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

In looking at fan rankings and comparing them to our own, one thing was very clear — books one and three stand head and shoulders above the rest as the favorites.

This book has it all: the wonderful Claire-Jamie reunion after 20 years apart; a heartbreaking account of what Jamie endured in those 20 years; Ian being kidnapped by pirates; a harrowing sea voyage; and then all the craziness in Jamaica, capped off by a hurricane. It is just the right amount of bonkers to be really enjoyable without going too far, and the action comes at you at a breakneck speed.