Outlander Books/TV Series

After visiting Scotland in June, my wife and I started reading the Outlander book series by Diana Gabaldon and starting watching the TV series by the same name.  Both are excellent! We've both finished the first two books of the Outlander series and are just finishing the first season of the TV series.  There are currently nine published books in the series and the rumor is the 10th book will end the series.  The TV series is currently in its third season with each season covering one of the books.  Will the TV series make it to the 10th book?  I hope so!!!

Outlander TV Series

The Outlander books are very dense and take me about a month to read per book.  They are very well written and very detailed in setting up the scene to the point of the reader being right there witnessing the story in action.  Thus far, and again, we are just finishing the first season of the TV series, the TV series is very true to the books.  There are a few small changes here and there, but overall it tracks the first book very well.  

It's hard to describe the Outlander series.  It's a combination of time travel, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance, and historical fiction.  It's a very unique book series and that's what makes it so interesting to read.  There really is nothing else like it.  If you really like Game of Thrones, well, you may or may not like Outlander.  They are very different books and TV episodes.  I won't give too much away, but major characters in Outlander do not die at the same rate (at least in the first 2 books) as the same rate as major characters dying in Game of Thrones.  Don't get attached to ANY character in Game of Thrones.  They'll likely die on the next page.  :-)

If you're looking for a set of books that are unique and quite likely very different from anything you've ever read, start with the first book in the Outlander series.