Outlander — Reading Order

by Diana Gabaldon

A WWII nurse accidentally travels back to 18th-century Scotland and falls in love with a Highland warrior. Epic historical romance spanning centuries.

1

Outlander

Diana Gabaldon · 1991

Claire Randall touches a standing stone and is hurled back to 1743 Scotland, where she meets Jamie Fraser.

2

Dragonfly in Amber

Diana Gabaldon · 1992

Claire and Jamie try to change history by preventing the Jacobite rising of 1745.

3

Voyager

Diana Gabaldon · 1993

Twenty years apart, Claire discovers Jamie survived Culloden and travels back through the stones to find him.

4

Drums of Autumn

Diana Gabaldon · 1996

Jamie and Claire settle in colonial North Carolina as the American Revolution approaches.

5

The Fiery Cross

Diana Gabaldon · 2001

The Frasers are caught up in the turmoil of the American colonies on the brink of revolution.

6

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Diana Gabaldon · 2005

The American Revolution erupts around Fraser's Ridge, threatening everything Jamie and Claire have built.

7

An Echo in the Bone

Diana Gabaldon · 2009

The Revolutionary War rages as the Frasers fight on multiple fronts and across multiple centuries.

8

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Diana Gabaldon · 2014

Jamie and Claire are swept up in the Battle of Monmouth as past and present collide.

9

Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

Diana Gabaldon · 2021

The ninth installment brings the Frasers together on the Ridge as war and danger close in from all sides.