Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
Historical Romance
The book that kickstarted a phenomenon. Diana Gabaldon’s first Outlander novel introduces us to Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse living in 1945. While on her second honeymoon in the Scottish Highlands, she walks through a standing stone and winds up in 1743. Amid a world filled with danger, Claire meets Jamie Fraser, and that’s where their epic love story begins.
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