Outlander

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The first book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series.

One of the top ten best-loved novels in America, as seen on PBS’s The Great American Read!

Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of passion and history that combines exhilarating adventure with a love story for the ages.

Scottish Highlands, 1945. Claire Randall, a former British combat nurse, is just back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon when she walks through a standing stone in one of the ancient circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an “outlander”—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding clans in the year of Our Lord … 1743.

Claire is catapulted into the intrigues of a world that threatens her life, and may shatter her heart. Marooned amid danger, passion, and violence, Claire learns her only chance of safety lies in Jamie Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior. What begins in compulsion becomes urgent need, and Claire finds herself torn between two very different men, in two irreconcilable lives.

With over 500 audiobooks to her credit, narrator Kristin Atherton has collected multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards for books by Pat Barker, Francesca Segal, Lisa Jewell, and Alison Goodman, among others. She has been cast in the role of Jamie Fraser's sister Jenny Murray in the second half of Outlander Season 7 on STARZ.

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The narrator did a amazing job!

I'm glad that they decided to redo the narration for this book. I enjoyed the tv series and wanted to listen to the source material. I'm so glad I waited for the new narrator She did an amazing job and I absolutely love her voice.

It’s hard to listen to the new narrator

Maybe because I just loved Davina Porter in her narration of the first nine books it just isn’t the same with this new gal

Beautiful

My gosh. How can such a beautiful story and narration exist? I am truly lucky to have run across this when researching relevant literature for an upcoming trip to Scotland. There are certain things that change your life and this is one of them for me. Diana Gabaldon is a genius. I normally don’t like to listen to books that are not narrated by the author. I’m so so so glad I listened to this. I’m a different person now. Thank you

Kristin’s version is WONDERFUL!!

Outlander is my favorite book series of all time and I enjoy Davina‘s version but listening to Kristin‘s new version was like being able to listen to the story again for the first time. She does an incredible job! Highly recommend!

Having already listened to all 9 books (6th go round now)

I purchased to listen to Kristin's narration. When I first listened to Outlander, I thought Davinas voice sounded too old for Claire. After half of Outlander finished, I fell in love with her voice(s).
I will get all of Kristin's new narrations, so that book 10 is cohesive listening. I dont care for her tone so far. Im hoping she loosens up, or gets more Claire feeling, bc I hear a petulant woman child. She reads Claire with such an attitude-like even in funny parts, there's no light/laughter in her voice. I imagine Claire talking with her lip curled up and almost a valley girl sound-which is strange that she sounds less British, but is a Brit. And almost all the men sound the same, whisper gruff. I'm over half through book 1. I will revise after I finish. Obviously Diana loves her narration, and likes how she reads Claire and Jamie. I hope I get there, too. She does great in the high-action parts.