{"id":929,"date":"2021-08-13T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T00:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/?p=929"},"modified":"2024-01-05T06:43:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:43:22","slug":"best-steampunk-novels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/best-steampunk-novels\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Steampunk Novels &#8211; Find Your Next Adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This post will cover some of the greatest steampunk novels of all time:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-intro\" id=\"section--steampunk-classics\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-intro__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/book-and-rose-700x694.webp\" class=\"wp-block-intro__bg-image\" alt=\"book and rose\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/book-and-rose-700x694.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/book-and-rose.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 768px,\n            \t\t\t\t\t1500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-intro__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Classic Books of the Steampunk Genre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Here are a few older books that were written in Victorian times that many people consider to be part of the steampunk genre:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Time-Machine-by-HG-Wells.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Time Machine by HG Wells\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>1. THE TIME MACHINE<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xpBlbJ\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Written in 1898, <em>The Time Machine<\/em> follows the inventor of the rather plush time machine of the title as he takes it into the future. There he hangs out with the blond, blue-eyed hippies called the Eloi, who mainly wander around doing nothing. Except occasionally get caught by the ugly Hell\u2019s Angel-like Morlocks, who live underground. Before long the Victorian gets pissed off at both groups and eventually hightails it back to his own time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Time-Machine-by-HG-Wells.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Time Machine by HG Wells\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: H.G. Wells<\/li><li>Published: 1895<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20000-Leagues-Under-the-Sea-by-Jules-Verne.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>2. 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VCrVMM\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Jules Verne was writing even before Wells, and he had the gall to not even be an American! So everything he wrote had to be translated from the French, but it was still hot stuff. <em>Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea<\/em>, <em>The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen<\/em> (he seemed to like the word \u201cleague\u201d), <em>Around the World in Eighty Days<\/em>, etcetera.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people know the name of the submarine the Nautilus and its captain, Captain Nemo. Anyhoo, some naval men jump on top of the sub thinking it\u2019s a big whale and instead is brought below by the captain. They travel around the world to the tune of twenty thousand leagues-worth, but the guests, more like captives, escape in the final reel. With more hi-jinks and tales of derring-do in his other books.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/20000-Leagues-Under-the-Sea-by-Jules-Verne.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Jules Verne<\/li><li>Published: 1870<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes-by-Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>3. SHERLOCK HOLMES<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Check Price\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rUx8vE\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Check Price<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Any of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle are certainly within the timeframe. Plus no phones, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury\u2026wait, that\u2019s Gilligan\u2019s Island. But Sherlock had to make do with a magnifying glass, a study of cigarette butts, and copious injections of cocaine. And he couldn\u2019t just go to Party Time stores to get his various outlandish disguises. Fortunately, he had Dr. Watson with him so he could frequently make him the target of casual putdowns. To which Watson would reply, \u201cNo shit, Sherlock?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes-by-Sir-Arthur-Conan-Doyle.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS:<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Arthur Conan Doyle<\/li><li>Published: 1892<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-intro\" id=\"section--steampunk-genre-books\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-intro__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/steampunk-book-700x678.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-intro__bg-image\" alt=\"steampunk book\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/steampunk-book-700x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/steampunk-book.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 768px,\n            \t\t\t\t\t1500px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-intro__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Books of the Steampunk Genre<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So the above are just a few of the accidental steampunk novels. The on-purpose novels started in the 1970s, when writers liked to reimagine what life would have been like in Victorian times if they had taken steam power much further, along with lighter-than-air power and any other inventions that didn\u2019t involve electricity or gas-powered engines.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Morlock-Night-by-KW-Jeter.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Morlock Night by KW Jeter\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>4. MORLOCK NIGHT<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3xrsZAB\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>One of the first titles to be called steampunk is <em>Morlock Night<\/em>, by K.W. Jeter, published in 1979. It involves those Morlocks I mentioned just a minute ago. But what if, <em>what if<\/em>, they were able to swipe the time machine and wreak havoc in Victorian London? Well, they would wreak havoc in Victorian London.