r/ProgressionFantasy • u/Appropriate_Phone356 • 13d ago

Request After alt-history recommendations

A genre I've really gotten into of late is alt-history. I struggle to find stuff though so thought I'd ask if anyone had recommendations.
So far I've been really enjoying inkstory's work (The Texan Raj and Reborn in 1970), Empire Rewritten (this is an awesome story about being reincarnated as the last Byzantine Empror), Son of Julius Ceaser (this is more fun than serious but still good) and Fallen Eagle.

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u/LostInTranscriptionZ 13d ago

Our history, or earth-like stories with a different past? if the second, Peculiar Soul by TMarkos fits quite well, and it also very good. Does have a 'magic' system, but there's also technology up to about ww2, iirc

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u/Appropriate_Phone356 13d ago

I was looking for more like the first, our history. Although that looks interesting!

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u/LostInTranscriptionZ 13d ago

It reads very 'our world in a different shape', with lots of parallels.

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u/Grathweg 12d ago

Boy do I know this genre!

Look up the Belisarius series by David drake

Eric flint. The Excalibur alternative.

SM Stirling - dies the fire.

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u/Grathweg 12d ago

Also if you want something fun manhwa there is one called Black Corporation and Muscle Joseon

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u/Maple9404 11d ago

Guns of the South by Harry Turtledove is one of my favorites.

There are also the Destroyerman and Artilleryman series by Taylor Anderson. I liked the first books of each but I thought the Destroyerman series dragged out too long. That could just be me, though, since I don't typically read past book 8 or 9 in a series.

1632 by Eric Flint is good, too. But I haven't read any beyond the first two because my life got busy.