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Harry Turtledove

14 series 59 books in order 2 standalone books

Harry Norman Turtledove (born 1949) is an American novelist who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. In 1979 he published his first two novels, Wereblood and Werenight, under the pseudonym Eric G. Iverson, continuing to use that name until 1985. He also used the pseudonym Mark Gordian, and more recently H.N. Turteltaub and Dan Chernenko.

Born
1949
Known for
Worldwar, Southern Victory, Great War, Settling Accounts

Series by Harry Turtledove

Worldwar

5 books in order · 1994–2004

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    In the Balance

    1994 · Harry Turtledove

    The novel depicts a global war that erupts across the Earth, followed by the arrival of inhuman invaders. These beings possess advanced technology…

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  2. Cover of Tilting the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 2)

    Tilting the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 2)

    1995 · Harry Turtledove

    No one could stop the invaders — not Stalin, Togo, Churchill, or Roosevelt — who cut the United States virtually in half at the Mississippi,…

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  3. Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance

    1996 · Harry Turtledove

    Worldwar: Upsetting the Balance is a 1996 alternate history novel by American writer Harry Turtledove. It is the third novel of the Worldwar…

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  4. Cover of Striking the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 4)

    Striking the Balance (Worldwar Series, Volume 4)

    1996 · Harry Turtledove

    Striking the Balance is a 1996 novel by Harry Turtledove, the fourth book in the Worldwar series. At the height of World War II, humanity's deadliest…

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Southern Victory

7 books in order · 1997–2004

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    How few remain

    1997 · Harry Turtledove

    In 1883, the United States and the Confederate States of America went to war again, twenty years after the South had won the first Civil War. The…

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  2. Cover of The Great War - Breakthroughs

    The Great War - Breakthroughs

    1998 · Harry Turtledove

    When the Great War began in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, long-standing enemies, fought on opposite sides. The…

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    The Great War: Walk in Hell

    1999 · Harry Turtledove

    The year is 1915, and the world is convulsing. Though the Confederacy has defeated its northern enemy twice, this time the United States has allied…

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    American Empire: Blood and Iron

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    This 2001 novel is the third book in Harry Turtledove's alternate history American Empire series, premised on the question of what if the South had…

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    American empire--the center cannot hold

    2002 · Harry Turtledove

    American Empire: Book Two is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove set in 1924. In this world, the Socialist Party in the United States, led…

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    The Victorious Opposition

    2003 · Harry Turtledove

    American Empire: The Victorious Opposition is the third and final book in the American Empire alternate history series by Harry Turtledove, and the…

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    Settling accounts

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    As World War II intensifies, North America experiences widespread violence, including Confederate attacks on northern cities, Canadian insurgents,…

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Great War

2 books in order · 1998

  1. The Great War: American Front

    1998 · Harry Turtledove

    The Great War: American Front is the first alternate history novel in the Great War trilogy by Harry Turtledove, published in 1998. It is the second…

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  2. Cover of The Great War - Breakthroughs

    The Great War - Breakthroughs

    1998 · Harry Turtledove

    When the Great War began in 1914, the United States and the Confederate States of America, long-standing enemies, fought on opposite sides. The…

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Settling Accounts

4 books in order · 2004–2007

  1. Cover of Settling Accounts: Return Engagement

    Settling Accounts: Return Engagement

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    Settling Accounts: Return Engagement is the first book of Harry Turtledove's Settling Accounts series of alternate history novels. It was published…

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  2. Cover of Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

    Settling Accounts: Drive to the East

    2005 · Harry Turtledove

    Settling Accounts: Drive to the East is a 2005 book by Harry Turtledove. It is book 2 of the series Settling Accounts. Catalog genres: Alternate…

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    Settling accounts

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    As World War II intensifies, North America experiences widespread violence, including Confederate attacks on northern cities, Canadian insurgents,…

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  4. Cover of In at the Death (Settling Accounts, Book 4)

    In at the Death (Settling Accounts, Book 4)

    2007 · Harry Turtledove

    Settling Accounts: In at the Death is the final novel in the Settling Accounts tetralogy, which presents an alternate history of World War II known…

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American Empire

3 books in order · 2001–2003

  1. Cover of American Empire: Blood and Iron

    American Empire: Blood and Iron

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    This 2001 novel is the third book in Harry Turtledove's alternate history American Empire series, premised on the question of what if the South had…

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  2. Cover of American empire--the center cannot hold

