Nobody likes Pavane?? Maybe they're just not familiar, its an older title. About a world where the Spanish Armada won, well written and researched.
My own vote for Other:
"A collaborative novel from the premier cyberpunk authors, William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Part detective story, part historical thriller, The Difference Engine takes us not forward but back, to an imagined 1885: the Industrial Revolution is in full and inexorable swing, powered by steam-driven, cybernetic engines. Charles Babbage perfects his Analytical Engine, and the computer age arrives a century ahead of its time."
It not perfect, I would have liked to have seen more of Lord Byron as PM and definitely wanted more of Ada Byron, who was by all accounts probably the first "hottie" as well as the first programmer. Many will say its just their normal plot set in 1800's but I say that makes it interesting of itself.