Best Harry Turtledove Books

American Front

Great War • Book 1

by Harry Turtledove

The Great War splits America down old lines—North with Germany, South with Britain—as five decades of peace explode into continental warfare.

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The Great War splits America down old lines—North with Germany, South with Britain—as five decades of peace explode into continental warfare.

The Victorious Opposition

American Empire • Book 3

by Harry Turtledove

Seventy years past Southern Civil War victory, North America balances on the edge of another devastating conflict. Turtledove's third American Empire book explores how alternate history's consequences compound across generations into explosive political tension.

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Seventy years past Southern Civil War victory, North America balances on the edge of another devastating conflict. Turtledove's third American Empire book explores how alternate history's consequences compound across generations into explosive political tension.

The Center Cannot Hold

American Empire • Book 2

by Harry Turtledove

Turtledove's alternate 1924 shows a world rebuilding from different wars—Washington's monuments rising again while devastated cities reclaim their former glory.

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Turtledove's alternate 1924 shows a world rebuilding from different wars—Washington's monuments rising again while devastated cities reclaim their former glory.

Settling Accounts: Return Engagement (American Empire)

Settling Accounts • Book 1

by Harry Turtledove

In Turtledove's alternate timeline, 1941 brings fragile peace between old enemies—but with Japan ruling the Pacific and different borders, familiar conflicts take unexpected turns.

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In Turtledove's alternate timeline, 1941 brings fragile peace between old enemies—but with Japan ruling the Pacific and different borders, familiar conflicts take unexpected turns.

366 Days in Abraham Lincoln's Presidency: The Private, Political, and Military Decisions of America's Greatest President

by Stephen A. Wynalda, Harry Turtledove

A day-by-day chronicle of Lincoln's presidency captures both historic legislation like the first federal income tax and personal tragedies like his son's death. Wynalda's format reveals how daily decisions shaped history.

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A day-by-day chronicle of Lincoln's presidency captures both historic legislation like the first federal income tax and personal tragedies like his son's death. Wynalda's format reveals how daily decisions shaped history.

Three Miles Down

by Harry Turtledove

First contact meets Watergate paranoia as a 1974 grad student discovers evidence of alien life just as America's trust in government crumbles. Turtledove uses the era's conspiracy-minded atmosphere to examine how humanity might actually handle alien contact.

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First contact meets Watergate paranoia as a 1974 grad student discovers evidence of alien life just as America's trust in government crumbles. Turtledove uses the era's conspiracy-minded atmosphere to examine how humanity might actually handle alien contact.