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universe65 books1898

Science fiction and alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

The Difference EngineNovel

William Gibson & Bruce Sterlingstandalone novel1990

Science fiction and steampunk, set in alternate earth and 19th century.

“The computer age arrives a century early with Babbage's perfection of his 'analytical engine'.”
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Thursday NextSeries

series8 books2001

Funny and whimsical in tone, about books and reading.

“Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next novels follow a literary detective in an alternate England who can jump physically into the world of books to solve crimes against literature itself.”
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Start with The Eyre Affair →

The High CrusadeNovel

Poul Andersonstandalone novel1960

Science fiction, about aliens and war, set in medieval.

Wolves ChroniclesSeries

series12 books1962

completed

Adventure, adventurous in tone, set in 19th century.

“The Wolves Chronicles is Joan Aiken's long-running alternate-history series for young readers, set in a nineteenth-century England ruled by the Stuart dynasty and beset by wolves that have migrated across a Channel land-bridge.”
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Start with The Wolves of Willoughby Chase →

SS-GBNovel

Len Deightonstandalone novel1978

Spy thriller and mystery & detective, about political intrigue, set in early 20th century.

“Archer's investigation collides with occupation politics, the British resistance, and rival factions of the SS and the German Army, each wanting the case to go a different way.”
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