#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A STARZ ORIGINAL SERIES Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire … two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.
One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!
Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord . . . 1743.
Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.
This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series
• An interview with Diana Gabaldon
• An Outlander reader’s guide
Praise for Outlander
“Marvelous and fantastic adventures, romance, sex . . . perfect escape reading.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“History comes deliciously alive on the page.”—New York Daily News
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Great book. Unforgettable characters, wonderful plot!
I could not categorize the genre when I first read it. I was surprised it was considered romance because it is so much more– adventure, time travel, historical fiction, period piece, mystery, and the list goes on.
I’ve read this book at least two times. I’m a fan. What more can I say? You know the rest.
What’s not to love about this entire series!
Sucked me in as surely as if I’d stepped through those magical stones myself. Will never stop rereading this series.
Have read all nine loved them What else would a former book store mother manager daughter expect
I love the book series and own all of them in paperback. I have also kept up with the tv series. The books are more intriguing. I have spoken of the intensity and charm of the protagonists, as well as the fear induced by the antagonists to all my book-loving friends.
Loved the Outlander Series!!!
Wonderful.
One of the favorite reads in my life! Love the characters, the history, the romance, the idea of time travel.
I read this series long before the TV show and loved them. I have most of the series but still need to get some of the later ones. You should not miss these books.
I am a huge Outlander fan, having discovered her in a random bookstore in 1993. Her writing is complete, volatile, and engaging.
I didn’t know I needed this book, till I read it. Absolutely in love with the Outlander series. Jamie and Claire are characters everyone can relate to.
I gave up after about 500 pages. I really loved the world building, but I just didn’t care enough about the characters to find out what happened to them.
Maybe the best book series ever.
Ohhhh Jamie, Ohhh Claire! This book has it all, from time travel to steamy scenes. I wish I could find a Jamie in real life!
By far Diana Gabadon is my favorite author. She has you so involved with
her believable characters that you can’t put her books down. I read all of her books in this series and Iam waiting desperately to see where Jamie and Clare are
headed.
Fantastic seroes. Hard to put down!
I love the TV series but the first book has way too much sex, I am not a prude but I felt it was more sex than story
Best book I’ve ever read