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Best Alternate History Books

Original List by Crowd: Best Alternate History Books

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The crowd-ranked version of the Best Alternate History Books (http://bestsciencefictionbooks.com/best-alternate-history-books.php).Let the will of the... more

Criteria: Science Fiction thats about alternate history -- key moments in time that diverge from real history (hitler winning WW2, kennedy surving assasinatino, etc). For the most part, we are not including Time-Travel-to-change-the-past stories here as that's a seperate subgenre

Reference: http://bestsciencefictionbooks.com/best-alternate-history-books.php

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Crowd's list (49 items) - original
#1 pick: Man In The High Castle
Crowd's list (49 items) - master
#1 pick: Man In The High Castle

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Series

Author

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52

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Man In The High Castle

2

40

6

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25

2

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Award Nominations:2012 LocusSF, 2012 BFS, 2012 WFA

4

24

4

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Lest Darkness Fall

L. Sprague de Camp

5

24

7

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20

3

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7

21

6

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The Years Of Rice And Salt

Kim Stanley Robinson

Awards Won:2003 LocusSF

Award Nominations:2002 BSFA, 2003 HUGO, 2003 CLARKE

8

17

6

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The Yiddish Policemen's Union

9

15

4

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Weapons Of Choice

John Birmingham

10

14

5

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The Eyre Affair

11

11

2

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The End Of Eternity

Panther Science Fiction

12

14

6

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Guns Of The South

Harry Turtledove

13

12

4

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The Difference Engine

Award Nominations:1990 BSFA, 1991 NEBULA, 1992 CAMPBELL

14

8

0

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The Redemption Of Christopher Columbus

Orson Scott Card

15

9

2

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Award Nominations:1972 NEBULA

16

8

1

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Gray Tide In The East

Andrew J Heller

17

7

0

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Michael Fitzgerald

18

8

2

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8

2

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Bring The Jubilee

20

7

1

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Award Nominations:2010 CAMPBELL

21

5

0

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22

9

6

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The Plot Against America

Award Nominations:2005 CAMPBELL

23

6

3

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Award Nominations:2006 NEBULA, 2007 LocusSF, 2007 CAMPBELL

24

4

1

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Hitler Out Of Time

David Avoura King

25

4

1

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The Darkest Hour

Tony Schumacher

26

3

0

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Gate Of Time Philip Jose Farmer

Philip Jose Farmer

27

3

0

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28

4

2

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Awards Won:1977 CAMPBELL

29

4

2

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30

3

1

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The British Lion

Tony Schumacher

31

5

4

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32

3

2

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The Ender Quintet

Orson Scott Card

Awards Won: NEBULA, 1986 HUGO

Award Nominations:1986 LocusSF, 1985 NEBULA

33

2

1

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Stop 1 on the Uproar in The Broken Apple Road Trip

34

4

4

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Centurion's Rise

Mr Mark Andrew Henrikson

35

3

3

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Award Nominations:1997 CLARKE

36

3

3

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The Coming Of The Quantum Cats

37

3

3

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Pasquale's Angel

38

3

3

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Christopher Priest

Awards Won:2002 BSFA, 2003 CLARKE

Award Nominations:2003 CAMPBELL

39

2

2

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Between The Eagles The Dragoons

Stephen Wuensche

40

2

2

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For Want Of A Nail

Greenhill Military Paperback

41

1

1

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42

1

1

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Robert Silverberg

43

2

3

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44

2

3

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Vladimir Nabokov

45

1

2

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Videssos Cycle, Vol. 1

Harry Turtledove

46

0

1

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Alastair Reynolds

Award Nominations:2004 BSFA

47

0

2

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Between The Eagles

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN

48

1

5

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George R.R. Martin

49

7

22

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