Alternate history books
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Fatherland
Robert HarrisA police procedural set in 1964 Berlin, assuming Nazi Germany won the European theater of World War II.
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. DickA foundational novel depicting a partitioned United States occupied by Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
The Plot Against America
Philip RothAn examination of American isolationism and antisemitism after Charles Lindbergh defeats Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1940 presidential election.
The Years of Rice and Salt
Kim Stanley RobinsonA multi-century history of a world where the Black Death wiped out 99 percent of Europe's population.
The Guns of the South
Harry TurtledoveA military divergence narrative where Confederate forces receive modern assault rifles from time-traveling white supremacists.
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Roma EternaRobert Silverberg - Ss-gb
Ss-gbLen Deighton - Underground Airlines
Underground AirlinesBen H. Winters - Lest Darkness Fall
Lest Darkness FallL. Sprague De Camp - Making History
Making HistoryStephen Fry - Boneshaker
BoneshakerCherie Priest - Settling accounts
Settling accountsHarry Turtledove2004 - The Gate of Worlds
The Gate of WorldsRobert Silverberg1967