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Morlock-Night-by-KW-Jeter.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Morlock Night by KW Jeter\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: K.W. Jeter<\/li><li>Published: 1979<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Anubis-Gates-by-Tim-Powers.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>5. ANUBIS GATE<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3rWDRVW\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Remember how the Victorians owned everything in the world back in the day? The book <em>The Anubis Gate<\/em> by Tim Powers tells how some Egyptians are trying to get rid of the Brits and call on the god Anubis, which has the unintended result of ripping a hole through the space\/time continuum. As happens. The hero uses the gate to go back to merrie olde 1810, where he is kidnapped and unable to return to his time. Well!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Anubis-Gates-by-Tim-Powers.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Tim Powers<\/li><li>Published: 1983<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Homunculus-by-James-Blaylock.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Homunculus by James Blaylock\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>6. HOMONCULUS<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AebLs1\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Weren\u2019t we also just talking about airships and dirigibles? <em>Homunculus<\/em> by James Blaylock, is all about one that just hovers over Victorian London for years. Who\u2019s the pilot? Why, a skeleton of course! Naturally, a cast of weird characters has a burning desire to steal the airship, although it does finally land with the predictable commotion and chaos as a result. Fun times for everyone!<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Homunculus-by-James-Blaylock.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Homunculus by James Blaylock\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: James Blaylock<\/li><li>Published: 1986<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Difference-Engine-by-William-Gibson-and-Bruce-Sterling.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>7. THE DIFFERENCE ENGINE<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3s9yR0t\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Since steampunk is concerned with the past, no computers are allowed, right? Wrong. In fact, the first stab at building a computing machine was by Charles Babbage way back in the 1820s. He didn\u2019t quite succeed, but that didn\u2019t stop authors William Gibson and Bruce Sterling from imagining that he did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>The Difference Engine,<\/em> the computer that has come a century ahead of its time worked with far-reaching consequences for everyone, and with a bit of skullduggery concerning the punch cards thrown in. This is a beautifully written alternate history themed steampunk book portraying a world in its emerging computer-age.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Difference-Engine-by-William-Gibson-and-Bruce-Sterling.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: William Gibson and Bruce Sterling<\/li><li>Published: 1990<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Boneshaker-by-Cheri-Priest.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Boneshaker by Cheri Priest\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>8. BONESHAKER<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3jqJdFc\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Do you know what\u2019s all the rage right now? Zombies, of course! So why not have zombies terrorizing Victorian-era Seattle? Why not indeed, thinks Cheri Priest, who wrote <em>Boneshaker<\/em>. The title sounds like a skeleton with palsy, but it\u2019s actually about a drill that releases a poisonous gas that turns Northwest folks into the walking dead. The big hole the drill made is capped off, but of course, years later, a person just <em>has<\/em> to go back in.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Boneshaker-by-Cheri-Priest.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Boneshaker by Cheri Priest\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Cheri Priest<\/li><li>Published: 2009<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Soulless-by-Gail-Carriger.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soulless by Gail Carriger\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>9. SOULLESS<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AfsnzH\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Alright, we\u2019ve covered zombies, but now you\u2019re thinking, what about vampires? In <em>Soulless<\/em>, by Gail Carriger, we find a lady who has no soul (or rhythm either \u2013 haha, joke!). She\u2019s mighty handy with a parasol and accidentally kills a vampire (oops!) which in turn makes Queen Victoria send out her werewolf hunter to see what\u2019s up. Because a lot of London vampires have gone missing. So what <em>is<\/em> up?<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Soulless-by-Gail-Carriger.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Soulless by Gail Carriger\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Gail Carriger<\/li><li>Published: 2014<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Perdido-Street-Station-by-China-Mieville.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Perdido Street Station by China Mieville\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>10. PERDIDO STREET STATION<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Check Price\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3ytCSz2\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Check Price<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>And speaking of magical things, the book <em>Perdido Street Station<\/em> by China Mieville, combines steam power with creepy bad magic. An ancient beast lies in the city is full of corruption, other mutant creatures, and there\u2019s even a family of monsters held in captivity by the bad guys because their milk is hallucinogenic and a great street drug to sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s more, we get a gifted and eccentric scientist as our main character. Suffice it to say, they are freed and proceed to terrorize the city (because they also feed on peoples\u2019 minds). Not exactly the science fiction story to read to your children before bed.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Perdido-Street-Station-by-China-Mieville.