More alternate histories, and the point at which history changes
The Last Ship by William Brinkley - World War III in late 1988 leaves a single U.S. Navy destroyer and a Soviet missile sub to try to establish a safe foothold for humanity somewhere
Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove - Time-traveling South African racists bring Lee & Davis late 20th Century technology weapons to win the Civil War and prevent slavery from being outlawed. Slavery is soon abolished anyway.
Pavane by Keith Roberts - Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated, the Spanish conquer England, and the Papacy reigns over a technologically-backwards Europe today
Iron Sky - Nazis escape to the moon in 1945.
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson - in 1912, all humans and human artifacts in Europe disappear, replaced by a bizarre and deadly jungle (then things get weird).
On the Beach by Nevil Shute - in 1963, after World War III, nuclear radiation is destroying all life on Earth; a group of people in Australia wait as it spreads south.
Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois - The Cuban Missile Crisis goes badly and ends with a limited nuclear war.
Gettysburg: An Alternate History by Peter G. Tsouras - George G. Meade is injured and Winfield Scott Hancock takes command of the Army of the Potomac, aggressively counterattacking after Pickett’s Charge, winning the battle even more decisively, and capturing Robert E. Lee. The Civil War is over by late 1863, saving tens of thousands of lives that were lost in our timeline, and Hancock is elected President in 1868.
11/22/63 by Stephen King - Jack Epping prevents Kennedy’s assassination, and the world goes to Hell. He has to go back again and put history as it was and should be.
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey - In the early 20th century, the U.S. imports hippos and they become an invasive species in the South.
The Burning Mountain by Alfred Coppel - The 1945 Trinity nuclear-bomb test is a fizzle, and the Allies stage a horrifically costly invasion of Japan
More alternate histories, and the point at which history changes
The Last Ship by William Brinkley - World War III in late 1988 leaves a single U.S. Navy destroyer and a Soviet missile sub to try to establish a safe foothold for humanity somewhere
Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove - Time-traveling South African racists bring Lee & Davis late 20th Century technology weapons to win the Civil War and prevent slavery from being outlawed. Slavery is soon abolished anyway.
Pavane by Keith Roberts - Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated, the Spanish conquer England, and the Papacy reigns over a technologically-backwards Europe today
Iron Sky - Nazis escape to the moon in 1945.
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson - in 1912, all humans and human artifacts in Europe disappear, replaced by a bizarre and deadly jungle (then things get weird).
On the Beach by Nevil Shute - in 1963, after World War III, nuclear radiation is destroying all life on Earth; a group of people in Australia wait as it spreads south.
Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois - The Cuban Missile Crisis goes badly and ends with a limited nuclear war.
Gettysburg: An Alternate History by Peter G. Tsouras - George G. Meade is injured and Winfield Scott Hancock takes command of the Army of the Potomac, aggressively counterattacking after Pickett’s Charge, winning the battle even more decisively, and capturing Robert E. Lee. The Civil War is over by late 1863, saving tens of thousands of lives that were lost in our timeline, and Hancock is elected President in 1868.
11/22/63 by Stephen King - Jack Epping prevents Kennedy’s assassination, and the world goes to Hell. He has to go back again and put history as it was and should be.
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey - In the early 20th century, the U.S. imports hippos and they become an invasive species in the South.
The Burning Mountain by Alfred Coppel - The 1945 Trinity nuclear-bomb test is a fizzle, and the Allies stage a horrifically costly invasion of Japan
Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove - The Japanese follow up their attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II by invading and occupying Hawaii.
More alternate histories, and the point at which history changes
The Last Ship by William Brinkley - World War III in late 1988 leaves a single U.S. Navy destroyer and a Soviet missile sub to try to establish a safe foothold for humanity somewhere
Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove - Time-traveling South African racists bring Lee & Davis late 20th Century technology weapons to win the Civil War and prevent slavery from being outlawed. Slavery is soon abolished anyway.
Pavane by Keith Roberts - Queen Elizabeth I is assassinated, the Spanish conquer England, and the Papacy reigns over a technologically-backwards Europe today
Iron Sky - Nazis escape to the moon in 1945.
Darwinia by Robert Charles Wilson - in 1912, all humans and human artifacts in Europe disappear, replaced by a bizarre and deadly jungle (then things get weird).
On the Beach by Nevil Shute - in 1963, after World War III, nuclear radiation is destroying all life on Earth; a group of people in Australia wait as it spreads south.
Resurrection Day by Brendan DuBois - The Cuban Missile Crisis goes badly and ends with a limited nuclear war.
Gettysburg: An Alternate History by Peter G. Tsouras - George G. Meade is injured and Winfield Scott Hancock takes command of the Army of the Potomac, aggressively counterattacking after Pickett’s Charge, winning the battle even more decisively, and capturing Robert E. Lee. The Civil War is over by late 1863, saving tens of thousands of lives that were lost in our timeline, and Hancock is elected President in 1868.
11/22/63 by Stephen King - Jack Epping prevents Kennedy’s assassination, and the world goes to Hell. He has to go back again and put history as it was and should be.
River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey - In the early 20th century, the U.S. imports hippos and they become an invasive species in the South.
The Burning Mountain by Alfred Coppel - The 1945 Trinity nuclear-bomb test is a fizzle, and the Allies stage a horrifically costly invasion of Japan
Days of Infamy by Harry Turtledove - The Japanese follow up their attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II by invading and occupying Hawaii.
The Moscow Option: An Alternative Second World War, by David Downing - Hitler in in a coma after a plane crash in 1941, and his generals run the war in an intelligent manner.
Pass.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
McCullough also has two Pulitzer Prizes, and the National Book Award, and is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian award.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Sam Kean, author of books about the history of science
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Sam Kean, author of books about the history of science
Cecil Adams, if you want the Straight Dope about history.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Sam Kean, author of books about the history of science
Cecil Adams, if you want the Straight Dope about history.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Sam Kean, author of books about the history of science
Cecil Adams, if you want the Straight Dope about history.
Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, author of The Image, The Americans trilogy & the Knowledge trilogy
Barry Cunliffe, emeritus professor of European archaeology at Oxford, author of Europe Between the Oceans and By Steppe, Desert, and Ocean
David McCullough, Pulitzer-winning biographer and historian
Barbara Tuchman, double Pulitzer winner
Candice Millard, author of The River of Doubt and winner of the PEN Center USA award for Research Nonfiction
Ron Chernow, author of Hamilton (from which the hit musical was developed), Washington: A Life, and Titan, about John D. Rockefeller, among other best-selling books
H.W. Brands, one of my personal favorites. If you’re looking to check him out, I recommend American Dreams: The United States Since 1945.
Jeremy Lott, author of The Warm Bucket Brigade, a book about the U.S. vice presidency. A fascinating and entertaining read.
Sam Kean, author of books about the history of science
Cecil Adams, if you want the Straight Dope about history.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Pulitzer winner
William Manchester, USMC
Joseph Ellis, Pulitzer Prize-winner for Founding Brothers, an excellent account of the Framers in their relationships with one another as friends, allies, frenemies and outright foes
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I actually fired Comey because he made a pass at Melania. True story!