history blends with fiction and speculation can supplement fact." One entry on the list:The Plot Against America by Philip Roth (2004)Read about the other titles on the list.
A “strong-man” celebrity, Charles Lindbergh, becomes president of the US. Backed by shadowy foreign powers and sympathetic towards Hitler, Lindbergh begins to introduce antisemitic policies. For a moment it looks as if the country might be about to ally itself with the Nazis. However, Roth wraps up his alternative history with a neat resolution and the normal course of events is restored. Something like this could never happen in real life, could it?
The Plot Against America is on Jeff Somers's six best list of insane presidents, D.J. Taylor's top ten list of counter-factual novels, Katharine Trendacosta and Charlie Jane Anders's top ten list of epic power struggles, Steven Amsterdam's list of five top books on worry, Stephen L. Carter's list of five top presidential thrillers, and David Daw's list of five American presidents in alternate history.
--Marshal Zeringue