Alternate Universe Books

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The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,599,938 ratings — published 1995
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The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2) The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, #2)
by (shelved 70 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.15 — 454,854 ratings — published 1997
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The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
by (shelved 68 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.11 — 378,136 ratings — published 2000
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A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1) A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic, #1)
by (shelved 42 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.04 — 419,789 ratings — published 2015
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His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1) His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.07 — 109,968 ratings — published 2006
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The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
by (shelved 33 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.88 — 136,418 ratings — published 2001
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Dark Matter Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 30 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.13 — 679,129 ratings — published 2016
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The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
by (shelved 30 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.35 — 9,674,320 ratings — published 2008
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The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.74 — 64,331 ratings — published 2014
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The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
by (shelved 26 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.91 — 653,616 ratings — published 1982
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Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1) Six of Crows (Six of Crows, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.46 — 1,116,771 ratings — published 2015
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Divergent (Divergent, #1) Divergent (Divergent, #1)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,310,859 ratings — published 2011
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Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by (shelved 25 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.35 — 4,051,933 ratings — published 2009
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The Midnight Library The Midnight Library (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.98 — 2,327,861 ratings — published 2020
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A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2) A Gathering of Shadows (Shades of Magic, #2)
by (shelved 24 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.20 — 229,029 ratings — published 2016
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Coraline Coraline (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.13 — 765,444 ratings — published 2002
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Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1) Shadow and Bone (Shadow and Bone, #1)
by (shelved 23 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,076,211 ratings — published 2012
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Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1) Ink and Bone (The Great Library, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.96 — 31,781 ratings — published 2015
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A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1) A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.89 — 61,240 ratings — published 2014
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Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1)
by (shelved 22 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.99 — 382,777 ratings — published 2011
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Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2) Lost in a Good Book (Thursday Next, #2)
by (shelved 22 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.13 — 55,776 ratings — published 2002
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A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.45 — 2,689,095 ratings — published 1996
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Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.11 — 3,629,419 ratings — published 2010
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Leviathan (Leviathan, #1) Leviathan (Leviathan, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.92 — 94,346 ratings — published 2009
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,082,857 ratings — published 1950
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Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2) Throne of Jade (Temeraire, #2)
by (shelved 21 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.90 — 54,733 ratings — published 2006
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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.87 — 251,275 ratings — published 2004
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Insurgent (Divergent, #2) Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,603,561 ratings — published 2012
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Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1) Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.13 — 998,054 ratings — published 2012
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Neverwhere (London Below, #1) Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.16 — 557,213 ratings — published 1996
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Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3) Black Powder War (Temeraire, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.91 — 42,712 ratings — published 2006
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The Giver (The Giver, #1) The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,751,564 ratings — published 1993
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Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.57 — 747,391 ratings — published 2016
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Wildest Dreams (Fantasyland, #1) Wildest Dreams (Fantasyland, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.06 — 34,762 ratings — published 2011
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The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland, #2) The Golden Dynasty (Fantasyland, #2)
by (shelved 18 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.33 — 33,677 ratings — published 2011
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The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.93 — 43,833 ratings — published 2020
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La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1) La Belle Sauvage (The Book of Dust, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.15 — 108,390 ratings — published 2017
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Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,275,353 ratings — published 2011
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The Selection (The Selection, #1) The Selection (The Selection, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,728,583 ratings — published 2012
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Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1) Graceling (Graceling Realm, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.06 — 477,742 ratings — published 2008
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A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,267,912 ratings — published 1962
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The Hobbit, or There and Back Again The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.30 — 4,374,067 ratings — published 1937
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Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4) Empire of Ivory (Temeraire, #4)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.99 — 33,154 ratings — published 2007
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Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1) Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.29 — 431,811 ratings — published 1986
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Nation Nation (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.11 — 37,670 ratings — published 2008
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Piranesi Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.22 — 423,038 ratings — published 2020
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Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1) Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,247,858 ratings — published 2012
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A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1) A Court of Thorns and Roses (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.16 — 3,963,826 ratings — published 2015
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Written in Red (The Others, #1) Written in Red (The Others, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 4.25 — 64,082 ratings — published 2013
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City of Masks (Stravaganza, #1) City of Masks (Stravaganza, #1)
by (shelved 16 times as alternate-universe)
avg rating 3.93 — 16,651 ratings — published 2002
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Dexter Palmer
“You could consider the idea of the multiverse, and think of it as something like a tree—that is, the universe we live in is one of an uncountable number of branches of possible universes, created by random chance and the decisions of sentient beings. So, for instance, when I rang you up in the morning, there was a possible future universe in which you answered the phone, and another in which you did not, and by answering the phone you put us in one universe and not the other. In that instance the time traveler doesn't just move from the future to the past and back to the future: he moves down one branch of the universe, toward the root that's back at the beginning of time, and back up another branch.”
Dexter Palmer, Version Control

Steven Barnes
“Aidan and Kai were almost the same height, but frequently Kai seemed smaller, even less mature. Aidan couldn't completely explain it. Certainly, Kai had suffered far less in his life. Aidan wondered how Kai would have coped with the horrors he himself had endured, and allowed himself a cold smile at the thought of the bookish Kai chained in a screwship's dark hold, squirming in his own shit.”
Steven Barnes, Lion's Blood

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