<p>@OHMomof2, here is the order from Diana with the short stories and other books. Definitely read the big books in order. I personally wasn’t crazy about The Lord
John books, except for the The Scottish Prisoner. I love Lord John in the big books. <a href=“DianaGabaldon.com | Chronology of the Outlander Series”>http://www.dianagabaldon.com/books/chronology-of-the-outlander-series/</a></p>
<p>I read A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows and The Space Between while I was waiting for book 8 to come out. I think I would still read A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows between books 7&8, but you can read The Space Between after Voyager. They are both short and quick to read.</p>
<p>Thanks @caraid I’ll take your advice.</p>
<p>@nrdsb4 - you’re right, maybe it just seems longer after that because that’s the half I hadn’t yet seen. In my paperback it’s page 379 out of 850.</p>
<p>Agree with all who said they wish there’d been a bit more immediately-after-the-wedding Jamie-Claire and a bit less Frank. When I read that part of the book I was like…oh, missed that :D</p>
<p>Ohmom…thanks for chiming in. It was interesting reading your post as an Outlander newbie. I think you have been officially hosed…that’s what we call ourselves at Ladies of Lallybroch on the voy forum. Please come find us. I read Outlander in 3 days, gobbling them up in summer 2006. I don’t think I was there much for my family. I think the hope would be that new watchers would become readers of the book…at least I’m sure DG is hoping for this. </p>
<p>I’m sure Jamie and Claire do look exactly like TV J&C to you…they don’t to me. Claire’s face does pretty much, but in the book she is shorter and much more voluptuous than Cait. My Jamie is hairier, handsome but not quite as pretty as Sam. </p>
<p>Another trilogy that you might love is The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons…awesome sweeping story. Like Outlander, starts off a little slow to my liking…but then WOW. </p>
<p>Oh, the graphic novel was horrible imo</p>
<p>I get in the book she is smaller, or he is larger, than the TV couple. That’s OK :)</p>
<p>Thanks for the rec! </p>
<p>I’ve watched a couple of interviews with Sam and…the actor does nothing for me, outside of this role. He’s good looking of course, but it’s that character that is so enthralling, not SH the actor, IMO (maybe that’s because he’s prettier in real life). Apparently Sam H is now IMDB.com’s #2 actor, pretty impressive for being under the radar for most prior to 2 months ago.</p>
<p>I am SURE the series will bring many new readers. </p>
<p>PS @mathildamae - I also enjoyed all of the Sookie Stackhouse books. I read them before True Blood came out, my mom turned me onto them and I did have to wait for the last few to come out one by one. I also do watch True Blood but it is SO different from the books that is hardly matters, the series went off in a completely different direction with different characters, different people living or dying, etc.</p>
<p>And I read the Hunger Games trilogy, and the Twilights, even (read each one when my daughter finished them, lol), and the Dragon novels (Eragon, etc). I’m not a particular fan of romance novels, at least not the Harlequin type, not since I was a teen, anyway. But I enjoy a great romance, there just needs to be more to it. </p>
<p>The only currently popular series I haven’t read is 50 Shades. Not sure why, just not eager to get into it I guess.</p>
<p>The Bronze Horseman I found from many recommendations from the LOL board. 50 shades was good, I liked it for the most part…the emails were my favorite part…however it’s the first series I read that I actually got tired of reading sex scenes…haha.</p>
<p>Another series popular among Outlander fans is Sara Donati’s Wilderness Series. I read them over this past summer and enjoyed them.</p>
<p>@OHMomof2, if you are a fan of fantasy, read Patrick Rothfuss’ series, Kingkiller Chronicles. 2 books so far. (After you finish all the Outlander books, of course. 
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<p>The quality of writing of 50 Shades is pathetic compared to that of the Outlander books. There is just absolutely no comparison. I only read the first 50 Shades book. The writing style was so juvenile (though the subject matter is not), I just couldn’t read another page of it. Perhaps the following books improved. I’ll likely never find out.</p>
<p>I wish I could find another time travel book as good as Outlander.</p>
<p>There is a series by Laura Vosika, The Bluebells of Scotland, that is good. It’s not Outlander, but it includes time travel and handsome Scots.</p>
<p>I was inspired to finally make a goodreads account (or remake one, I think I had one years ago) so I could keep track of all of your recommendations. @scholarme - you’ve read The Time Traveler’s Wife?</p>
<p>I just got an email from the library…Voyager is in and ready to pick up. Argghhhh…Dragonfly in Amber is not!</p>
<p>OHMom, good thought, but I did not like Time Traveler’s Wife - I don’t like angsty. I think what I like about Outlander is the adventure.
Carald, I will give that a try, thanks!</p>
<p>@Nrdsb4 , I wouldn’t bother continuing with 50 shades…but I’d go see the movie. :). Ohmom…don’t even crack the spine on Voyager until you’ve read DIA. </p>
<p>@scholarme - I like time travel books as well. One of the very best I’ve read is Steven King’s 11/22/63. There is romance in it although it’s not all romance like Outlander (it’s Steven King!). I could not put it down.</p>
<p>Thanks Snowdog, I’ll give that a try!</p>
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<p>Can’t emphasize this enough!</p>
<p>Kate Elliott’s Jaran, first of a series. Highly recommend it.</p>
<p>I promise I won’t. I feel like a crackhead waiting on my dealer, though ;)</p>
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<p>I am not a Steven King fan, the few of his books I’ve read have made me feel…bad. Like depressed, almost. Is this very different?</p>
<p>I read a “sort of” time travel book called Replay that was pretty good.</p>
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