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    Lightbulb Recommended reading Lists

    For those who want something different to read, I suggest the following

    For Alternate History buffs, Harry Turtledove is the undisputed master of the art. He's don several alternate history series and the stuff is enjoyable and believable

    How Few Remain: What if the American South had won the war...some 20 years on.

    The Great War Series: WWI between the United States and Confederate States

    American Front
    A Walk In Hell
    Breakthroughs

    The American Empire Series: The Interregnum period while the North and the South rebuild from WWI

    The Settling Accounts Series: WWII Between the States
    Return Engagement (1st of the new trilogy)

    Ruled Britannia: The English meet the Spanish Armada...and lost. And in the times of William Shakespeare, rebellion is brewing.

    In the Presence of Mine Enemies: in 2009, the Greater German Reich has ruled Earth for the better part of sixty years. But changes are coming from the most unexpected areas and a Nazi Glasnost appears to be taking hold.

    more when I have time
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    The only one I disagree with is "How Few Remain" - I loved almost all the other books you list, but for some reason that one bored me nearly to tears. That said, it does set things up for the Great War series which I thought was fantastic...
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    I have all those books, as I am an alt. history NUT.

    (Which explains all the back issues of "What if?" and Elseworlds comic books, Age of Apocalypse, Earth X, Ministry of Space, etc etc...)

    If you like "non-fiction" alternate history, (essays and speculation by historians) I strongly reccommend the "What If?" series edited by Robert Cowley

    What If? The World's Foremost Military Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
    What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been
    What Ifs? of American History: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Might Have Been

    But if you want the definitive list of Alternate History books, there's only one place to go...

    uchronia.com
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