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Perdido Street Station by China Mieville\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: China Mieville<\/li><li>Published: 2001<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Retributions-Falls-by-Chris-Wooding.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Retributions Falls by Chris Wooding\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>11. RETRIBUTION FALLS<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2U1tROK\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>We first mentioned dirigibles at the beginning of all this. So where are they, you rightly demand? Right here in <em>Retribution Falls<\/em>, by Chris Wooding. Our hero, up to no good as usual, flies around in his airship with a crew of ne\u2019er-do-wells, doing a little of this and a little of that. But then a freighter chock full of valuables is blown up, and the law is after them, our loveable pirates! Now they have to avoid the law and find the real culprits, with plenty of battles thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Retributions-Falls-by-Chris-Wooding.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Retributions Falls by Chris Wooding\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Chris Wooding<\/li><li>Published: 2010<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Half-Made-World-by-Felix-Gilman.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>12. THE HALF-MADE WORLD<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3lA9X8N\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>How about a Western? After all, those wild west days all occurred in the Victorian era, too. In <em>The Half-Made World<\/em> by Felix Gilman, we find two opposing sides in an ongoing conflict. There\u2019s the Line, which has cool weapons and railroads, and the Gun, which has that old standby, fear, and violence! A crazy General knows the secret to stopping all this nonsense. Only one problem \u2013 he\u2019s crazy. He\u2019s kidnapped and there\u2019s plenty of action before he can spill the beans.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/The-Half-Made-World-by-Felix-Gilman.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Half-Made World by Felix Gilman\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Felix Gilman<\/li><li>Published: 2011<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Against-the-Day-by-Thomas-Pynchon.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>13. AGAINST THE DAY<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Cjxu3H\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Finally, how come we haven\u2019t mentioned any famous authors? Actually famous. Well, try this on for size \u2013 Thomas Pynchon! Now we\u2019re cooking with gas! However, like all famous authors, he\u2019s half-crazy, too, and trying to get through <em>Against the Day<\/em> is hard going. It\u2019s about, hmmm, well, it\u2019s all over the world, and there\u2019s a cast of hundreds\u2026it\u2019s <em>kind of<\/em> about these three sons\u2026.no, never mind. But it <em>does<\/em> take place in steampunk times and at over a thousand pages, ought to keep any reader out of trouble for a while.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Against-the-Day-by-Thomas-Pynchon.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Thomas Pynchon<\/li><li>Published: 2007<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Infernal-Devices-Trilogy-by-Cassandra-Clare.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>14. INFERNAL DEVICES TRILOGY<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3vyujWS\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Staying true to the steampunk theme, we have the famous steampunk trilogy of Infernal Devices. Cassandra Clare set this story in Victorian England with romance and adventure in mind. This series stars a young woman named Tessa Gray, who faces one problem after another in the dangerous world of Shadowhunters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cassandra Clare is also the brilliant author of &#8220;The Mortal Instrument&#8221; book series. Mortal Instrument fanatics will surely love the her Infernal Devices steampunk books.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Infernal-Devices-Trilogy-by-Cassandra-Clare.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Infernal Devices Trilogy by Cassandra Clare\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Cassandra Clare<\/li><li>Dates published: Clockwork Angel &#8211; 2010, Clockwork Prince &#8211; 2011, Clockwork Princess &#8211; 2013<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Leviathan-by-Scott-Westerfeld.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>15. LEVIATHAN<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__buttons\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button is-style-default\" target=\"_blank\" data-text=\"Price on Amazon\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3NTNcKv\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-block-button__content\"><span class=\"wp-block-button__text\">Price on Amazon<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in an alternate history book series during the British empire then Leviathan is the perfect match for you. This story features the thrilling journey of a girl disguised as a man in the British Air Service. Leviathan is a trilogy with Behemoth and Golioth as its second and third books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This book happens during the World War I in real history. The two opposing powers are the Clankers and the Darwinists. Clankers use steam-powered technology, while Darwinists play with DNA. In this book, you&#8217;ll follow Deryn and Aleksandr face challenges in perpetual fear and constant danger.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebarimage\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.steampunksetting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Leviathan-by-Scott-Westerfeld.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__sidebar-features\">\n\t\t\t<h4>FACTS<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-ss-productmain__rating-features\"><li>Author: Scott Westerfeld<\/li><li>Published: 2009<\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since many steampunk novels take place in the Victorian era, right around the Industrial Revolution, some of the best novels were very steampunk, even if they weren\u2019t exactly steamy. Just imagine H. G. Wells sitting at his writing desk, and thinking \u201chere I am in olden days writing about what\u2019s going on all around me. I don\u2019t even have to pretend! 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