List of Alternate History Fiction - Novel Series

Novel Series

• 1632 series by Eric Flint, an entire modern West Virginia town is transported in time and space to Germany during the Thirty Years' War.
  • 1632 (2000)
  • 1633 (2002)
  • 1634: The Galileo Affair (2004)
  • 1634: The Ram Rebellion (2006)
  • 1635: The Cannon Law (2006)
  • 1634: The Baltic War (2007)
  • 1634: The Bavarian Crisis (2007)
  • The Anaconda Project (2008-)
  • 1635: The Dreeson Incident (2008)
  • 1635: The Eastern Front (2010)
  • 1636: The Saxon Uprising (2011)
• The Age of Unreason by Gregory Keyes, alchemy really works thanks to Isaac Newton.
  • Newton's Cannon (1998)
  • A Calculus of Angels (1999)
  • Empire of Unreason (2000)
  • The Shadows of God (2001)
• Anno Dracula series by Kim Newman, the heroes of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula fail to stop Count Dracula's conquest of Great Britain, resulting in a world where vampires are common and increasingly dominant in society.
  • Anno Dracula (novel) (1992)
  • The Bloody Red Baron (1995)
  • Dracula Cha Cha Cha aka. Judgment of Tears (1998)
  • Johnny Alucard (TBA)
• Arabesk trilogy by Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Woodrow Wilson brokered an earlier peace to World War I so that it never expanded outside of the Balkans.
  • Pashazade (2001)
  • Effendi (2002)
  • Felaheen (2003),
• Axis of Time series by John Birmingham, an American-led UN Multinational Force arrives uptime from 2021 via a wormhole that was accidentally generated as a byproduct of a scientific experiment to the year 1942.
  • Weapons of Choice (2004)
  • Designated Targets (2005)
  • Final Impact (2007)
• The Belisarius series by David Drake and Eric Flint, opposing factions from the future influence early times through intermediaries for their own purposes: the 'good' side operating through the Byzantine general Belisarius and the 'evil' side operating through the Indian state of Malwa.
  • An Oblique Approach (1998)
  • In the Heart of Darkness (1998)
  • Destiny's Shield (1999)
  • Fortune's Stroke (2000)
  • The Tide of Victory (2001)
  • The Dance of Time (2006)
• Insh'Allah series by Steven Barnes, shows an alternate world in which Carthage destroyed Rome, with Europe remaining tribal and an Islamic-dominated Africa colonizing the New World.
  • Lion's Blood (2002)
  • Zulu Heart (2003)
• Civil War Series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, Robert E. Lee wins the Battle of Gettysburg.
  • Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War (2003)
  • Grant Comes East (2004)
  • Never Call Retreat: Lee and Grant: The Final Victory (2005)
• Crosstime Traffic Series by Harry Turtledove, travel between parallel universes is possible.
  • Gunpowder Empire (2003) - A world where the Roman Empire never fell and has technology equal to that of the age of Napoleon.
  • Curious Notions (2004) - The Central Powers of WW1 won prior to American entry into the conflict and conquered the isolationist USA in the 1950s.
  • In High Places (2006) - The Black Death was far more virulent across Europe, leading to a world dominated by Muslims.
  • The Disunited States of America (2006) - The USA was unable to agree to a full constitution following victory in the War of Independence, leading to every state becoming a different country.
  • The Gladiator (2007) - The Soviet Union was able to win the Cold War and remake the entire world in their image.
  • The Valley-Westside War (2008) - Nuclear War in 1967 lead to the collapse of society.
• The Domination series by S.M. Stirling, the early entry of the Netherlands on the American side of the American Revolution, causes them to lose the Cape Colony to Britain, which renames it the Crown Colony of Drakia after Sir Francis Drake and settles Loyalists and British mercenaries there who absorb the Boers to set up a slavery-based empire called the Domination of the Draka.
  • Marching Through Georgia (1988)
  • Under the Yoke (1989)
  • The Stone Dogs (1990)
  • Drakon (1995)
• The Emberverse series by S. M. Stirling, an event called "The Change" in 1998 causes electricity, guns, explosives, internal combustion engines and steam power to stop working.
  • Dies the Fire (2004)
  • The Protector's War (2005)
  • A Meeting at Corvallis (2006)
  • The Sunrise Lands (2007)
  • The Scourge of God (2008)
  • The Sword of the Lady (2009)
  • The High King of Montival (2010)
  • The Blood of the Sun (TBA)
  • The Given Sacrifice (TBA)
• The Farthing series by Jo Walton, the United Kingdom made peace with Nazi Germany (against Winston Churchill's wishes).
  • Farthing (2006)
  • Ha'penny (2007)
  • Half a Crown (2008)
• Fireball Trilogy by John Christopher, two cousins are transported into an alternate history Earth through a mysterious fireball where the Roman Empire never fell.
  • Fireball (1981)
  • New Found Land (1983)
  • Dragon Dance (1986)
• Germanicus trilogy by Kirk Mitchell, Rome never fell, after Pontius Pilate pardons Joshua bar-Joseph (Christ), and the Romans win a decisive victory at Teutoberg Forest and Latinize Greater Germania.
  • Procurator (1984)
  • The New Barbarians (1986)
  • Cry Republic (1989)
• The Hammer and the Cross series by Harry Harrison, Vikings rebel against the harsh rule of the Catholic Church.
  • The Hammer and the Cross (1993)
  • One King's Way (1995)
  • King and Emperor (1997)
• Hannibal series by John Maddox Roberts, the Carthaginians won the Second Punic War against the Romans.
