Most Popular Alternate History Books of the 2010s

Discover popular Alternate History books from the 2010s, with reader ratings and new favorites to explore.

Browse publication years

Choose a year or decade. Your genre selection stays the same.

Books in this list

The Core of the Sun

Johanna Sinisalo

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Translation · Alternate History

January 1, 2016

The Cardinal's Blades #2

The Alchemist in the Shadows

Pierre Pevel

Fantasy · Historical Fantasy · Translation · Alternate History

September 9, 2010

The Bookman Histories #3

The Great Game

Lavie Tidhar

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

January 27, 2012

The Invisible Library #6

The Secret Chapter

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Alternate History

November 14, 2019

The Haunting of Tram Car 015

P. Djèlí Clark

Science Fiction · Steampunk · Novella · Alternate History

February 18, 2019

The Invisible Library #5

The Mortal Word

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Alternate History

November 26, 2018

River of Teeth #2

Taste of Marrow

Sarah Gailey

Novella · Adventure · Alternate History

September 11, 2017

River of Teeth #1

River of Teeth

Sarah Gailey

Novella · Adventure · Alternate History

May 22, 2017

The Royal Sorceress #4

Sons of Liberty

Christopher Nuttall

Fantasy · Alternate History

April 29, 2016

The Apollonian Casefiles #2

The Iscariot Sanction

Mark A. Latham

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

September 20, 2016

The Apollonian Casefiles #1

The Lazarus Gate

Mark A. Latham

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

September 24, 2015

Langdon St. Ives #6

Beneath London

James P. Blaylock

Fantasy · Science Fiction · 19th century · Occult Detective · Steampunk

June 2, 2015

Under the Poppy trilogy #3

The Bastards' Paradise

Kathe Koja

Alternate History · Mainstream

November 2015

Karen Memory

Karen Memory

Elizabeth Bear

Steampunk · Alternate History

January 27, 2015

The Royal Sorceress #3

Necropolis

Christopher Nuttall

Fantasy · Alternate History

August 2014

The Royal Sorceress #2

The Great Game

Christopher Nuttall

Fantasy · Alternate History

August 16, 2013

Dominion

C. J. Sansom

Spy Thriller · Alternate History · Thriller

2012

The St. Croix Chronicles #2

Gilded

Karina Cooper

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

December 22, 2012

The St. Croix Chronicles #1

Tarnished

Karina Cooper

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

June 22, 2012

Under the Poppy trilogy #1

Under the Poppy

Kathe Koja

Alternate History · Mainstream

October 2010

Temeraire #9

League of Dragons

Naomi Novik

Fantasy · Dragons · Alternate History

June 14, 2016

Frontier Magic #3

The Far West

Patricia C. Wrede

Fantasy · Young Adult · Alternate History

August 1, 2012

Magnificent Devices #4

Brilliant Devices

Shelley Adina

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

February 2013

The Milkweed Triptych #3

Necessary Evil

Ian Tregillis

Fantasy · Alternate History

April 30, 2013

Magnificent Devices #3

Magnificent Devices

Shelley Adina

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

October 2012

Destroyermen #7

Iron Gray Sea

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

June 28, 2012

The Milkweed Triptych #2

The Coldest War

Ian Tregillis

Fantasy · Alternate History

July 14, 2012

Frontier Magic #2

Across the Great Barrier

Patricia C. Wrede

Fantasy · Young Adult · Alternate History

August 1, 2011

Vampire Empire #1

The Greyfriar

Clay Griffith, Susan Griffith

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

November 9, 2010

Destroyermen #4

Distant Thunders

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

May 30, 2010

Magnificent Devices #10

Fields of Air

Shelley Adina

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

January 28, 2016

Japanese Devil Fish Girl

Alice on Mars

Robert Rankin

Science Fiction · Alternate History

2013

Gideon Smith #1

Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Girl

David Barnett

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

September 4, 2013

Night's Masque #2

The Merchant of Dreams

Anne Lyle

Fantasy · Alternate History

December 13, 2012

The Bookman Histories #2

Camera Obscura

Lavie Tidhar

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

March 30, 2011

The Invisible Library #4

The Lost Plot

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Alternate History

December 13, 2017