    American empire--the center cannot hold

    2002 · Harry Turtledove

    American Empire: Book Two is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove set in 1924. In this world, the Socialist Party in the United States, led…

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    The Victorious Opposition

    2003 · Harry Turtledove

    American Empire: The Victorious Opposition is the third and final book in the American Empire alternate history series by Harry Turtledove, and the…

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Crosstime Traffic

6 books in order · 2003–2008

  1. Cover of Gunpowder empire

    Gunpowder empire

    2003 · Harry Turtledove

    In the late twenty-first century, Jeremy Solter travels through alternate timelines to join his family at the frontier of the Roman Empire. He works…

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  2. Cover of Curious notions

    Curious notions

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    An alternate history novel in the Crosstime Traffic series in which the Central Powers won World War I and the German Empire conquered the United…

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  3. Cover of In high places

    In high places

    2005 · Harry Turtledove

    An alternate history novel in the Crosstime Traffic series, set in a world where the Black Death was far more virulent, killing 80 percent of…

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  4. Cover of The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)

    The Disunited States of America (Crosstime Traffic)

    2006 · Harry Turtledove

    Justin's family are Time Traders. The summer before he starts college, he travels with them to a version of Virginia where the American states never…

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    The Gladiator

    2007 · Harry Turtledove

    The Gladiator is a 2007 young adult novel by Harry Turtledove. It is part of the Crosstime Traffic series and takes place in an alternate history…

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  6. Cover of The Valley-Westside War (Crosstime Traffic)

    The Valley-Westside War (Crosstime Traffic)

    2008 · Harry Turtledove

    Valley-Westside War is a 2008 novel by Harry Turtledove. A global nuclear war broke out in 1967, collapsing civilization; the book is set in the…

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Darkness

6 books in order · 1999–2004

  1. Cover of Into the Darkness (World at War, Book 1)
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    Darkness descending

    2000 · Harry Turtledove

    Darkness descending is a 2000 book by Harry Turtledove. It is book 2 of the series Darkness. Catalog genres: Literary Fiction, Fantasy.

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    Through the darkness

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    Through the darkness is a 2001 book by Harry Turtledove. It is book 3 of the series Darkness. Catalog genres: War & Military, Literary Fiction,…

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  4. Cover of Rulers of the darkness

    Rulers of the darkness

    2002 · Harry Turtledove

    Rulers of the darkness is a 2002 book by Harry Turtledove. It is book 4 of the series Darkness. Catalog genres: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction,…

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  5. Cover of Jaws of darkness

    Jaws of darkness

    2003 · Harry Turtledove

    Harry Turtledove's novel explores an alternate history in which President Herbert Hoover fails to address the Great Depression. After Franklin D.…

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    Out of the darkness

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    Harry Turtledove's Out of the Darkness is the final installment in a series that began with Into the Darkness. The novel concludes the Derlavaian…

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Colonization

3 books in order · 1999–2001

  1. Colonization: Second Contact

    1999 · Harry Turtledove

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    Colonization--down to earth

    2000 · Harry Turtledove

    Colonization--Down to Earth is a novel by Harry Turtledove. Arriving in the midst of World War II, aliens have conquered half the Earth and are…

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  3. Colonization: Aftershocks

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    Colonization: Aftershocks is a 2001 alternate history and science fiction novel by Harry Turtledove. It is the third and final novel of the…

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War Between the Provinces

3 books in order · 2000–2002

  1. Cover of Sentry Peak

    Sentry Peak

    2000 · Harry Turtledove

    When Avram became King of Detina, he declared his intent to liberate the blond serfs from their ties to the land. The northern provinces, home to…

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  2. Cover of Marching through Peachtree

    Marching through Peachtree

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    Marching Through Peachtree is a 2001 novel by Harry Turtledove. A terrible civil war is tearing apart the kingdom of Detina, which could no longer be…

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    Advance and retreat

    2002 · Harry Turtledove

    The third and final novel in The War Between the Provinces series, a fantasy version of the American Civil War by Harry Turtledove, published in…

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The War That Came Early

6 books in order · 2009–2014

  1. Cover of Hitler's war

    Hitler's war

    2009 · Harry Turtledove

    In 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Accord, giving part of Czechoslovakia to Hitler. The following year, Hitler…

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    West and east

    2010 · Harry Turtledove

    The War That Came Early is a six-novel series by Harry Turtledove that presents an alternate history of World War II. The series features a large…

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    The big switch

    2011 · Harry Turtledove

    In this alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove, the course of World War II is changed when British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain refuses to…