  • Hannibal's Children (2002)
  • The Seven Hills (2005)
• Heirs of Alexandria series by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, set in a renaissance Europe where the Library of Alexandria was not destroyed by a Christian mob and the now sainted Hypatia of Alexandria and John Chrysostom shaped religious thought, significantly altering how the Church developed.
  • The Shadow of the Lion (2002)
  • This Rough Magic (2003)
  • A Mankind Witch (2005)
• Lord Darcy series by Randall Garrett, a number of short stories and one novel (Too Many Magicians) based on the premise that King Richard I of England returned safely from France and that Roger Bacon had codified the laws of magic.
  • Too Many Magicians (1967)
  • Murder and Magic (1979)
  • Lord Darcy Investigates (1981)
  • Ten Little Wizards (1988)
  • A Study in Sorcery (1989)
  • Lord Darcy (2002)
• The Lords of Creation by S. M. Stirling, an ancient alien civilization makes Mars and Venus habitable and seeds them with Earth life.
  • The Sky People (2006)
  • In the Courts of the Crimson Kings (2008)
• Nantucket series by S. M. Stirling, the island of Nantucket gets sent back in time to the Bronze Age circa 1250 BC.
  • Island in the Sea of Time (1998)
  • Against the Tide of Years (1999)
  • On the Oceans of Eternity (2000)
• A Nomad of the Time Streams trilogy by Michael Moorcock, a series of novels featuring a grown-up version of E. Nesbit's Oswald Bastable (from The Story of the Treasure Seekers and other books) who experiences a variety of alternate realities that have diverged from his own time-line.
  • Warlord of the Air (1971)
  • The Land Leviathan (1974)
  • The Steel Tsar (1977)
• North American Confederacy series by L. Neil Smith, One single word in the Declaration of Independence differs and the US becomes the North American Confederation, a libertarian society.
  • The Probability Broach (1980)
  • The Nagasaki Vector (1983)
  • The Venus Belt (1980)
  • Their Majestys' Bucketeers (1981)
  • Tom Paine Maru (1984)
  • The Gallatin Divergence (1985)
  • Brightsuit MacBear (1988)
  • Taflak Lysandra (1989)
  • The American Zone (2001)
• Operation Otherworld by Poul Anderson, the existence of God has been scientifically proven and magic has been harnessed for the practical needs of the adept by the degaussing of cold iron, while the United States is part of an alternate Second World War against the Islamic Khalifate, which has invaded the United States.
  • Operation Chaos (1971)
  • Operation Luna (2000)
• Pacific War Series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, alternate Pacific War.
  • Pearl Harbor: A Novel of December 8th (2007)
  • Days of Infamy (2008)
• Romanitas Trilogy by Sophia McDougall, the Roman Empire survived to contemporary times.
  • Romanitas (2005)
  • Rome Burning (2007)
  • Volume 3 (2010)
• The Sky Crawlers series by Hiroshi Mori, follows the journeys and tribulations of a group of young fighter pilots involved in dogfight warfare, and is set during an alternate historical period.
  • None But Air (2004)
  • Down to Heaven (2005)
  • Flutter into Life (2006)
  • Cradle the Sky (2007)
  • The Sky Crawlers (2001)
  • Sky Eclipse (TBA)
• The Southern Victory Series by Harry Turtledove, the South won the American Civil War in 1862 due to not losing the copy of Special Order 191, resulting in the USA and CSA continuing to exist and battling through this timeline's versions of the Franco-Prussian War, the First World War and the Second World War.
  • How Few Remain (1997)
  • The Great War Trilogy
    • American Front (1998)
    • Walk in Hell (1999)
    • Breakthroughs (2000)
  • The American Empire Trilogy
    • Blood and Iron (2001)
    • The Center Cannot Hold (2002)
    • The Victorious Opposition (2003)
  • The Settling Accounts Tetralogy
    • Return Engagement (2004)
    • Drive to the East (2005)
    • The Grapple (2006)
    • In at the Death (2007)
• Stars and Stripes trilogy by Harry Harrison, Prince Albert dies prematurely and Britain becomes involved in the American Civil War.
  • Stars and Stripes Forever (1998)
  • Stars and Stripes in Peril (2000)
  • Stars and Stripes Triumphant (2002)
• The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card, a North America where people wield magic, or knacks, and the revolution was only partly successful.
  • Seventh Son (1987)
  • Red Prophet (1988)
  • Prentice Alvin (1989)
  • Alvin Journeyman (1995)
  • Heartfire (1998)
  • The Crystal City (2003)
  • Master Alvin (TBA)
• Temeraire series by Naomi Novik, the Napoleonic Wars are fought with an air force of dragons.
  • His Majesty's Dragon (2006)
  • Throne of Jade (2006)
  • Black Powder War (2006)
  • Empire of Ivory (2007)
  • Victory of Eagles (2008)
• Trail of Glory series by Eric Flint, Sam Houston was not injured at the beginning of the War of 1812, and substantially revises the history of the Trail of Tears.
  • 1812: Rivers of War (2005)
  • 1824: The Arkansas War (2006)
• Worldwar & Colonization Series by Harry Turtledove, aliens with a feudal caste system and 1990s style technology calling themselves the "Race" invade Earth in the middle of World War II, focing the Allied and Axis Forces to put aside their differences and battle this new threat.
  • Worldwar Tetralogy
    • In the Balance (1994)
    • Tilting the Balance (1995)
    • Upsetting the Balance (1996)
    • Striking the Balance (1996)
  • Colonization Trilogy
    • Second Contact (1999)
    • Down to Earth (2000)
    • Aftershocks (2001)
  • Homeward Bound (2004)