The Lord John Grey novels are in fact part of the series, rather than being a spin-off-but these novels are constructed differently and are focused on Lord John as a central character. Also, while they do include Jamie Fraser as an important character, they don’t include Claire, as many take place during a stretch of time where Claire wasn’t physically present. This Lord John sub-series can be read either independently of the main series, or as part of it. Completion and publishing dates have not been announced yet.

GO TELL THE BEES THAT I AM GONE- which I am currently writing and researching- will be the ninth book in the OUTLANDER series of novels.

Nicknamed “MOBY,” the eighth book in the series was first published in the U.S.

OUTLANDER, which is published as Cross Stitch in the U.K.The books can be read independently of each other (I can’t be sure that people seeing the newest one on a bookstore table will realize that it’s part of a series, so the books are (with minor exceptions) engineered to stand alone)mdash but if you have a choice, I’d strongly recommend beginning at the beginning, with OUTLANDER, and reading through the story in order of publication (I’d say “in chronological order,” but that isn’t necessarily a useful term when you’re playing fast and loose with time, which I not infrequently do):

I don’t like to do things I’ve already done, so (in spite of the fact that this is a series, and does involve the same central characters throughout) each book is unique in structure, tone, approach, and theme. History, warfare, medicine, sex, violence, spirituality, honor, betrayal, vengeance, hope and despair, relationships, the building and destruction of families and societies, time travel, moral ambiguity, swords, herbs, horses, gambling (with cards, dice, and lives), voyages of daring, journeys of both body and soul… However, owing to the fact that I wrote the first book for practice, didn’t intend to show it to anyone, and therefore saw no reason to limit myself, they include… In essence, these novels are Big, Fat, Historical Fiction, à la James Clavell and James Michener. I did, and I did-and here we all are, still trying to figure out what the heck you call books that nobody can describe, but that fortunately most people seem to enjoy.

To decide whether I really wanted to do that for real.

To learn what it took to write a novel, and.

The OUTLANDER series started by accident in the late 1980s when I decided to write a novel for practice.

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