Diana Gabaldon Reading Order

121 books (2002–2025)

The Akashic Noir series comprises 121 mystery and thriller anthologies published from 2002 to 2025, with new entries still being released. Each standalone collection focuses on a different city, from San Francisco to emerging locations, presenting noir fiction set in specific urban landscapes. Readers should follow publication order to experience how the series evolves across different metropolitan settings. Begin with San Francisco Noir and progress through the chronological releases to explore the full scope of this expansive anthology series.

Start with San Francisco Noir, the first of 121 books in the Akashic Noir series.

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1	San Francisco Noir 2002Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Bronx Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Seattle Noir 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Brooklyn Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Hasidic Noir 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Brooklyn Noir 2 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Chicago Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Dublin Noir 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Baltimore Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	D.C. Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	London Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Manhattan Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	Miami Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	Twin Cities Noir 2006Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	Detroit Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	Havana Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Los Angeles Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
18	New Orleans Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
19	Wall Street Noir 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
20	Brooklyn Noir 3: Nothing But the Truth 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
21	D.C. Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
22	Istanbul Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
23	Las Vegas Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
24	Manhattan Noir 2 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
25	Paris Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
26	Queens Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
27	Toronto Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
28	Trinidad Noir 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
29	Boston Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
30	Delhi Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
31	Phoenix Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
32	Portland Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
33	Rome Noir 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
34	San Francisco Noir 2 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
35	Copenhagen Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
36	Haiti Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
37	Indian Country Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
38	Lone Star Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
39	Los Angeles Noir 2 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
40	Mexico City Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
41	Moscow Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
42	Orange County Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
43	Philadelphia Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
44	Richmond Noir 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
45	Barcelona Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
46	Cape Cod Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
47	New Jersey Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
48	Pittsburgh Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
49	San Diego Noir 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
50	Boston Noir 2 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
51	Kansas City Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
52	Kingston Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
53	Long Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
54	Mumbai Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
55	St. Petersburg Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
56	Staten Island Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
57	Venice Noir 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
58	Buffalo Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
59	Dallas Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
60	Haiti Noir 2 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
61	Manila Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
62	USA Noir 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
63	Belfast Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
64	Helsinki Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
65	Prison Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
66	Rio Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
67	Singapore Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
68	Tehran Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
69	Tel Aviv Noir 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
70	Beirut Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
71	Chicago Noir: The Classics 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
72	Marseille Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
73	Memphis Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
74	Providence Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
75	Zagreb Noir 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
76	Brussels Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
77	Mississippi Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
78	New Orleans Noir: The Classics 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
79	Prague Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
80	San Juan Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
81	St. Louis Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
82	Stockholm Noir 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
83	Atlanta Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
84	Buenos Aires Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
85	Montana Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
86	Montreal Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
87	New Haven Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
88	Oakland Noir 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
89	Trinidad Noir: The Classics 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
90	Baghdad Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
91	Berlin Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
92	Hong Kong Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
93	Lagos Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
94	Marrakech Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
95	Santa Cruz Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
96	Sydney Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
97	São Paulo Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
98	Vancouver Noir 2018Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
99	Amsterdam Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
100	Houston Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
101	Milwaukee Noir 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
102	Accra Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
103	Addis Ababa Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
104	Alabama Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
105	Belgrade Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
106	Berkeley Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
107	Columbus Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
108	Miami Noir: The Classics 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
109	Nairobi Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
110	Santa Fe Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
111	Tampa Bay Noir 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
112	Palm Springs Noir 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
113	Denver Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
114	Paris Noir: The Suburbs 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
115	South Central Noir 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
116	Cleveland Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
117	East Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
118	West Jerusalem Noir 2023Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
119	Honolulu Noir 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
120	Hamburg Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
121	Sacramento Noir 2025Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

17 books (1995–2024)

Diana Gabaldon has contributed to 16 anthology collections spanning from 1995 to 2024, with the series remaining ongoing. These anthologies, which should be read in publication order beginning with Excalibur, feature Gabaldon's work alongside stories from other authors across genres including mystery, thriller, romance, historical fiction, and science fiction. The collection includes notable anthologies such as Dangerous Women, Warriors, and Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who, offering readers a diverse range of literary contributions over nearly three decades.

Start with Excalibur, the first of 16 books in the Anthologies series.

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1	Excalibur 1995Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Mothers and Daughters 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Naked Came the Phoenix 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	Out of Avalon 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Songs of Love and Death 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	Warriors 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Down These Strange Streets 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	No Rest for the Dead 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
10	Warriors 3 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
11	Chicks Unravel Time: Women Journey Through Every Season of Doctor Who 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
12	Dangerous Women 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
13	The Mad Scientist's Guide to World Domination 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
14	The Highway Kind 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
15	MatchUp 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
16	The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
17	Fourteen Days: An Unauthorized Gathering 2024Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1998–1999)

The Legends series comprises three complete anthology collections published between 1998 and 1999, featuring short fiction contributions from acclaimed fantasy and science fiction authors including George R.R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Robert Jordan, and many others. Each volume brings together original stories from multiple renowned writers, offering diverse narratives across fantasy, science fiction, and related genres. These anthologies should be read in publication order, beginning with Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King, followed by the original Legends collection, and concluding with Legends 3.

Start with Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(With: George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Terry Brooks,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) and read in order.

