Interesting Steampunk Reads for You

Great reads for anyone interested in or exploring Steampunk for the first time.

Updated March 29, 2023
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Boneshaker
Priest, Cherie.
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE LOCUS AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL Ezekiel Blue's father committed a crime, unleashing a deadly menace into steampowered Seattle. And his bereaved family has paid the price. Now, Ezekiel is determined to clear his father's name, risking death and the undead in the attempt.
Goliath
Westerfeld, Scott.
Paper Book
Alek and Dylan's airship is ordered to pick up Tesla, an inventor who has created a machine he claims can destroy half of the world, which he is using as a threat to impose peace. When a German plan to sabotage Tesla's machine leads to a stand-off, it's up to the two of them to stop him - or face...
Leviathan
Westerfeld, Scott.
Paper Book
The year is 1914 and Europe, armed with futuristic machines and biotechnology, is on the precipice of war. Prince Aleksandar is fleeing for his life. When he meets Deryn Sharpe, an orphan girl who has disguised herself as a boy so she can join the British Air Service, they form an uneasy alliance.
The time machine
Wells, H. G.
Paper Book
Wells's genre-defining novel of time travel When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year a.d. 802,701, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment, and peace. Entranced at first by the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man, he...

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