The most popular French alternate history books

Alternate history asks what if the past had gone another way. A war is won by the other side, an empire never falls, an invention arrives a century early, and the story explores the world that follows. These books mix history, speculation and often a thriller plot, and they reward readers who know the real events. Only books in French are listed.

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1984
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1984

George Orwell

1971 · 2021 edition

416 pages

Roméo et Juliette
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Roméo et Juliette

William Shakespeare, David Wardle

1871 · 1994 edition

95 pages

Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

1895 · 2019 edition

768 pages

Dracula
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Dracula

Bram Stoker

1970 · 2016 edition

515 pages

Hamlet
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Hamlet

William Shakespeare

1877 · 2015 edition

122 pages

Emma
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Emma

Jane Austen

1892 · 2012 edition

468 pages

Un Chant de Noel
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Un Chant de Noel

Charles Dickens

1876 · 2019 edition

118 pages

Promise
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Promise

Ally Condie

2009 · 2014 edition

437 pages

Dark Matter
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Dark Matter

Blake Crouch

2003 · 2024 edition

544 pages

22/11/63
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22/11/63

Stephen King

2011 · 2013 edition

937 pages

Moby-Dick
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Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

1970 · 2025 edition

626 pages

Babel
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Babel

R. F. Kuang

2022 · 2025 edition

784 pages