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  4. Cover of Coup d'etat

    Coup d'etat

    2012 · Harry Turtledove

    This novel by Harry Turtledove imagines an alternate World War II in which Chamberlain chose not to appease Hitler. In this timeline, the Germans…

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  5. Cover of Two fronts

    Two fronts

    2013 · Harry Turtledove

    A novel by Harry Turtledove serves as a penultimate entry in a series that includes the best-selling Hitler's War. It continues the story from the…

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    Last orders

    2014 · Harry Turtledove

    This novel concludes a landmark World War II series, exploring the lives of everyday soldiers and civilians as well as historic leaders to consider…

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Tor Conan Series

44 books in order · 1982–2003

  1. Cover of Conan the Invincible

    Conan the Invincible

    1982 · Robert Jordan

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    Conan the Defender

    1982 · Robert Jordan

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    Conan The Unconquered

    1983 · Robert Jordan

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    Conan

    1983 · Robert Jordan

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  5. Cover of Conan the Magnificent

    Conan the Magnificent

    1984 · Robert Jordan

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    Conan le destructeur

    1984 · Robert Jordan

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  7. Cover of Conan the Victorious

    Conan the Victorious

    1984 · Robert Jordan

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  8. Cover of Conan the Valorous

    Conan the Valorous

    1985 · John Maddox Roberts

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  9. Cover of Conan the fearless

    Conan the fearless

    1986 · Steve Perry

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  10. Conan The Renegade

    1986 · Leonard Carpenter

    Conan the Renegade is a fantasy novel by Leonard Carpenter featuring the sword and sorcery hero Conan the Barbarian. It was first published in…

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Hellenic Traders

5 books in order · 2001–2020

  1. Cover of The Wine-Dark Sea

    The Wine-Dark Sea

    2001 · Harry Turtledove

    The Wine-Dark Sea, also published as Over the Wine Dark Sea, is a 2001 historical novel by Harry Turtledove, first issued in hardcover by Forge Books…

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  2. Cover of The gryphon's skull

    The gryphon's skull

    2002 · Harry Turtledove

    The Gryphon's Skull is a 2002 historical fiction novel by Harry Turtledove, published under the name H.N. Turteltaub, first issued in hardcover by…

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    The Sacred Land

    2003 · Harry Turtledove

    A 2003 novel by Harry Turtledove follows two Greek traders, Menedemos and Sostratos, in the third century B.C. They set sail to Phoenicia, where…

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  4. Owls to Athens

    2004 · Harry Turtledove

    Owls to Athens is a 2004 historical novel written by H.N. Turteltaub, first published in hardcover by Forge Books in December 2004 and reissued under…

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    Salamis

    2020 · Harry Turtledove

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Atlantis

3 books in order · 2007–2009

  1. Cover of Opening Atlantis

    Opening Atlantis

    2007 · Harry Turtledove

    Atlantis lies between Europe and the East Coast of Terranova. For many years, this land of opportunity lured dreamers from around the globe with its…

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  2. Cover of The United States of Atlantis

    The United States of Atlantis

    2008 · Harry Turtledove

    As England tightens its control over the Atlantean colonies, Victor Radcliff and his band of revolutionaries resolve to make the English pay for each…

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  3. Cover of Liberating Atlantis

    Liberating Atlantis

    2009 · Harry Turtledove

    Frederick Radcliff is a descendent of the family that founded Atlantis's first settlement. But he is also a slave. And when fate presents him with…

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The Hot War

3 books in order · 2015–2017

  1. Cover of Bombs Away

    Bombs Away

    2015 · Harry Turtledove

    In his acclaimed novels of alternate history, Harry Turtledove has scrutinized the twisted soul of the twentieth century, from the forces that set…

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  2. Cover of Fallout

    Fallout

    2016 · Harry Turtledove

    “Turtledove is the standard-bearer for alternate history.”—USA Today The novels of Harry Turtledove show history balancing on single moments: One act…

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  3. Cover of Armistice

    Armistice

    2017 · Harry Turtledove

    In the final book of the blistering trilogy The Hot War, old hatreds and new chances for revenge are unleashed on an already devastated world—as the…

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Standalone books

  1. Cover of Ruled Britannia
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Frequently asked questions

How many books has Harry Turtledove written?

We list 59 books by Harry Turtledove across 14 series, published between 1982–2020 — each shown in full reading order.

What order should I read Harry Turtledove's books?

Read each series in publication order. A good place to start is “In the Balance.” Open any series above for its complete numbered reading order.

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