Best Alternate History

Description
It's been said that all fiction is an alternate history where the characters actually were alive. Let's NOT go there. A list of books where one or a few historical events happen differently and, suddenly, nothing is the same
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26,895 members
773 reviews
3.9
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370 reviews
4.1
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hailelib, Aquila, generalkala, sdobie, foggidawn, MikeBriggs, inge87, KimarieBee, Aerrin99, norabelle414, quigui, suitable1, souloftherose, electrice, BomboChipolata,andyl ,aulsmith
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aulsmith : Seems to me that the dragons should have made a difference earlier
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10,348 members
421 reviews
3.8
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1,581 members
114 reviews
3.9
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19,083 members
493 reviews
½ 4.3
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22,745 members
938 reviews
3.8
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5,565 members
348 reviews
3.9
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1,397 members
44 reviews
½ 3.7
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4,663 members
111 reviews
3.8
11 Members
brewergirl, andyl, ABVR, sdobie, rajukv, otori, geitebukkeskjegg, souloftherose, lewbs, aadyer, leigonj,generalkala ,aulsmith ,
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aulsmith : It was okay, but not a "best" for me
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1,302 members
30 reviews
½ 3.6
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8,234 members
588 reviews
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8,922 members
217 reviews
½ 3.7
6 Members
abbottthomas, geitebukkeskjegg, sturlington, lewbs, elkiedee, electrice
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elkiedee: If someone thought it's ok to post a an antisemitic text which was a major inspiration to Nazis here - the Protocols of the Elders of Zion! - and no one else has challenged it, more people need to read this novel by Philip Roth and other fiction/non fiction about all kinds of racism.
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3,420 members
82 reviews
4.1
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273 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
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5,892 members
87 reviews
½ 3.3
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3,481 members
106 reviews
½ 3.6
6 Members
andyl, daschaich, sdobie, pitjrw, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ,aulsmith
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aulsmith : I didn't like the whole reincarnation bit (in terms of alternate history)
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809 members
16 reviews
½ 3.7
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1,700 members
38 reviews
3.9
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698 members
18 reviews
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13,460 members
759 reviews
4.2
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682 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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3,776 members
114 reviews
3.9
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1,295 members
21 reviews
½ 3.6
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1,059 members
53 reviews
½ 3.6
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1,003 members
28 reviews
½ 3.7
3 Members
hipdeep, sdobie, otori
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2,180 members
66 reviews
3.8
5 Members
hailelib, daschaich, sdobie, MikeBriggs, suitable1,andyl ,aulsmith ,sturlington
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aulsmith : Admittedly only one thing changes, but it's a hell of a big thing that requires extra-terrestrial intervention.
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859 members
23 reviews
½ 3.6
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397 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
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550 members
25 reviews
½ 3.5
3 Members
sdobie, aulsmith, geitebukkeskjegg
Explanations
aulsmith: I wasn't completely sure that only one change led to all this, but this was a hell of a good book with a lot of surprising alternatives.
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764 members
51 reviews
3.9
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6,970 members
238 reviews
4.1
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753 members
68 reviews
½ 3.5
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4,864 members
166 reviews
3.8
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727 members
20 reviews
½ 3.6
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420 members
15 reviews
½ 3.3
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1,101 members
25 reviews
4.2
2 Members
pitjrw, elkiedee
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658 members
10 reviews
½ 3.4
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1,109 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
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95 members
3.8
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992 members
20 reviews
½ 3.7
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83 members
4 reviews
½ 3.4
2 Members
andyl, aulsmith
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4,558 members
70 reviews
3.8
5 Members
hailelib, sdobie, EmScape, geitebukkeskjegg, Jarandel,andyl ,aulsmith ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
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aulsmith : If there's been magic all along, this shouldn't be the first thing that changes.
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577 members
23 reviews
3.8
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1,474 members
38 reviews
½ 3.4
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277 members
9 reviews
½ 3.7
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446 members
38 reviews
½ 3.6
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548 members
40 reviews
3.8
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742 members
31 reviews
½ 3.4
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392 members
11 reviews
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179 members
10 reviews
3.8
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inge87
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139 members
3 reviews
3.2
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clue
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40 members
3.9
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hipdeep
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744 members
9 reviews
½ 3.6
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699 members
5 reviews
3.8
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516 members
7 reviews
3.9
3 Members
hailelib, ABVR, geitebukkeskjegg,andyl ,aulsmith
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aulsmith : He never explains how the world got this way, though it's a very fun world.
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1,810 members
51 reviews
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187 members
2 reviews
½ 3.4
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leigonj
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4,268 members
132 reviews
3.8
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681 members
32 reviews
½ 3.7
2 Members
sturlington, Her_Royal_Orangeness,aulsmith
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aulsmith : It's the same world as Randall Garrett's Lord Darcy books. Interesting, but unexplained
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3,694 members
218 reviews
½ 3.6
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1,192 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
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sdobie
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488 members
11 reviews
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elkiedee
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461 members
24 reviews
3.9
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444 members
3 reviews
3.8
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438 members
10 reviews
½ 3.7
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daschaich
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406 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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367 members
32 reviews
½ 3.5
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inge87
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174 members
4 reviews
½ 3.7
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ABVR
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171 members
13 reviews
4.1
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pitjrw
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400 members
7 reviews
½ 3.4
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675 members
29 reviews
½ 3.4
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anglemark
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399 members
16 reviews
3.8
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pitjrw
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4 reviews
½ 3.5
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362 members
16 reviews
3.9
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½ 3.7
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3.9
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½ 3.4
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daschaich
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11 reviews
3.8
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pitjrw
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1,127 members
72 reviews
½ 3.7
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Aquila
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426 members
9 reviews
½ 3.4
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963 members
41 reviews
½ 3.6
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Aquila
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2,044 members
101 reviews
½ 3.7
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3.9
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881 members
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3.8
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Aquila
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½ 3.6
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6 reviews
½ 3.6
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3.2
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daschaich
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95 members
5 reviews
3.9
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Aquila
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203 members
26 reviews
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½ 3.7
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192 members
2 reviews
½ 3.5
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783 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
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85 members
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½ 3.3
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102 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
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68 reviews
½ 3.7
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3.9