Lists of Bests: mightydin's "Alternate Histories Reading List" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/65876 It never happened, but it could have. Note: With some exceptions, short story collections, young adult fiction, and series have been eliminated if so identified. Also, I have striven to include high-quality books only. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 11:15:08 GMT en-us 0 50 75 50 0 Alas, Babylon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/53833"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41E9MEH9W3L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pat Frank</div> The Alteration http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4496828 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4496828"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41lEd7nGNML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kingsley Amis</div> Anno Dracula http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/972667 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Newman</div> Behold the Man http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/363440"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1585677647.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michael Moorcock</div> The Big One http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683188 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2683188"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41zwHPHWYGL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Slade</div> The Bloody Red Baron http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464167 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/464167"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0786702524.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Newman</div> Bring the Jubilee (Alternate History Masterpiece) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873522 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/873522"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0345405021.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V57055955_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ward Moore</div> Celestial Matters http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6518 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6518"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5148096E4XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Richard Garfinkle</div> The Children's War http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449287 <div id="position">9</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/449287"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743407407.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by J.N. Stroyar</div> Cities of the Red Night: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6051 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6051"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KdxOW3TTL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William S. Burroughs</div> Collaborator http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2752865 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2752865"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21CDG9547CL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Murray Davies</div> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2975717 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2975717"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11Y3yK482tL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Mark Twain</div> Corrupting Dr. Nice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6541 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/6541"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VPJGJB8DL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Kessel</div> The Crack in Space: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130652 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/130652"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WZTVM2SSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> Darwinia: A Novel of a Very Different Twentieth Century http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25442 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25442"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0812566629.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1114582035_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Charles Wilson</div> Doc Sidhe http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69308 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/69308"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EVC5RYJ4L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Aaron Allston</div> The Domination http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84041 <div id="position">17</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/84041"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514o3VG0IuL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S.M. Stirling</div> Down in the Bottomlands (And Other Places) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/454128 <div id="position">18</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/454128"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5140PPYSRKL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Turtledove</div> Einstein's Bridge http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9700 <div id="position">19</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9700"><img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0380788314.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Cramer</div> The End of Eternity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704934 <div id="position">20</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/704934"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000EHLLM0.01-AUW7D269MM6KW._SCTHUMBZZZ_V1139097766_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Isaac Asimov</div> Eon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25323 <div id="position">21</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/25323"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KZmdDjSEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Greg Bear</div> The Explosionist http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249380 <div id="position">22</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/5249380"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51rC3qIRLJL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jenny Davidson</div> Farthing http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132601 <div id="position">23</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/132601"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0765314215.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jo Walton</div> Fatherland: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2010054 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2010054"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FN1RSR4NL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Harris</div> For Want of a Nail: If Burgoyne had won at Saratoga (Greenhill Military Paperback) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1324183 <div id="position">25</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1324183"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516NX3BP84L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Sobel</div> GATE OF WORLDS (Ibooks Science Fiction Classics) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/348051 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/348051"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41LLGD8j0jL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Silberberg</div> The Great Game http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3564522 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3564522"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41fZmCut4rL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Slade</div> Guardian http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234359 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/234359"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0441011063.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joe Haldeman</div> Ha'penny http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2839255 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2839255"><img src="http://g-ec2.images-amazon.com/images/I/11uQhBsTURL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jo Walton</div> How Few Remain http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7808 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7808"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FRPAQSB6L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Harry Turtledove</div> Job: A Comedy of Justice http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7494 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/7494"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D0sZGleZL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> Judgment of Tears:: Anno Dracula 1959 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9642 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/9642"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519C42XNEHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kim Newman</div> The Last Light of the Sun http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2514679 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2514679"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/0743484231.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Guy Gavriel Kay</div> Legion of Time / After World's End (Pyramid Sf) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2562874 <div id="position">34</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2562874"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000E4BFU6.01-A1BTHNLHW6EURH._SCTHUMBZZZ_V36438143_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jack Williamson</div> Lest Darkness Fall (Pyramid SF, F-817) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1462610 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1462610"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0515608173.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_V55110885_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by L. Sprague De Camp</div> Lion's Blood http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13227 <div id="position">36</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13227"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51-QWn42CBL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Steven Barnes</div> LORD KALVAN OF OTHERWHEN http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/3819946 <div id="position">37</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by H. BEAM PIPER</div> Making History http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30878 <div id="position">38</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/30878"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71641HNTWVL._SL75_.gif" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen Fry</div> The Man in the High Castle http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853 <div id="position">39</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18853"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/417ZHFljHML._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Philip K. Dick</div> The Man Who Sold The Moon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57128 <div id="position">40</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57128"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/512IyDKdOQL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert A. Heinlein</div> The Man Who Turned Into Himself: A Novel http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4177739 <div id="position">41</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4177739"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514s4TFWoHL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by David Ambrose</div> Milton in America http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4502702 <div id="position">42</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4502702"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WGE65HH2L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Ackroyd</div> My Tank Is Fight! http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2413471 <div id="position">43</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2413471"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517A13GFD9L._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Zack Parsons</div> Never Let Me Go http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914 <div id="position">44</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/54914"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kgekwiaEL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Kazuo Ishiguro</div> An Oblique Approach (Belisarius) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18181 <div id="position">45</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/18181"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51J7R3B0WSL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Eric Flint</div> On the Oceans of Eternity http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13823 <div id="position">46</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/13823"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zRxjKR6zL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by S. M. Stirling</div> Pasquale's Angel (Hc) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1766276 <div id="position">47</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by P. McAuley</div> Pavane (Del Rey Impact) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8026 <div id="position">48</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/8026"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51fQLrsTVVL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Keith Roberts</div> Pegasus Bridge: June 6, 1944 http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17947 <div id="position">49</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/17947"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GfS7A28XL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stephen E. Ambrose</div> The Plague Tales http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61375 <div id="position">50</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/61375"><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51VT6kSRyzL._SL75_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ann Benson</div>