Harry Turtledove Books in Order

By 1941, an earlier Second World War has settled into costly stalemate, and Britain and France question their commitments. Political upheaval and shifting alliances threaten to redraw the conflict as Japan moves toward war with America.

Ash from Yellowstone's eruption has made farmland barren and cities uninhabitable, while global temperatures continue falling. Colin Ferguson and his scattered family struggle to survive as damaged communities attempt to hold civilisation together.

In an altered 1941, Britain and France fight alongside Germany against the Soviet Union, but opposition grows within Britain. A conspiracy against the government threatens to shift the war while America struggles against Japan.

Wounded war veteran Baek Jarns joins friends for a festival whose bull-running ritual conceals a strange familiar world. Their tangled relationships and appetite for danger bring wartime scars into a celebration where the charging beasts can kill.

Years after Yellowstone's eruption, survivors rely on stockpiles of food and goods produced before the disaster. With crops failing and machinery stalled, dwindling reserves threaten to turn an already difficult existence into a deeper struggle for survival.

In 1942, shifting alliances force Germany to fight on new fronts while America battles Japan in the Pacific. Soldiers and civilians endure bombing, unfamiliar weapons and growing unrest in a world war that began a year early.

An earlier Second World War grinds on as Germany's rapid victory proves impossible and alliances remain unstable. New weapons, biological attacks and political unrest deepen the danger for ordinary people while Hitler faces increasingly desperate choices.

A languages professor notices a disturbing rise in fatal pedestrian accidents while meeting parasitic ecologist Indira Patel. Their discussion of parasites and altered behaviour introduces a frightening possibility behind events that initially appear unrelated.

In a world where Anne Frank survives the Holocaust, she grows old as Anne Berkowitz in an American retirement home. A visiting history class brings her past into focus, raising questions about remembrance, fame and an ordinary life.

During the Korean War, Truman accepts MacArthur's proposal to use nuclear weapons against Chinese targets. Stalin retaliates against U.S. allies, turning a regional conflict into a global struggle whose consequences unfold through soldiers and civilians.

During the Great Depression, California congressman Joe Steele wins the presidency on promises to put Americans back to work. His determination to remove opposition turns recovery into a struggle over political power and democratic freedom.

This collection mixes speculative stories with essays and humour, including a mad scientist facing his son's wedding and German troops encountering unexpected resistance. Other pieces explore relationships, historical possibilities and the author's connection to Tolkien.

The United States and Soviet Union exchange nuclear attacks, leaving cities ruined and millions displaced. Truman and Stalin pursue new ways to break the stalemate while soldiers, refugees and families struggle through the consequences of escalating destruction.

In a magical Great Depression, Jack Spivey defies a local crime boss and needs a way out of town. Joining the House of Daniel baseball team sends him touring an impoverished America filled with supernatural complications.

By 1952, nuclear war has devastated cities and displaced populations around the world. Truman searches for a way to end the conflict, but new strikes, rebellions and shifting power threaten to prolong violence rather than secure peace.

Visiting Texas in 1934, the Marx Brothers unexpectedly travel back to 1826 as the Fredonian Rebellion begins. With no clear way home, they become involved in the uprising, risking changes to history beyond their understanding.

In a world where Muslim countries are prosperous democracies and Europe is impoverished, religious extremists threaten regional stability. Investigators Khalid al-Zarzisi and Dawud ibn Musa travel to Rome to protect its leaders and prevent further violence.

Archaeologist Eric Katz expects a routine Jerusalem excavation, but attacks and signs of ancient prophecy lead him beneath the Temple Mount. A discovery challenges secular assumptions and leaves the world facing questions about divine intentions.

Three authors imagine an authoritarian future America that prompts California, Oregon and Washington to secede as Pacifica. Their linked stories explore the consequences of political repression and the challenges of building a separate country.

In the twenty-third century, curator Feyrouz Hanafusa studies discoveries from a planet near TRAPPIST-1. Images of its life resemble the undeciphered Voynich manuscript, suggesting a connection between an ancient earthly mystery and space exploration.

A man reflecting on his failed marriage begins imagining changes to the past that might have saved it. His account expands into questions about the world's history and whether any clear beginning or ending can be found.

Rhodian merchants Menedemos and Sostratos carry a secret message to Egypt as Alexander's successors struggle for power. Their trading voyage becomes entangled with military preparations, drawing their ship into a conflict that threatens Rhodes's independence and their livelihoods.

In this alternate history, Amelia Earhart completes her 1937 journey and later travels to Europe to fight Nazi Germany. Joining American volunteers in the Royal Air Force, she faces wartime danger and resistance to a woman flying combat missions.

In 1974, marine biology student Jerry Stieglitz joins a secret operation supposedly recovering a Soviet submarine. An alien spacecraft on the ocean floor reveals the mission's true purpose, placing him amid intelligence officials and the uncertainty of first contact.

In a world where a deadly sexually transmitted disease has shaped centuries of repression, Viola dreams of studying medicine. Confined by nineteenth-century England’s harsh restrictions on women, she must find a way to pursue knowledge and independence.

Thirteen stories revisit worlds created by other writers, from Asimov’s falling Trantor to Jerome’s boating companions confronting supernatural creatures. Turtledove explores overlooked questions and unexpected encounters, giving familiar characters and settings new dangers, conflicts, and possibilities.

Under the Chleuh occupation of Lutesse, a junk dealer and an actor struggle to survive without betraying their neighbors. As resistance grows and battle-dragons approach, collaboration becomes an increasingly dangerous bargain with an uncertain future.

Charlie Simpkins runs a vegetable shop in an authoritarian Los Angeles and wants to protect his family. When he refuses to display a propaganda poster, a small act of dissent threatens the quiet life he has built.

In a magical postwar Los Angeles, private investigator Jack Mitchell takes a vampire’s case involving her missing brother. The search draws him into supernatural dangers and an unfamiliar drug trade, complicating both his work and his attraction to his client.

Historical novelist Ishmael Weinberg watches a devastating pandemic overwhelm the world while his daughter reports from its front lines. Distrusting official reassurances, he relies on his wife and dwindling precautions as the disaster closes around his family.

A missing musician and a discovered body lead investigators through postwar Los Angeles, where magic hides behind everyday streets. Ancient runes point toward a power the police cannot contain, drawing the case from jazz clubs into supernatural danger.

Struggling Los Angeles investigator Jack Mitchell accepts a hundred-dollar assignment from a notorious prankster. In a city where supernatural creatures share the streets, the apparently simple job draws him toward a dangerous encounter with an ancient hunger.