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Diana Jean Gabaldon Watkins grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona and is of Hispanic and English descent (with a dash of Native American and Sephardic Jew). She has earned three degrees: a B.S. in Zoology, a M.S. in Marine Biology, and a Ph.D in Ecology, plus an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glasgow, for services to Scottish Literature.

She currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona .

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	Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.27 avg rating — 1,173,302 ratings — published 1991 — 304 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 391,025 ratings — published 1992 — 208 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Voyager (Outlander, #3) 4.39 avg rating — 335,143 ratings — published 1993 — 184 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drums of Autumn (Outlander, #4) 4.36 avg rating — 272,722 ratings — published 1996 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fiery Cross (Outlander, #5) 4.26 avg rating — 229,913 ratings — published 2001 — 137 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander, #6) 4.44 avg rating — 194,283 ratings — published 2005 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Echo in the Bone (Outlander, #7) 4.44 avg rating — 168,102 ratings — published 2009 — 121 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander, #8) 4.55 avg rating — 142,998 ratings — published 2014 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone (Outlander, #9) 4.45 avg rating — 96,706 ratings — published 2021 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lord John and the Private Matter (Lord John Grey, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 51,157 ratings — published 2003 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Happy World Outlander Day 2026!

And a Happy World Outlander Day to all of you, too!

I remember Publication Day for OUTLANDER, June 1, 1991. I was supposed to launch the book at a theater in Phoenix, event sponsored by a local library.

Only I forgot about it, not (yet) being in the habit of checking a calendar to find out what the heck I was meant to be doing on a particular day…

Luckily, cell phones had been invented, and my husba

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“I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.”
― Diana Gabaldon, Dragonfly in Amber

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“For where all love is, the speaking is unnecessary”
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“Don't be afraid. There's the two of us now.”
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Bleak House by Charles Dickens, 1017 pages, 1853

51 votes, 36.4%

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, 939 pages, 1936

40 votes, 28.6%

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 850 pages, 1991

18 votes, 12.9%

World's End by Upton Sinclair, 740 pages, 1940

15 votes, 10.7%

California Gold by John Jakes, 658 pages, 1989

9 votes, 6.4%

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 758 pages, 1998

5 votes, 3.6%

Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn, 933 pages, 1966

2 votes, 1.4%

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