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Outlander Reading Order
Outlander by Diana Gabaldon has 9 main books (1991–2021). Start with Outlander (1991) and read the numbered books in order.
Outlander books in order
Your reading speed
- 11 h 46 min
- 15 h 8 min
- 17 h 56 min
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- 16 h 15 min
- 17 h 22 min
- 21 h 1 min
- 14 h 36 min
- 20 h 10 min
- 16 h 15 min
Main books together: 8,594 pages, about 150 h 29 min at 238 words per minute.
Page counts: median across editions on Open Library. Times assume about 250 words per page. How we calculate.
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Outlander: common questions
- How many books are in the Outlander series?
- There are 9 main books in Outlander. The most recent main book listed here is Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (2021).
- What order should I read Outlander in?
- Read Outlander in its numbered order: Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, Voyager, Drums of Autumn, and so on.
- What is the first Outlander book?
- The first book is Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, published in 1991.
- How long does it take to read the whole Outlander series?
- The 9 main books add up to about 8,594 pages (median edition lengths). At 238 words per minute that is about 150½ hours of reading, or about 301 days at 30 minutes a day.