best steampunk fiction books

Steampunk: Sixth Era Epic

Arriving in a new world where the steam industry was booming, he inherited a three-story apartment on the capital's royal square, took in someone else's cat, and listened to the whispers at his ear, ready to witness this mysterious and bizarre era. The epic of the Sixth Era was about to commence, and behind the curtain, The Chosen One was destined to step into legend. Old Gods, Relics, steam, witches, detectives, ancient secrets, the Era's brilliance... "Would you like to play a round of Roder Cards?" Time engraved the hours, as Silvermoon illuminated the shadows. I compose your legend, you whisper your verses to me.

Salty Fish Pilot · Games

Steampunk Era: Mad Abield

For a long time, Malin always felt that Fate had been quite generous to him. Although he had to face that life-threatening job every day, as long as he had the lovely Leopard Girl cooking delicious food for him daily, and as long as there was meat to eat and cats to stroke, life wasn't too unbearable. Working a bit harder and facing some difficulties on the job weren't really an issue for a man. Moreover, being able to live two lives meant one shouldn't have too high demands, right, Mr. Different-Kind? Having said that, and without waiting for an answer, the young man snapped his fingers, and the white flame on his fingertip lit the tobacco in his other hand, then he flicked it towards the non-human entity on the stake. Welcome to Abield, to witness the last splendor of the steampunk era. And the madness.

Half-step Purgatory · Sci-fi

Steampunk Apocalypse!

Earth suffered apocalypse. All electronics over the world were destroyed. War and famine ravaged the lands. When humanity tried to rebuild, they discovered that most technology no longer worked. The laws that governed the world had changed! Steam technology rose in popularity after the apocalypse. Humanity entered a new golden age. Then, the seven nightmares attacked. Espers with strange powers appeared. Mutants took over most of the world. This was the beginning of the Mana Apocalypse! My name is Edward Tesla and I was born during the Mana Apocalypse. This is my story about trying to protect everything I care about in this living hell. My inventions will defeat the nightmares and save the world! Steam rifles, steam tanks, and steam mechs. My inventions will surpass them all! Extra Note from the author: Some of the early chapters are a bit rough and need rewritten. Most of the long-term fans come from Chapter 21 and up. I guarantee the story continues to improve from there as you continue reading. Political factions, wars, steam tech, mana mysteries, and more. Though the story starts in America, it also visits China, Europe, Africa, and other areas of the world later on. -------------------------------------------------- Note from author: This novel was the winner of the Steampunk writing contest. Chapter Length: Chapters usually average between 2200 to 2800 words. Chapter Updates: Daily Updates. Chapters are usually posted around 12:00 PM US EST time. -------------------------------------------------- Readers, if you enjoy the book I'd appreciate anyone that adds the following tags: Academy Action AntiHero Apocalypse Esper Fantasy Futuristic Setting HiddenGem Horror Kingdom Building Magic Mech Mecha Mutant Steampunk SwordAndMagic War Weak to Strong

SnoozySloth · Horror

Schaffe Steampunk

In the year 1886 in The Steam Powered City of London, England there lived a family that specialized in demon hunting ever since the Dark Ages or a time when demons reigned supreme and helped the people of England survive it. Now we moved on today and this family only has two active members. The Noble Frye Family, now only has two left in it one who was the youngest of the two was a girl who had left England to start a life with a man who was a noble in France, and the eldest out of the two who was the head of the Frye Household and this where his tale begins.

ZacharySchaffer · Fantasy

Blood & Vapor: A Song of the West [A Steampunk Western]

Wasters. The word spreads like wildfire across the frontier—whispered in saloons, cursed in cathedrals. Born of rogue science and stitched metal, they’re outlaws in the eyes of the Church and monsters in the eyes of the world. Levi Wilson didn’t choose this life. Once a streetwise mercenary, he was captured, experimented on, and turned into something he doesn’t understand. Augmented with prototype Vaporguard tech and left with scars he can’t outrun, Levi escapes into a land already teetering on the edge—where the Church tightens its grip, bounty hunters chase Wasters for coin, and the Old World’s empire watches the New with hungry eyes. Now hunted and alone, Levi must learn to survive—not just the bounty hunters and Inquisition on his trail, but the growing power inside him. What begins as a fight to stay alive will drag him into something far greater: a war for the soul of the frontier, and maybe the world beyond it. **WHAT TO EXPECT** • Guns are outlawed—blades, fists, and augments rule the frontier • Alternate timeline where the Church controls global tech and power • Steam-powered war machines and brutal Inquisitors • Grounded, gritty combat with realistic consequences • Deep worldbuilding with political, cultural, and religious conflict • Third-person limited POV with strong character focus • No chosen ones, no prophecy—just survival • Slow-burn mystery and high-stakes tension • No harem • Earthsong magic with real costs, not flashy spells • Bounty hunters, Templar Knights, orphans, war criminals, and broken survivors

ValdenePatriarch · Fantasy

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A Warrior's Path

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Steampunk Apocalypse!

