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Outlander Series

The story follows Claire Randall, who after World War II finds herself in Scotland and unexpectedly travels back to the 18th century. Her life changes when she falls in love with the warrior Jamie Fraser. The series combines elements of historical fiction, romance, and fantasy. Claire struggles to find her way back to her time while navigating her new life and love.

A Breath of Snow and Ashes
The Fiery Cross
Drums of autumn
Voyager
Dragonfly In Amber
Outlander

Recommended Reading Order

  1. Outlander

    • 851 pages
    • 30 hours of reading

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first installment in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed saga, adapted into a Starz original series and recognized as one of America’s top ten beloved novels. Gabaldon’s storytelling is unmatched, filled with unforgettable characters and rich historical detail. This novel introduces Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser in a captivating tale of passion and history that blends thrilling adventure with a timeless love story. Set in the Scottish Highlands in 1945, Claire, a former British combat nurse, reunites with her husband on a second honeymoon. However, her life takes a dramatic turn when she steps through a standing stone in an ancient circle, finding herself in 1743 Scotland, amidst war and raiding clans. As a Sassenach—an “outlander”—Claire navigates a perilous world that threatens her life and heart. Stranded in a landscape filled with danger and violence, her only hope for safety lies with Jamie Fraser, a brave young Scots warrior. What begins as a compulsion transforms into an urgent need, leaving Claire torn between two very different men and two irreconcilable lives.

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    4.3

  2. Dragonfly In Amber

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The second book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. “A triumph! A powerful tale layered in history and myth. I loved every page.”—Nora Roberts With her classic novel Outlander, Diana Gabaldon introduced two unforgettable characters—Claire Randall and Jamie Fraser—delighting readers with a story of adventure and love that spanned two centuries. Now Gabaldon returns to that extraordinary time and place in this vivid, powerful sequel to Outlander. For twenty years, Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to the mysteries of Scotland’s mist-shrouded Highlands. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as shocking as the events that gave it birth: the secret of an ancient circle of standing stones, the secret of a love that transcends centuries, and the truth of a man named Jamie Fraser—a Highland warrior whose gallantry once drew the young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his. Claire’s spellbinding journey continues through the intrigue-ridden French court and the menace of Jacobite plots, to the Highlands of Scotland, through war and death in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves.

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    4.4

  3. Voyager

    • 1072 pages
    • 38 hours of reading

    Time-travelling Claire Randall returns to her own time, pregnant and weary, and resumes her life, but her memories of her eighteenth-century Scottish lover Jamie Fraser will not die, leading her to a desperate decision to return to him.

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    4.4

  4. Drums of autumn

    Jamie goes to seek refuge in the mountains knowing his daughter Brianna is safe in the future. When Brianna enters the past in search of him, Jamie learns that love is the only thing worth fighting for.

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    4.4

  5. The Fiery Cross

    • 992 pages
    • 35 hours of reading

    The Fraser saga continues with the love story that spans time. It is 1771, and conflict arises in North Carolina between the rich colonial planters and the struggling pioneers of the backcountry. Claire and Jamie forsee Revolution, and must fight for the preservation of their lives and land.

    The Fiery Cross5
    4.3

  6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes

    • 1410 pages
    • 50 hours of reading

    Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon's bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon's New York Times–bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over -- and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire. The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest. With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence -- with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamie's death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.

    A Breath of Snow and Ashes6
    4.4

  7. An echo in the bone : a novel

    • 1155 pages
    • 41 hours of reading

    Jamie Fraser knows from his time-traveling wife Claire that, no matter how unlikely it seems, America will win the Revolutionary War. But fighting for the eventual winner is no guarantee of safety. And worse still, the possibility of pointing a weapon at his own son, a young officer in the British army, haunts Jamie's every thought. In the relative safety of the 20th century, their daughter, Brianna, and her husband experience the unfolding drama of the war through Claire's letters. But the letters can't warn them of the threat that's rising out of the past to overshadow their family.

    An echo in the bone : a novel7
    4.4

  8. Written in my own heart's blood

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The eighth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. “Features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series have come to expect.”—People 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s wife, Claire Randall, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family’s secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy . . . never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKLIST

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    4.5

  9. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

    THE NINTH NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING OUTLANDER SERIES. The past may seem the safest place to be. But it's the most dangerous time to be alive America is on the edge of a bloody conflict, a country torn by war. Jamie and Claire survived Scotland and the Civil war that threatened its destruction. They must do the same now to protect themselves and their family. Roger and Brianna have fled the dangers of 1980s Scotland and Rob Cameron to return to Fraser's Ridge in 1779 America. But the North Carolina backcountry is not untouched by the Revolution and tensions are at an all-time high. Claire is concerned not only for her family but for Jamie and the dangers he faces. She will not lose him again. The Fraser's must use their collective knowledge of the future to keep themselves safe in the past. What the Fraser's don't know is that deadly forces from the future are reaching back to find them...

    Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone9
    4.3

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  • Seven stones to stand or fall

    Previously published as A Trail of Fire. Includes two never-published-before short storiesfrom the bestselling author of the Outlander series. Featuring all the characters you've come to love from the Outlander series, this brilliant collection of short stories throws you into the magical world of Outlander. Includes previously published Virgins, The Space Between, Plague of Zombies, A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallowsand The Custom of the Army, plus two never seen before works - Besiegedand A Fugitive Green. A must-read for all Outlander fans!

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  • Virgins

    • 256 pages
    • 9 hours of reading

    1740: Young Jamie Fraser has left Scotland and, with his best friend Ian Murray, is running with a band of mercenaries in France. Both men have good reason not to go back to their homeland: both are nursing wounds, and despite their best efforts to remedy the situation, both are still virgins. So when a Jewish doctor hires them to escort his granddaughter to Paris, they readily agree. Both men are instantly drawn to the beautiful young lady. What neither know is that their lives and their friendships are about to become infinitely more complicated - and a lot more dangerous ...

    Virgins
    3.8