Author: Jessica Spotswood
Genre: Dystopia, Historical Fantasy (Alternate History), Young Adult
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Publication Date: February 2012
Hardcover: 330 Pages
Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is [...]
Title:Goliath
Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson
Genre: Steampunk, Young Adult
Publisher: Simon Pulse (US & UK)
Publication Date: September 20th 2011 / September 29th 2011
Hardcover: 537 pages
Alek and Deryn are on the last leg of their round-the-world [...]
Author: M.K. Hobson
Genre: Fantasy, Steampunk/Gaslamp, Speculative Fiction, Alternate History
Publisher: Spectra
Publication Date: April 2011
Paperback: 384 Pages
In a brilliant mix of magic, history, and romance, M. K. Hobson moves her feisty young Witch, Emily Edwards, from the Old West of 1876 to [...]
Title: The Company Man
Author: Robert Jackson Bennett
Genre: Speculative Fiction, Steampunk, Noir, Mystery
Publisher: Orbit
Publication Date: April 2011
Paperback: 464 Pages
The year is 1919.
The McNaughton Corporation is the pinnacle of American industry. They built the guns that won the Great War before it even began. They built the airships [...]
Author: M.K. Hobson
Genre: Fantasy, Western, Alternate History, (Old) Weird
Publisher: Spectra
Publication Date: August 2010
Paperback: 400 pages
In the tradition of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, this brilliant first novel fuses history, fantasy, and romance. Prepare to be enchanted [...]
Title: The Invisible Order – Book One: Rise of the Darklings
Author: Paul Crilley
Genre: Fantasy / YA (Possibly MG)
Publisher: Egmont USA
Publication Date: September 28 2010
Hardcover: 352 pages
Stand alone or series: Book 1 in the Invisible Order series
Emily Snow is [...]
Title: Behemoth
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Genre: Steampunk/ YA
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK/ Simon & Schuster Children (US)
Publication Date: October 1st 2010 (UK)/ October 5th 2010 (US)
Hardcover: 496 pages
Stand alone or series: Book two in the Leviathan series.
Title: The Difference Engine
Author: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
Genre: Science Fiction / Steampunk
Publisher: Spectra (US) / Gollancz (UK)
Publication Date: 1992 / 1996 (First published: 1990)
Paperback: [...]
Title: Triumff, Her Majesty’s Hero
Author: Dan Abnett
Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Angry Robot
Publishing Date: Oct 1 2009
Paperback: 352 pages
Stand alone or series: Stand alone
Summary: Sir Rupert Triumff. Adventurer. Fighter. Drinker.
Saviour?
Pratchett goes swashbuckling in the hotly anticipated original fiction debut of the multi-million selling Warhammer star.
Triumff [...]
Title: Leviathan
Author: Scott Westerfeld / Illustrations by Keith Thompson
Genre: YA (Steampunk)
Publisher:Simon and Schuster’s Children/Simon Pulse
Publishing Date: 1 Oct 2009/ 6 Oct 2009
Hardcover: 448 pages
Stand Alone or series: First in a planned trilogy
Summary: Prince Aleksander, would-be heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, is on the run. His [...]
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