Ranking the Outlander Books, From Voyager to Echo in the Bone

This book is almost like two separate books that vary widely in keeping our interest. The first half of the book in France feels largely like wheel-spinning, though Claire's time at the L'Hopital des Anges is top-notch, and her miscarriage of Faith is a dagger to the heart, both in the book and on the show.

Luckily, the second half of the book in Scotland is quite interesting, plus it does kick off with the most WTF moment ever when suddenly it's 1968 and Claire has a grown daughter. That framing device also provides an excellent cliffhanger at the end of the book — that Jamie might have survived the Battle of Culloden.