This is one of the most EPIC HISTORICAL ROMANCE SERIES ever!!!!!
Regardless of whether or not you are a fan of historical romance, Jamie and Clare’s love story will suck you in and leave you sighing and wondering why every guy can’t be as swoony as Jamie <3
It’s an ongoing series following the same couple (and some side couples) throughout their lives. It’s captivating, intense, and overall one of the best epic romances ever! I’d highly recommend them but unfortunately I read these years before I began blogging so I don’t have any reviews but this series has a huge and very loyal fan base and is definitely worth checking out!
Here’s the reading order:
Book 1: Outlander
Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another…
In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon—when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord…1743.
Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire’s destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life …and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire…and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.
Book 2: Dragonfly in Amber
Book 3: Voyager
Book 4: Drums of Autumn
Book 5: The Fiery Cross
Book 6: A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Book 7: An Echo in the Bone
Book 8: Written in My Own Heart’s Blood
France says
“Outlander” spoiled my vacation. I’d picked up a library copy on a whim — it sat there on a table, looked sufficiently interesting for the beach, so I lugged it along. What a mistake — that week, I drove inland TWICE to buy the second, then the third, in Gabaldon’s series
Aestas says
LOL I totally know that feeling!! I actually came across this book accidentally – they were handing out copies at a big train station several years back as a promotion and I started reading it mid-afternoon in the middle of a busy week and I swear I got absolutely nothing else done but reading these books for for the next several weeks! Jamie and Clare are so addictive! So glad you are loving them 🙂
Julie says
I am on the second book of the Outlander series, and I am hooked. I was looking at some pictures online of who I could possibly see playing Jaime, and I think James McAvoy could be a good fit, IMHO. http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/james_mcavoy/
Aestas says
Oh cool! Its such an awesome series!! I added a pic above to this post of who I see as Jamie 🙂
Ruth says
Where have I been?! Better late than never. Recently started Outlander series and am finishing up The Fiery Cross Book 5. Listening on audible and reading on kindle. The narrator, Davinia Porter is amazing. Thanks for posting the update.
Khalia S. says
Hi Aestas,
I think “An Echo in the Bone” is the 7th book and “A Breath of Snow and Ashes” the 6th one. I love this saga, it’s awesome!! 😉
Shana James says
Now, it’s a HIT television series that I have YET to get around to watching!!! Have you watched the show?! My best friend can’t stop telling me about it and Jackie Collins, yes, THAT Jackie lol, tweets about it weekly. lol
Karen Lawson says
This is probably my favorite series ever. Oh to have a Jamie… I’m glad you love them as much as I do!
Jackie boston says
I usually don’t read this genre but I loved this one. I highly recommend it.
Angy Quintero says
I want to read this series but i’m not into historica, should i give it a try??
Charlene Rollins says
Angy Quintero – in answer to your question –
Angy Quintero says
April 21, 2016 at 9:18 pm
I want to read this series but i’m not into historica, should i give it a try??
ABSOLUTELY !!!! Although there are historical aspects to the series (there will be things that stick out and remind you that you are familiar with parts and pieces of the time periods) this is in NO WAY a detriment to the story itself. The love affair spans TIME and without the references to events it may be a little daunting. I found that the entire story and lives of these characters was very much fleshed out and came more to life with the benefit of the historical references. Take a moment to google any of the books – especially the first few and you will find an overwhelming number of AWESOME reviews – just be cautious of reading anything that will spoil some of the twists and turns for you. Its much more fun to read it as it was intended. You can also check out the STARZ TV show “Outlander” which is taken from the books and Diana Gabaldon is a consultant on the show so its very close to the books. In my opinion the characters on screen are not exactly what I envisioned, but that’s the beauty of books – you create your own personas from what you are given from the author… although they are not what I saw in my mind’s eye, I find that now that I have seen them and the show, for the most part they are who I see when I read more of the books again. I have read the entire series about four times now over the years and LOVE it more and more each time… I absolutely FELL IN LOVE WITH IT THE FIRST TIME I READ IT and fall in love with it, with Jamie and Claire and everyone else – even the bad guys LOL… I can’t imagine that you would be disappointed, its an EPIC DRAMA, a Forever Love Story that will likely last for all generations. I say Go For It… You won’t be sorry…
Charlene
Karen Machamer says
Really interesting book