Alternative History:Bibliography

This page lists real world nonfiction printed books which have had some influence to at least one timeline presented on this Wikicity. Anyone who has authored a timeline is welcome to add books to the list.

Each book should have a short one or two sentence description and an optional 1-5 star rating (5=best, 1=worst). The list is alphabetical by author.


 * In the Wake of the Plague (The Black Death and the World it Made) *. By Norman F Cantor. A short, spotty, general history of the era which often strays from the topic. Despite its flaws, it does have some good what-if speculation.


 * Guns, Germs, and Steel ****. By Jared Diamond A popular book encompassing the whole span of human history that has a lot of good "this lead to that" type of reasoning. Diamond also describes how advanced innovation often fails to be adopted by society.


 * Plagues and Peoples ****. By William McNeill THE classic book book describing how human history has been influenced by disease.