Alternate History Booklist
World History > Alternate History
Alternate history (AH) is a genre of speculative fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently. These stories usually contain "what if" scenarios at crucial points in history and present outcomes other than those in the historical record. The stories are conjectural but are sometimes based on fact. Alternate history has been seen as a subgenre of literary fiction, science fiction, or historical fiction; alternate history works may use tropes from any or all of these genres.
Since the 1950s, this type of fiction has, to a large extent, merged with science fiction tropes involving time travel between alternate histories, psychic awareness of the existence of one universe by the people in another, or time travel that results in history splitting into two or more timelines. Cross-time, time-splitting, and alternate history themes have become so closely interwoven that it is impossible to discuss them fully apart from one another.
Book recommendations pertaining to Alternate History.
| Book Title | Author | PubDate | Reading Age | Time Period | Time Frame | Geographic Area | Country | Topic | Genre | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Boleyn King | Andersen, Laura | 2013 | A | Renaissance | 1536-1554 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX | AH | N |
| The Boleyn Deceit | Andersen, Laura | 2013 | A | Renaissance | 1554-1555 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX | AH | N |
| The Boleyn Reckoning | Andersen, Laura | 2014 | A | Renaissance | 1556-1559 | Europe | Great Britain | Tudors Anne Boleyn Hypothetical Henry IX | AH | N |
| Wolf By Wolf | Graudin, Ryan | 2016 | YA A | Modern Age | 1956 | Europe Asia | Germany Japan | Hypothetical Axis Victory | AH | N |
| Blood For Blood | Graudin, Ryan | 2017 | YA A | Modern Age | 1956 | Europe Asia | Germany Japan | Hypothetical Axis Victory | AH | N |
| 11/22/63 | King, Stephen | 2012 | A | Modern Age | 1958-1963 | North America | United States | JFK Assassination | AH | N |
| The Man in the High Castle | Dick, Philip K. | 1962 | A | Modern Age | 1962 | North America | United States | Hypothetical Axis Victory | AH | N |
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| Reading Age | Genre | Format |
| LE = lower elementary MG = middle grade (8-12 yrs.) UMG = upper-middle grade (11-14 yrs.) YA = young adult (14+) A = adult (18+) |
NF - non fiction F = fiction Bio = biography HF = historical fantasy AH = alternate history OV - own voices M = mythology S = spine book |
PB = picture book GN = graphic novel ER = early reader CB = chapter book B = book (NF) N = novel M = memoir |