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1	Legends II: Dragon, Sword, and King(With: George R.R. Martin,Orson Scott Card,Terry Brooks,Robert Silverberg,Neil Gaiman,Elizabeth Haydon) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Legends(By: Stephen King,Anne McCaffrey,Robert Silverberg) 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Legends 3(By: Terry Pratchett,Tad Williams,Robert Jordan,Robert Silverberg,Ursula K. Le Guin) 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (2003–2011)

This four-book mystery and historical fiction series follows Lord John Grey across adventures published between 2003 and 2011. The complete series should be read in publication order, beginning with Lord John and the Private Matter, followed by Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade, Lord John and the Hand of Devils, and concluding with The Scottish Prisoner. Written by Diana Gabaldon, these standalone yet interconnected mysteries blend romance and intrigue set against historical backdrops.

Start with Lord John and the Private Matter, the first of 4 books in the Lord John Grey series.

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1	Lord John and the Private Matter 2003Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade 2007Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lord John and the Hand of Devils 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	The Scottish Prisoner 2011Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

4 books (1998–2013)

Diana Gabaldon's Lord John Short Stories collection comprises four standalone mysteries published between 1998 and 2013, beginning with Lord John and the Hell-Fire Club and concluding with A Plague of Zombies. These historical mystery tales should be read in publication order to experience the character's development across the series. The complete collection blends mystery, historical fiction, and romance elements into a cohesive body of work that appeals to fans of intricate plots and period settings.

Start with Lord John and the Hell-Fire Club, the first of 4 books in the Lord John Short Stories series.

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1	Lord John and the Hell-Fire Club 1998Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Lord John and the Haunted Soldier 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Lord John and the Succubus 2008Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	A Plague of Zombies 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2016–2016)

9 books (1991–2021)

The Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon comprises nine books published from 1991 to 2021 and should be read in publication order beginning with Outlander (also titled Cross Stitch). The series blends historical fiction, romance, and mystery across its expansive narrative. Though the author has not officially confirmed the series is complete, the ninth book, Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone, appears to mark a natural conclusion point in the story arc.

Start with Outlander / Cross Stitch, the first of 9 books in the Outlander series.

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1	Outlander / Cross Stitch 1991Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Dragonfly in Amber 1992Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	Voyager 1993Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Drums of Autumn 1996Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Fiery Cross 2001Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	A Breath of Snow and Ashes 2005Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	An Echo in the Bone 2009Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Written in My Own Heart's Blood 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
9	Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone 2021Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2012–2017)

The Outlander Collections comprise two standalone short story compilations featuring characters and settings from Diana Gabaldon's broader Outlander universe. Published between 2012 and 2017, these complete collections blend mystery, romance, and historical fiction across interconnected tales. Readers should approach these books in publication order, beginning with A Trail of Fire before moving to Seven Stones to Stand or Fall, to experience the stories as Gabaldon intended.

Start with A Trail of Fire and read in order.

#	Title
1	A Trail of Fire 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	Seven Stones to Stand or Fall 2017Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

2 books (2016–2020)

The Outlander Companion is a two-book supplementary series by Diana Gabaldon, published between 2016 and 2020 and now complete. These volumes were created in collaboration with Theresa Carle-Sanders and should be read in publication order, beginning with The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook. The series provides companion materials to Gabaldon's main Outlander novels, offering recipes and additional content related to the fictional world.

Start with The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook(By: Theresa Carle-Sanders) and read in order.

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1	The Official Outlander Companion Cookbook(By: Theresa Carle-Sanders) 2016Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	To the New World and Back Again(With: Theresa Carle-Sanders) 2020Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

1 book (2010–2010)

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1	The Exile: An Outlander Graphic Novel 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

3 books (1999–2015)

Diana Gabaldon's three-book companion series to her Outlander fiction works spans from 1999 to 2015 and is now complete. These non-fiction volumes should be read in publication order, beginning with The Outlandish Companion, followed by The Official Outlander Coloring Book, and concluding with The Outlandish Companion Volume Two. The series provides supplementary material and behind-the-scenes insights related to the author's historical romance and mystery fiction world.

Start with The Outlandish Companion and read in order.

#	Title
1	The Outlandish Companion 1999Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	The Official Outlander Coloring Book: An Adult Coloring Book 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	The Outlandish Companion Volume Two 2015Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

8 books (2010–2022)

Diana Gabaldon's Outlander Short Stories collection comprises eight interconnected tales published between 2010 and 2022, offering readers supplementary adventures set within the Outlander universe. These stories should be read in publication order, beginning with The Custom of the Army and concluding with Besieged, to experience the narrative progression as the author intended. The series appears to be complete, though it functions as a companion to Gabaldon's main Outlander novels rather than a standalone sequence. Blending mystery, romance, and historical fiction elements, these shorter works expand the world and character development of the larger saga.

Start with The Custom of the Army, the first of 8 books in the Outlander Short Stories series.

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1	The Custom of the Army 2010Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
2	A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows 2012Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
3	A Plague of Zombies 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
4	Virgins 2013Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
5	The Space Between 2014Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
6	Past Prologue(With: Steve Berry) 2019Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
7	A Fugitive Green 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible
8	Besieged 2022Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible

11 books (2017–2019)

The MatchUp Collection is a completed eleven-book series of mystery and thriller novellas published between 2017 and 2019, with each entry featuring collaborations between pairs of acclaimed crime and suspense authors. Edited by Diana Gabaldon, the series showcases interconnected short works that should be read in publication order, beginning with Deserves to Be Dead. Contributors include notable names such as Lee Child, Kathy Reichs, Val McDermid, and many other established voices in the mystery genre.

Start with Deserves to Be Dead(By: John Sandford,Lisa Jackson), the first of 11 books in the The MatchUp Collection series.

1 book (2004–2004)

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1	White Knight 2004Buy 🇺🇸🎧 Audible