SnoozySloth · Horror

194 Chs

Trafford

2021-11-29

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Tyranny of Steel

Zentmeister · History

1261 Chs

There's always a system that doesn't want to let me go

(Guide the new book next door,"Report! The Farm Kidnapped Me ", please collect, please vote, please support~) Qian Sui couldn't remember how many lifetimes he had lived, but he remembered," After a certain life, there was always something called the system that wanted to trick her into binding it, and it even promised all kinds of benefits. Those systems were a mess, and each of them was different. They were like the goods on the supermarket shelves, giving people a feeling that they had everything they wanted. Ever since then, Qian Sui realized that life wasn't that boring after all. In this life, he could tease the supporting actress system. She might even be the female protagonist in her next life. It might be different in the next life. For example, right now, this self-proclaimed ancestor of the System was hanging in her mind, saying that she could live to the end of time by binding to it… To be honest, she was never worried about her life.

The tired bird returns late

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The joy of rebirth, enjoying the years

Wang Tianxing, who was working hard to score points in the Cloud Top S7, woke up and found himself back in a minibus heading to Zhaoyang County in 2009. Wang Tianxing swore that he would live a good life and enjoy his youth.

jinsuo

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[Secret: Day and Night of Struggle with the Research Society]

When the curly-haired baboon Suya woke up, he realized that he had transmigrated to the Lord of the Mysteries. And the cheat that he brought with him was actually the Curly Hair Baboon Research Society's potion upgrade system that countless curly-haired baboons had ridiculed countless times. Suya silently looked at the warehouse full of High-and Mid-Sequence Beyonder characteristics/ingredients in his interface, speechless. I'm a lucky guy, so why are you giving me the Miracle Invoker Beyonder characteristic? P.S. This was a game, purely because he couldn't get the blind box and kept getting high-Sequence materials that weren't of the same Sequence. However, he couldn't get any of the materials of the same pathway, so he started writing in grief and indignation. The main character is the hot-tempered elder brother of the Fate pathway, a mixed-blood bear. The main character is a gentle and violent European King [?] [DPS: Join the Tarot Club and pet all the cats.] Without a female lead, who would date the Lord of the Mysteries?

What spring, what autumn

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Start the simulation to kill bugs and live to the peak of life

The real title of the book was [Start simulation to kill bugs, hide until you leave the moving castle](Lord's text) When he woke up, the entire world had transmigrated to another world. Other people would start off by doing quests in the main city or killing monsters in the wild to level up and pick up treasure chests, but Mu Fan had transmigrated to the Cursed Land and faced layers upon layers of undead army. Other people's initial rewards were angels, black dragons, spearmen, elves, or even peasants, but Mu Fan only had a simulator. From then on, Mu Fan started his life simulation: A day later, while the others were still doing quests and killing monsters, Mu Fan had already gotten rid of the bug and escaped from the Legendary building, Moving Castle. A week later, when other people started to build their territories and recruit mercenaries, Mu Fan had already become the City Lord and issued NPC missions. He had also become a grand mage and possessed Mythical Grade equipment. He had occupied a top-notch Dao Foundation Nest and had tens of thousands of undead under him. Moreover, the more he fought, the more undead he had. A month later, when the others were fully fledged and formed teams to attack the city, Mu Fan had already conquered the entire Cursed Land and became the overlord of a region. A year later, when the Immortal Cultivation World broke through the World Barrier and arrived on this mainland, others were still others. Mu Fan had already become the ruler of the mainland and had mastered the 3,000 Great Dao. A concentration camp of imagination!

Start over

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After rebirth, she changed the world

Sheng Jiao, who had been brought home by her biological parents but had her superpower taken away by her adopted daughter and thrown out of the base, was reborn after dying under the siege of zombies. He was reborn in a parallel universe. At this time, Sheng Jiao had not been taken away by the Ye family. She had not been framed by her adopted daughter, bullied, humiliated, and died with grievances. After her rebirth, Sheng Jiao decided to kick away her cold and heartless family and focus on being her savior. In the 13th year of the apocalypse, humans discovered a strange livestream room. There were zombies running amok in this world, but the situation was much better than theirs. The singer of the benefit performance did not commit suicide because of his brother's death. Instead, he wrote a song that had a healing effect and resisted the attack of the zombie tide. The base that killed superpowered people did not become a malignant tumor. Instead, it was completely annihilated when it was still in its infancy. The doctor who was bitten by the patient did not die with his precious healing power. He worked diligently to treat the patient and developed an antidote to resist the zombie virus. A man with a special ability who should have died of a serious illness in the early days of the apocalypse miraculously came back to life. Even the research institute that was forced to stop its research received funding from kind-hearted people and ended the apocalypse. The humans in the apocalypse were in an uproar. They wanted to find a way to end the apocalypse like the people in that world. The higher-ups of the base were ashen. Only they knew that the person who had changed the world had long been thrown into the zombie pile by them. They had destroyed hope with their own hands, and they had also seen Sheng Jiao break free from the shackles of fate and shine in the parallel universe.

The glittering side

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