Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of speculative fiction, usually set in an anachronistic Victorian or quasi-Victorian alternate history setting. It could be described by the slogan "What the past would look like if the future had happened sooner." The term denotes works set in an era or world where STEAM POWER is still widely used—usually the 19th century, and often set in Victorian era England—but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like ...more

New Releases Tagged "Steampunk"

All Fun and Games (The Case Files of Henri Davenforth #11)
House of the Beast
The Lost Metal (Mistborn, #7)
City of Mirth and Malice: A thrilling fantasy romance (Vows of Vengeance, #2)
The Imposter's Inheritance (Glass and Steele, #9)
The Toymaker's Curse (Glass and Steele, #11)
All Fun and Games (The Case Files of Henri Davenforth #11)
The Kidnapper's Accomplice (Glass and Steele, #10)
The Goldsmith's Conspiracy (Glass and Steele, #13)
The Spy Master's Scheme (Glass and Steele, #12)
Sky's End (Above the Black, #1)
The Curious Inheritance of Blakely House
The Olympian Affair (The Cinder Spires, #2)
The Grief of Stones (The Cemeteries of Amalo, #2)
Cities of Smoke and Starlight (Gate Chronicles, #1)
The Midwatch Institute for Wayward Girls
Warriorborn (The Cinder Spires #1.5)
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate, #1)
Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
Changeless (Parasol Protectorate, #2)
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
Blameless (Parasol Protectorate, #3)
Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
Heartless (Parasol Protectorate, #4)
Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)
The Iron Duke (Iron Seas, #1)
Behemoth (Leviathan, #2)
Curtsies & Conspiracies (Finishing School, #2)
The Girl in the Steel Corset (Steampunk Chronicles, #1)
Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices, #2)
Goliath (Leviathan, #3)
Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareLeviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanSoulless by Gail CarrigerBehemoth by Scott Westerfeld
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313 books — 421 voters
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Kristin Bailey
He could sit in the dust and dark of the carriage house and rot for the rest of his life. Clearly that's what he wished to do. It was not my place to get in the way of so profound a destiny. ...more
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We do not need you. Do not come unless I call you.” Ricard crawled out of bed and shut the door as the steam men moved down the hall. “Dumb things.” Ricard - As Timeless As Stone
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