lodgers a...

Crime Novel Interwar Sarah Waters

7.80 Good

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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

7.45 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

7.20 Good

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Island in the Sea of Time

Island in the Sea of Time is a 1998 science fiction novel by S. M. Stirling that initiates the Nantucket trilogy. The st...

Novel Bronze Age Nantucket Time Displacement

7.18 Good

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Against the Tide of Years

"Against the Tide of Years" is a 1999 alternate history novel by S. M. Stirling, functioning as the second book in the N...

Novel Sequel Bronze Age Nantucket

7.08 Good

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1632

1632 is a 2000 alternate-history novel by Eric Flint and the opening book of the Ring of Fire series. It transports the...

Novel West Virginia Thirty Years War Time Displacement

6.99 Fair

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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

6.85 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

6.35 Fair

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Grant Comes East

Grant Comes East is a 2004 alternate history novel by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, and the second volume in t...

Novel Sequel Civil War Confederate Victory

6.26 Fair

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1634: The Galileo Affair

1634: The Galileo Affair is a 2004 alternate-history novel by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis, and part of the Ring of Fire...

Italy Novel Thirty Years War Time Displacement

5.98 Mediocre

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Stars and Stripes in Peril

Stars and Stripes in Peril is a 2000 alternate history novel by Harry Harrison, the second book in his Stars and Stripes...

Novel Sequel Civil War Harry Harrison

3.22 Poor