Outlander Books in Order
There are 25 Outlander books, published between 1991 and 2022: 11 in the Outlander series and 14 related titles. The first book is Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) and the newest main-line book is Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 25
- Published
- 1991–2022
- Confirmed
- 25 of 25 titles
- Pages on record
- 8,775 in 14 of 25 books
- Reading time
- 146–219 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 8,775 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 14 of 25 titles with a page count on record.
Diana Gabaldon's Outlander listing holds 25 books published between 1991 and 2022. The run opens with Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991), then Dragonfly in Amber (1992) and Voyager (1993). Catalogue subjects cover time travel, Scotland and historical fiction, and name Jamie Fraser and Claire Randall as characters. Beside the novels sit Outlander short stories, graphic novels and companion volumes such as The Outlandish Companion (1999). One title, The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook (2016), is credited to Theresa Carle-Sanders. Besieged (2022) is the newest title, and no later book is catalogued.
How many Outlander books are there?
Outlander has 25 books, released between 1991 and 2022. 11 of them belong to the Outlander series, and 14 related titles sit outside it: short stories and novellas, non-fiction, companion books, graphic novels and collections.
Outlander Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 25 Outlander books in the order they were published, 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 September 2026.
- 119918514/4
- 219929504/4
- 3199310594/4
- 419968804/4
- 519995774/4
- 620019794/4
- 72005–4/4
- 82009–3/4
- 92010–4/4
- 102010–4/4
- 1120124163/4
- 122012–4/4
- 132013–4/4
- 1420132564/4
- 152014–4/4
- 1620148253/4
- 1720156404/4
- 18The Official Outlander Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring BookOutlander Non-Fiction #32015 · 96 pages · confirmed 3/42015963/4
- 1920163343/4
- 2020175604/4
- 212019–4/4
- 2220203523/4
- 232021–3/4
- 242022–4/4
- 252022–4/4
Outlander Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the books of the Outlander series run from Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) to Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Outlander in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Outlander books in order?
You should read the Outlander series in publication order, the order of the numbered table above; the 14 related titles (short stories and novellas, non-fiction, companion books, graphic novels and collections) sit outside that sequence. The catalogue does not record whether each Outlander book also stands alone.
What order should you read Outlander books in?
Read them in publication order, starting with Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991), the earliest published book in the Outlander series. After it come Dragonfly in Amber (1992), Voyager (1993), Drums of Autumn (1996), The Fiery Cross (2001), A Breath of Snow and Ashes (2005), An Echo in the Bone (2009), A Trail of Fire (2012), Written in My Own Heart's Blood (2014), Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (2017) and Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021).
What is the first Outlander book?
Outlander / Cross Stitch (1991) is the first book in the Outlander series, and the numbered table above starts with it.
When did the first Outlander book come out?
Outlander / Cross Stitch, the first book in the Outlander series, was published in 1991. The newest main-line book, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021), came out 30 years later.
What is the newest Outlander book?
Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021) is the newest book in the Outlander series. The newest related title is Besieged (2022).
Is there a new Outlander book coming?
No next Outlander book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Outlander at a glance
- Paused
- No new main-line Outlander title has appeared for 5 years. The last was Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone (2021).
- Release pace
- Outlander books have appeared about one a year on average.
- Length
- 8,775 pages across the 14 of 25 books with a recorded length, a median of 608 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Outlander books, 13 of 25, were published in the 2010s.
- Corroboration
- 18 of the 25 titles appear in all four independent book listings, and every one of them in at least three.
- Attribution
- Of the 25 titles, 24 are credited to Diana Gabaldon and 1 to Theresa Carle-Sanders.
What the Outlander books are about
17 of the 25 Outlander 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 7 of 17. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Historical fiction 7 of 17 books
- History 7 of 17 books
- Time travel 7 of 17 books
- Fantasy 5 of 17 books
- Fraser, jamie (fictitious character) 5 of 17 books
- Claire Randall (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- Jamie Fraser (Fictitious character) 4 of 17 books
- Scotland 4 of 17 books
- Scottish Americans 4 of 17 books
- Fraser, claire (fictitious character) 3 of 17 books