Most Popular Alternate History Books

Making History

Stephen Fry

Alternate History

1996

Enigma

Robert Harris

Spy Thriller · Suspense Thriller · War & Military · Alternate History · Historical Fiction

September 26, 1995

The Bookman Histories #2

Camera Obscura

Lavie Tidhar

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

March 30, 2011

The Age of Unreason #2

A Calculus of Angels

Greg Keyes

Fantasy · Alternate History

March 1999

Anno Dracula #1

Anno Dracula

Kim Newman

Horror · Alternate History

1992

The First History

Ash: A Secret History

Mary Gentle

Fantasy · Science Fiction · BSFA Award · Alternate History

2000

The Invisible Library #4

The Lost Plot

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Alternate History

December 13, 2017

The Invisible Library #3

The Burning Page

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Alternate History

December 2, 2016

The Glamourist Histories #4

Valour and Vanity

Mary Robinette Kowal

Fantasy · Alternate History

April 24, 2014

Destroyermen #6

Firestorm

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

October 2, 2011

Destroyermen #5

Rising Tides

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

January 28, 2011

Leviathan Trilogy #2

Behemoth

Scott Westerfeld

Fantasy · Steampunk · Young Adult · Alternate History

September 23, 2010

Destroyermen #2

Crusade

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

September 26, 2008

Gloriana

Michael Moorcock

Fantasy · World Fantasy Award · Alternate History

1978

The Electric State

Simon Stålenhag

Science Fiction · Dystopia · Post-Apocalyptic · Alternate History

September 25, 2018

Magnificent Devices #1

Lady of Devices

Shelley Adina

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

May 2011

Leviathan Trilogy #1

Leviathan

Scott Westerfeld

Fantasy · Steampunk · Young Adult · Locus Award · Alternate History

October 1, 2009

A Midsummer Tempest

Poul Anderson

Fantasy · Mythopoeic Awards · Alternate History

1974

The Milkweed Triptych #1

Bitter Seeds

Ian Tregillis

Fantasy · Alternate History

April 11, 2010

The Invisible Library #1

The Invisible Library

Genevieve Cogman

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

January 12, 2015

The Age of Unreason #1

Newton's Cannon

Greg Keyes

Fantasy · Alternate History

1998

The Black God's Drums

P. Djèlí Clark

Fantasy · Steampunk · Novella · Alternate History

August 20, 2018

The Immortal Empire #3

Long Live the Queen

Kate Locke

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

November 7, 2013

The Glamourist Histories #3

Without a Summer

Mary Robinette Kowal

Fantasy · Alternate History

March 28, 2013

The Immortal Empire #1

God Save the Queen

Kate Locke

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

July 2012

Magnificent Devices #2

Her Own Devices

Shelley Adina

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

December 2011

The Baroque Cycle #3

The System of the World

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Alternate History

2004

The Baroque Cycle #2

The Confusion

Neal Stephenson

Science Fiction · Locus Award · Alternate History

2004

The Peshawar Lancers

S. M. Stirling

Science Fiction · Alternate History

2002

The Age of Unreason #4

The Shadows of God

Greg Keyes

Fantasy · Alternate History

2001

The Age of Unreason #3

Empire of Unreason

Greg Keyes

Fantasy · Alternate History

2000

Anno Dracula #2

The Bloody Red Baron

Kim Newman

Horror · Alternate History

1995

A Master of Djinn

P. Djèlí Clark

Fantasy · Alternate History

May 11, 2021

Radiance

Catherynne M. Valente

Science Fiction · Alternate History

October 17, 2015

The Alchemy Wars #1

The Mechanical

Ian Tregillis

Fantasy · Steampunk · Alternate History

March 4, 2015

Destroyermen #8

Storm Surge

Taylor Anderson

Science Fiction · Alternate History

June 29, 2013