What If?: Alternate History in Fiction

There are turning points where a decision, action, or refusal to act changed the course of history. Historians as well as everyone else have pondered what if something had changed.  For example, what if Napoleon never invaded  Russia or the Civil War had never happened? Many authors have offered a fictional spin on alternative history. Check out these titles!

  • The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln by Stephen L. Carter 

  • The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford  

  • The wages of sin by Harry Turtledove  

  • Hystopia by David Means  

  • You dreamed of empires by Alvaro Enrigue  

  • Clash of eagles by Alan Smale  

  • Underground airlines by Ben H. Winters  

  • The virgin’s daughter by Laura Andersen  

  • Hestia strikes a match by Cristine Grillo  

  • Book of Esther by Emily Barton  

  • The calculating stars by Mary Robinette Kowal  

  • Annelies by David R. Gilham  

  • Earthdivers: Volume 1: Kill Columbus by Stephen Graham Jones and Davide Gianfelice  


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