History Steampunk / Literature

* ''Literature/TheAffinityBridge'' by George Mann is a self-styled Steampunk detective story heavily involving, amongst other things, [[ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld airships]], something of a [[PluckyGirl plucky]] [[TheWatson sidekick]] and ''[[NotUsingTheZedWord revenants.]]'' However, it is a surprisingly good example of genre fiction. [[http://georgemann.wordpress.com/newbury-hobbes/ First in a series]].
** ''Literature/TheGhost2010'' is set in the same universe but forty years later when the world is transitioning to DieselPunk.

* ''Anti-Ice'' by Creator/StephenBaxter. The discovery of AppliedPhlebotinum at the [[MysteriousAntarctica South Pole]] in 1870 causes the Victorian age to go steampunk. The book starts with the destruction of Sevastopol by a [[NukeEm single anti-ice shell]] (ending the Crimean War) and includes a Creator/JulesVerne-like trip to the Moon.

* Creator/ChinaMieville's [[Literature/BasLagCycle Bas-Lag trilogy]] is particularly punky steampunk mixed with fantastic elements and NewWeird worldbuilding. The books contain normal steampunk trappings like trains and zeppelins, up into fantastical creations like PoweredArmor and steam-powered ''prosthetic organs.''
* ''Literature/TheBlackGodsDrums'' by P. Djèlí Clark, set in an alternative Steampunk XIX°century New Orleans.
* ''Literature/BloodOfEarth'' by Beth Cato, set in an alternate Steampunk 1900's San Francisco.
* Lavie Tidhar's ''Bookman'' series which combines real historical characters like Harry Houdini, original ones and fictional like Lucy Westenra and Mycroft Holmes. Oh and David Icke would be right in this universe, the British royal family really ''are'' alien reptiles, only it's not a conspiracy, everyone knows about it and most people are quite content. The French royals were too but they got overthrown by an alliance of humans and automatons.
* The ''Literature/BooksOfBabel'' is a series by Josiah Bancroft, about a man who gets separated from his wife on their honeymoon in the eponymous TowerOfBabel, and atarts looking for her throughout its myriad ringdoms. On the way he makes a lot of enemies and a scant few friends, becoming an airship captain in the process.
* ''Literature/BurtonAndSwinburneSeries'' is set in an alternative history version of the world which ended up becoming much more advanced due to a time traveler going back in time and accidentally gets queen Victoria killed as well as accidentally telling someone about various technology from the future which ends up creating an alternative reality in which hybrid animals, highly advanced robots, and psychic powers exist.

* Creator/JimButcher's upcoming trilogy ''Literature/TheCinderSpires''. Featuring airships, talking cats, and bizarre crystal technology.

* Cassandra Clare's ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' series is a GaslampFantasy mixed with {{Steampunk}} elements. Set a century before her ''Literature/TheMortalInstruments'' universe, the books follow a young woman named Tessa as she attempts to deal with numerous magical plots against her as well as her friends. Technology is supplemented by magic in the books, making the trope of Steampunk {{Justified}}.
* Creator/StephenHunt has his ''Literature/JackelianSeries'', set in an AlternateHistory -- very alternate -- with [[CoolAirship airships]], submersables, pneumatic buildings, steam-powered intelligent robots, flintlock pistols, gas masks, goggles, bionic characters...and mutants, fey creatures, aliens and practically everything else you could imagine. It starts with ''The Court of the Air'', with follow-ups including ''The Kingdom Beyond the Waves'', ''Rise of the Iron Moon'', ''Secrets of the Fire Sea'', ''Jack Cloudie'' and finally ''From the Deep of the Dark''. Each novel is standalone with a few continuing characters.

* The trilogy ''Literature/{{Leviathan}}'' by Creator/ScottWesterfeld is about an AlternateHistory version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarI fought between the 'Darwinists' (the Entente Powers), who use fabricated animals, and the 'Clankers' (Central Powers), who use mechanical walkers and zeppelins.

* L. E. Modessitt's ''[[Literature/SagaOfRecluce Recluce]]'' saga flirts with the genre. It never quite gets there, however; the leadership of the titular nation deliberately withholds the steam-based technology from general knowledge in an effort to preserve the status quo. But that doesn't stop things from getting out of hand in ''The Death of Chaos'' entry in the series.

* ''Literature/ReconstructionSeries'', the [[http://www.jukepop.com/home/read/2211?chapter=1 web serial]], is an American Western steampunk. The main method of power is electricity, making it specifically Teslapunk.

* One of the parallel worlds in Creator/SergeyLukyanenko's ''Literature/RoughDraft'' duology is an example of this trope. Earth 3 (AKA Veroz) lacks petroleum, thus preventing the jump to internal combustion and the development of any petroleum-based products (including plastics). At one point, the protagonist witnesses a steam tank defending a coastal city-state (nation-states do not exist in this world) from a [[KrakenAndLeviathan kraken]].
** A slight example in Lukyanenko's ''Borderlands'', where the once-powerful world of Centrum has been reduced to this after a petroleum-consuming plague has been unleashed on the world, destroying all oil-based products (including plastics) in a matter of hours. Electricity is practically non-existent, as plastics allow for cheap insulation of wires. Without them, other types of insulation are simply not cost-effective. Old steam trains are brought back into service, and the railroaders become the most powerful NGO in Centrum, as all supplies and trade are dependent on them. Modern-day guns still work, though (at least, those that don't have any plastic parts).

* The Apt races in Adrian Tchaikovsky's ''Literature/ShadowsOfTheApt'' use a lot of this type of tech together with some [[ClockPunk clockwork tech]].

* Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', set in Victorian times and featuring a technologically advanced ''submarine'', would qualify if not for the minor detail that the book was ''written'' during the Victorian era, thus making it the main inspiration for the movement rather than a part of it.
** Creator/RickRiordan's tribute/sequel, ''Daughter of the Deep'' featuring the same submarine, definitely qualifies, having been written in 2021.
** Same for some of Creator/HGWells' books.

* ''Literature/TheBlackGodsDrums'' by P. Djèlí Clark, set in an alternative Steampunk XIX°century New Orleans.

* The ''Literature/{{Steeplejack}}'' trilogy by AJ Hartley, set in an alternate XIX°Century Steampunk South Africa.

* Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea'', set in Victorian times and featuring a technologically advanced ''submarine'', would qualify if not for the minor detail that the book was ''written'' during the Victorian era.

* Creator/IsaacAsimov's "C-Chute" is an early example, taking place on a steam-powered space ship.

* Creator/ChinaMieville's [[Literature/BasLagCycle]] trilogy are particularly punky steampunk mixed with fantastic elements and NewWeird worldbuilding. The books contain normal steampunk trappings like trains and zeppelins, up into fantastical creations like PoweredArmor and steam-powered ''prosthetic organs.''

* Creator/ChinaMieville's works contain some elements, most notably ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' and ''Literature/TheScar''.

* ''Literature/SupervillainySaga'''s ''Literature/TalesOfSupervillainyCindysSeven'', The World Emperor was a steampunk version of Doctor Doom who created his own country off an isolated Scottish Island. It's now a theme park that sells tacky genre merchandise with free googles.

* The ''BooksOfBabel'' is a series by Josiah Bancroft, about a man who gets separated from his wife on their honeymoon in the eponymous TowerOfBabel, and atarts looking for her throughout its myriad ringdoms. On the way he makes a lot of enemies and a scant few friends, becoming an airship captain in the process.