While we're recapping each of the main series' novels in our guide to Outlander books below, here's how you can consume all of Gabaldon's offerings in tight chronological order: These shorter tales can 'be read alone, without reference either to each other or to the - should you be in the mood for a light literary snack,' Gabaldon shares on her official website.

The author says that those who are starting anew in reading the main series may wish to work these shorter Lord Grey stories into their lineup, however. They concern Lord John Grey primarily, and the four existing novellas can be read after you've completed the main series.

As these novels are designed to be consumed all their own, many series fans have only read this collection of novels that have inspired the Outlander series as we know it.īut Gabaldon has released additional shorter novels and novellas outside this collection, which diehard fans will likely wish to consume as well. Canonically, however, there is a collection of main novels featuring series' mainstays Jamie and Claire Fraser - nine in total. If you're a fan of the Starz show but have yet to pick up any of the Outlander books, you may be surprised to hear there are more than a dozen published pieces that make up the world of the sci-fi-turned historical fiction tale. Gabaldon confirmed earlier this year that's she's getting to work on the tenth, likely final, installment in the book's main series. There's never been a better time to dive into the vast literary universe that makes up the Outlander series, either. Outlander fans have had a lot to celebrate recently – the return of the fantastical romance tale in its sixth season on Starz, a brand new storyline out of series author Diana Gabaldon's newest tale, Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone, and news that a new prequel series is on its way.

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