Alternate History Books of the 2020s
The 34 most-read alternate history books first published between 2020 and 2029, led by Babel (2022), Ring Shout (2020) and The Once and Future Witches (2020).
This list collects 34 books from the 2020s by 29 authors, published between 2020 and 2026. 1 is free to read and 1 has a free audiobook. Books are ranked by how many readers have shelved, rated or downloaded them.
Babel
R. F. Kuang, Michel Pagel
Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark
The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow
Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld
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Worlds of the Imperium
Keith Laumer
Outlawed
Anna North
A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer
Oppenheimer Alternative
Robert J. Sawyer
Fifty in Reverse
Bill Flanagan
Fake History
Jo Hedwig Teeuwisse
Failed State
Christopher Brown
Day Lincoln Lost
Charles Rosenberg
Primordial
Jeff Lemire
Stranger in the Citadel
Tobias Buckell
Narrating History, Home, and Dyaspora
Maia L. Butler, Joanna Davis-McElligatt
By Sound Alone
Mark Torrey
1638
Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett
The Eagle and the Viper
Loren D. Estleman
Swallow Pines
Xalsier Kitsune
An Index of Vanishing
Ys Goldt
Lest Darkness Fall & Timeless Tales Written in Tribute
L. Sprague De Camp, Frederik Pohl
Kingdoms, The
Pulley Natasha
Salamis
Harry Turtledove
Paquita Salas Superviviente
Javier Ambrossi
Joel and the Egyptian Cat
David L Dudley
A Whole in Time
Molly McGill
A Husband for Hartwell
Lisa Henry, J.A. Rock
A Case for Christmas
J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry
An Affair for Aumont
J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry
A Rival for Rivingdon
J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry
A Sanctuary for Soulden
J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry
A Scandal for Stratford
J.A. Rock, Lisa Henry
Loose Ends and Knots - A Novel on the Second Partition of India
Ram Garikipati
Babel Collector's Edition : Or the Necessity of Violence
R. F. Kuang, Nico Delort