What's some good alternate WW2 history books?

[Suspiria]

Im after any book in particular that paints WW2 in an alternative history where the Nazi's win the war. Would anyone recommend any particular books?

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Dachs]

The best one I can think of is Fatherland by Robert Harris.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

The best one I can think of is Fatherland by Robert Harris.

That's good, or else The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick as well. But they both concentrate on the aftermath and how messed up a Nazi world would be.

I'm guessing the OP would want a book with a timeline on the Nazis winning the war, more like Turtledoves early TL-191 books.

 

[Dachs]

Yeah, but the only Nazis in TL-191 are in the traitor states.

 

[Suspiria]

Thanks guy, no I pretty much wanted a book looking at post ww2 Nazi rule

 

[Dachs]

Fatherland will work just fine then.

 

[Karalysia]

Avoid Turtledove, everything seems to involve space lizards.

 

[Quackers]

The only alternative history WW2 book i've read is Fatherland (excellent).

So I'm disappointed there is nothing better out there!

 

[Lord Baal]

I have a book about an alternate Britain ruled by Oswald Mosley (The Leader) that's set during WWII, with Britain obviously being a German ally. It seems like something you might be interested in, as even though it's not Nazi-rule per se Mosley's Fascist Britain is quite clearly Nazi-inspired. I haven't actually gotten around to reading it myself though - I blatantly stole it from my brother-in-law, along with a ton of other books - so for all I know it could be terrible.

 

[kiwitt]

I am currently reading Axis of Time trilogy.

The Germans make peace with Russia.

 

[BC1871]

Fatherland is one of the better written alternate history WWII novels.

 

[Cashie]

Harry Turtledove is the obvious choice, he has second world war books, but they're usually part of a longer running series (Settling Accounts). And the Worldwar series has WWII interrupted by an invasion of space lizards.

I am currently reading Axis of Time trilogy.

The Germans make peace with Russia.

That's a great series! My favourite part is

Spoiler :

Stalin saying "No soup for you!" to Beria(?)

 

[Smellincoffee]

Beyond Turtledove and Fatherland, I only know of The Moscow Option, but it's not really so much an alternate history as an altered history. Hitler is rendered comatose and doesn't oversee the invasion of Russia (which is why the German army moves straight for Moscow instead of dividing in two, attacking cities in the north and south, and then moving to Moscow). The book ends before the conclusion of the war, though.

Avoid Turtledove, everything seems to involve space lizards.

According to Wikipedia's article on "Axis of Time", Turtledove appears in this fashion:

Harry Turtledove, one of the most prominent alternate history authors, appears as "Commander Turteltaub", an aide to FDR. The President at one point asks him whether the space lizards have invaded yet, a reference to the Worldwar series.

 

[Arwon]

A good rule of thumb with Turtledove is his standalone books are good, anything part of a longer arc is a bit of a repetitive durge.

I therefore recommend In the Presence of Mine Enemies.

Stephen Fry's Making History is an interesting take on the time travelling Hitler assassination and the "great man" view of histry.

 

[Tee Kay]

Another recommendation for Fatherland.

TBH I haven't read very many.

 

[Dragonlord]

A good rule of thumb with Turtledove is his standalone books are good, anything part of a longer arc is a bit of a repetitive durge.

My personal rule of thumb for Turtledove is: avoid the new stuff, get all his older books.
I personally think he's a good writer, but he's succumbed totally to commercialism. Face it, what writer can churn out several books a year and still give quality? I've long had the sneaking suspicion that he no longer writes all his books himself - I think his publishers have a whole team writing under his name .

To the OP: here's another voice for Fatherland. It's the definitive alt-hist for post-WWII with German victory.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

I'm suprised no-one is following me with The Man in the High Castle. I find it to be the better written book from a literary perspective, while Fatherland is probably more realistic in how the situation would be.

 

[Cashie]

I'm suprised no-one is following me with The Man in the High Castle. I find it to be the better written book from a literary perspective, while Fatherland is probably more realistic in how the situation would be.

I enjoyed The Man in the High Castle than what I remember of Fatherland.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Though it's been many years since I read it, Third Reich Victorious was pretty decent. It's a collection of short stories, and while theres a few onanisms amongst them, they generally are well written onanisms. By which I mean like they read like kind of dry academic texts.

 

[SKILORD]

Man in the High castle is awesome, but very confusing on the first read.

I like the world war/colonization series by Turtledove... because WW2 is all on and stuff... and then aliens invade. Like all turtledove serieses it goes on for three books too long and then ends abruptly.

Kara! Don't hate!