Alternative History and Parallel Realities
Alternative History and parallel realities. This sub-genre explores historical events as they might have happened differently, often including advanced or different technology. Also, tales based on the concept that multiple versions of our universe (or realities) exist, often involving travel or communication between these universes.
- Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
- Siren Queen by Nghi Vo
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
- The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick
- The Untold Story by Genevieve Cogman
- Anno Dracula by Kim Newman
- The New World by Michael A. Stackpole
- The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin
- Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove
- The Plot Against America by Philip Roth
- Glory Road by Robert A. Heinlein
- Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
- The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
- Voyage by Stephen Baxter
- Lest Darkness Fall by L. Sprague de Camp
- Beat the Devils by Josh Weiss
- The Mortal Word by Genevieve Cogman
- The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
- The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
- The Stress of Her Regard by Tim Powers
- His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik
- The Dark World by Henry Kuttner
- Him by Geoff Ryman
- The Dragon in the Sea by Frank Herbert
- Empire State by Adam Christopher
- Eifelheim by Michael Flynn
- 1920: America's Great War by Robert Conroy
- League of Dragons by Naomi Novik
- Homeward Bound by Harry Turtledove
- The Bloody Red Baron by Kim Newman
- The Liberation by Ian Tregillis
- Into the Storm by Taylor Anderson
- Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
- Titan by Stephen Baxter
- 1632 by Eric Flint
- Hominids by Robert J. Sawyer
- Emperor by Stephen Baxter
- Bitter Seeds by Ian Tregillis
- The Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey
- The Mechanical by Ian Tregillis
- End of the Beginning by Harry Turtledove
- The Burning Page by Genevieve Cogman
- Was... by Geoff Ryman
- Return to Eden by Harry Harrison
- The Moon and the Sun by Vonda N. McIntyre
- Rising Sun by Robert Conroy
- Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
- How Few Remain by Harry Turtledove
- 1633 by Eric Flint
- Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik
- Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak
- Seventh Son by Orson Scott Card
- Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
- The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford
- The Crystal City by Orson Scott Card
- 1634: The Baltic War by Eric Flint
- A Door into Ocean by Joan Slonczewski
- Johnny Alucard by Kim Newman
- 1945 by Robert Conroy
- Not This August by C.M. Kornbluth
- The Long War by Stephen Baxter
- Necessary Evil by Ian Tregillis
- Joe Steele by Harry Turtledove
- The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock
- The Doors of Eden by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The Other Side of Time by Keith Laumer
- Far Beyond the Stars by Steven Barnes
- The Rising by Ian Tregillis
- The Masked City by Genevieve Cogman
- Pass of Fire by Taylor Anderson
- River of Bones by Taylor Anderson
- Yellow Blue Tibia by Adam Roberts
- He Walked Among Us by Norman Spinrad
- Dracula Cha Cha Cha by Kim Newman
- The Quiet Room by Terry Miles
- Ruled Britannia by Harry Turtledove
- Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein
- Roma Eterna by Robert Silverberg
- Infinity Gate by M. R. Carey
- Expiration Date by Tim Powers
- Straits of Hell by Taylor Anderson
- Fire on the Mountain by Terry Bisson
- Red Inferno: 1945 by Robert Conroy
- Conqueror by Stephen Baxter
- Sidewise in Time by Murray Leinster
- In the Presence of Mine Enemies by Harry Turtledove
- Winter in Eden by Harry Harrison
- Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen by H. Beam Piper
- The Coldest War by Ian Tregillis
- The Oppenheimer Alternative by Robert J. Sawyer
- Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik
- The Last Continent by Edmund Cooper
- Lord of the Trees by Philip Jose Farmer
- Island in the Sea of Time by S. M. Stirling
- Bronze Summer by Stephen Baxter
- Deadly Shores by Taylor Anderson
- Pavane by Keith Roberts
- Osama by Lavie Tidhar
- Pirate Utopia by Bruce Sterling