Diana Gabaldon Books in Order
Diana Gabaldon has written 33 books, published between 1991 and 2022. The first book is Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) and the newest is Besieged (2022). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 33
- Published
- 1991–2022
- Confirmed
- 33 of 33 titles
- Pages on record
- 10,010 in 17 of 33 books
- Reading time
- 167–250 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 10,010 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 17 of 33 titles with a page count on record.
Diana Gabaldon is best known for the Outlander book series. Gabaldon, born January 11, 1952, is an American author and television writer whose novels mix historical fiction, romance, mystery, adventure and science fiction or fantasy. Starz premiered a television adaptation of the Outlander novels in 2014. The catalogue lists 33 titles, from Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) to Besieged (2022), with Dragonfly in Amber (1992) and Voyager (1993) early in the run. Lord John Grey is a second named series. Time travel, Scotland, Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall appear among the subject headings.
Source: Wikidata
How many Diana Gabaldon books are there?
Diana Gabaldon has 33 books, released between 1991 and 2022. They include 4 separate series.
Diana Gabaldon Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 33 Diana Gabaldon books in the order they were released, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of November 2026.
- 119918514/4
- 219929504/4
- 3199310594/4
- 419968804/4
- 51998–4/4
- 619984164/4
- 719995774/4
- 820019794/4
- 920033614/4
- 102004–4/4
- 112005–4/4
- 1220074943/4
- 132008–4/4
- 142009–3/4
- 1520092984/4
- 162010–4/4
- 172010–4/4
- 182011–4/4
- 1920124163/4
- 202012–4/4
- 212013–4/4
- 2220132564/4
- 232014–4/4
- 2420148253/4
- 2520156404/4
- 26The Official Outlander Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring BookOutlander Non-Fiction #32015 · 96 pages · confirmed 3/42015963/4
- 272016–4/4
- 2820175604/4
- 292019–4/4
- 3020203523/4
- 312021–3/4
- 322022–4/4
- 332022–4/4
Diana Gabaldon series and characters in order
Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.
- Lord John Grey books in order 3 books
- Outlander books in order 25 books
- Lord John books in order 6 books
Diana Gabaldon books grouped by series
Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. A group whose heading is a link has its own reading-order page; the other groups have no page of their own on this site.
Outlander books in order
11 books by Diana GabaldonOutlander Short Stories
7 books7 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Outlander Non-Fiction
3 books3 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Lord John Short Stories
2 books2 titles published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Thomas Kolodzi in order
1 book- 1. White Knight
Outlander Graphic Novels in order
1 bookDiana Gabaldon Non-Fiction
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Legends in order
1 bookOutlander Companion in order
1 bookMatchUp Collection
1 book1 title published under this heading without a numbered place in a series.
Akashic Noir in order
1 book- 34. Phoenix Noir
Diana Gabaldon Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Diana Gabaldon books run from Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) to Besieged (2022), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Diana Gabaldon in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Diana Gabaldon books in order?
You only need to read Diana Gabaldon books in order within each series: the books listed here span 4 separate series, and each series has its own publication order.
What order should you read Diana Gabaldon books in?
Read Diana Gabaldon one series at a time, each in its own publication order: Lord John Grey starts with Lord John and the Private Matter (2003), Outlander starts with Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) and Lord John starts with Lord John and the Hell-Fire Club (1998). The earliest catalogued title overall is Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991).
What is the newest Diana Gabaldon book?
Besieged (2022) is the newest Diana Gabaldon book released so far.
Is there a new Diana Gabaldon book coming?
No next Diana Gabaldon book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Award nominations for Diana Gabaldon
Wikidata records 1 nomination for Diana Gabaldon. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given. Award data is sourced from Wikidata.
- Locus Award for Best Anthology2021Shortlistedfor The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon at a glance
- Paused
- No new Diana Gabaldon title has appeared for 4 years. The last was published in 2022.
- Release pace
- Diana Gabaldon books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 10,010 pages across the 17 of 33 books with a recorded length, a median of 560 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Diana Gabaldon books, 14 of 33, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 26 of the 33 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
When Diana Gabaldon books were published
Publication distribution by decade, showing when Diana Gabaldon titles appeared. 2010s was the most productive decade with 14 titles.
33 books total across 4 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.
What the Diana Gabaldon books are about
21 of the 33 Diana Gabaldon books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: historical fiction is tagged on 10 of 21. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 10 of 21 books
- History 9 of 21 books
- Time travel 7 of 21 books
- Fantasy 5 of 21 books
- Fraser, jamie (fictitious character) 5 of 21 books
- Claire Randall (Fictitious character) 4 of 21 books
- Jamie Fraser (Fictitious character) 4 of 21 books
- Scotland 4 of 21 books
- Scottish Americans 4 of 21 books
- Fraser, claire (fictitious character) 3 of 21 books