1945

6 best books like 1945 (Robert Conroy): In His Steps, In the Balance, Rally Cry, Weapons of Choice, Return Engagement, End of the Beginning

In His Steps

Author	Charles M. Sheldon
ISBN	1557488150

This is the inspirational novel that popularized the expression, What Would Jesus Do? Written by a Congregational minister, it tells of four prominent members of a small town who resolve to undertake no action without first considering Christ's example. Originally published in 1897, it continues...

In the Balance

Author

Harry Turtledove

War seethed across the planet. Machines soared through the air, churned through the seas, crawled across the surface, pushing ever forward, carrying death. Earth was engaged in titanic struggle. Germany, Russia, France, China, Japan: the maps were changing day by day. The hostilities spread in...

Rally Cry

Author	William R. Forstchen
ISBN	0451450078

The Union Army fights the hordes of Genghis Khan -- in space!!!!

What makes this work of alternative history so terrific is that it presents the opposite perspective from Harry Turtledove's GUNS OF THE SOUTH. Instead of using time travel to palliate or gloss over the darker side of the Confederacy,...

Weapons of Choice

Author	John Birmingham
ISBN	0345457137

On the eve of America’s greatest victory in the Pacific,
a catastrophic event disrupts the course of World War II, forever changing the rules of combat. . . .

The impossible has spawned the unthinkable. A military experiment in the year 2021 has thrust an American-led multinational...

Return Engagement

Author	Harry Turtledove
ISBN	0345464052

From Book 1: “[Harry Turtledove] handles his huge cast with admirable skill. The insights into racial politics elevate this novel to a status above mere entertainment, although it provides that aplenty.”—Publishers Weekly

It’s 1941, and an alliance of peace holds in check the...

End of the Beginning

Author	Harry Turtledove
ISBN	0451460782

Six weeks ago, Imperial Japanese military forces conquered and occupied the Hawaiian Islands. A puppet king sits on Hawaii’s throne, his strings controlled by the general of the invasion force. American POWs, malnourished and weak, are enslaved as hard laborers until death takes them. Civilians...