Its Library of Congress subjects: Time travel, Culloden, Battle of, Scotland, 1746, Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746. It is book 1 of the Outlander series series, set in Scotland, and listed for an audience of adults.

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Last checked: November 7, 2026

The Time Traveler's Wife
Audrey Niffenegger · 2003 · Adult

about 550 pages

Why: Both are fantasy books about time travel.
- Fantasy
- Time travel
What both books share
- fantasy
  Outlander: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
  The Time Traveler's Wife: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
- time travel
  Outlander: "Time travel in fiction" (OL subject); "Time travel" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, time travel" (OL subject); "Time travel -- Fiction" (LoC 650)
  The Time Traveler's Wife: "Time travel" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, time travel" (OL subject); "Time travel--fiction" (OL subject); "time travel" (WD main subject)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Outlander; Open Library and Wikidata for The Time Traveler's Wife.
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Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen · 2006 · Adult

Novel · about 360 pages

Why: Both are historical fiction books about love.
- Historical fiction
- Love
What both books share
- historical fiction
  Outlander: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
  Water for Elephants: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
- love
  Outlander: "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love stories" (LoC 655)
  Water for Elephants: "Love stories" (OL subject); "Love stories" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Outlander; Open Library and Wikidata for Water for Elephants.
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Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden · 1997 · Adult

about 510 pages

Why: Both are historical fiction books.
- Historical fiction
What both books share
- historical fiction
  Outlander: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
  Memoirs of a Geisha: "Historical fiction" (OL subject); "historical fiction" (WD genre); "Historical fiction" (LoC 655)
From each book's catalog record: Open Library and Wikidata for Outlander; Open Library and Wikidata for Memoirs of a Geisha.
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Book	Historical fiction	Fantasy	Time travel	Love
The Time Traveler's Wife	not shared	shared	shared	not shared
Water for Elephants	shared	not shared	not shared	shared
Memoirs of a Geisha	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Clan of the Cave Bear	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Nightingale	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
March Violets	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
Gardens of the Moon	not shared	shared	not shared	not shared
The Help	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
All the Light We Cannot See	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
A Game of Thrones	not shared	shared	not shared	not shared
The Loving Cup	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared
The Mammoth Hunters	shared	not shared	not shared	not shared

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Outlander: the facts, checked

Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.

First published: First published on June 1, 1991. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Edition checked: The edition checked here is a 850-page paperback from Bantam Dell. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026. 0440242940 ... pbk. ... 850 p. ... Bantam Dell
Series: It is book 1 of the Outlander series. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. Outlander ... Outlander
Next in the series: Book 2 is Dragonfly in Amber. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. Outlander ... Dragonfly in Amber

How Outlander came to be

Gabaldon began the novel on March 6, 1988. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. On March 6, 1988, I started writing a novel
Her aim was to learn the craft of the novel by writing one. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. I just wanted to learn how to write a novel
She did not plan to tell anyone about it, or to try to publish it. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. let alone ever try to publish it
Its working title was Cross Stitch. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. CROSS STITCH was the working title for my first book manuscript

About Diana Gabaldon

Born: Born in Williams, United States, in 1952. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026. The sources differ. Each value is shown with where it came from.Born in Scottsdale, United States, in 1952. Source: Wikidata and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Other work: She was a university professor for twelve years before she wrote her first novel. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. worked a dozen years as a university professor before beginning to write her first novel
Other work: Her earlier writing was scientific: articles and textbooks in the late 1980s. Source: dianagabaldon.com, checked November 6, 2026. Through the late 1980s, she wrote scientific articles and textbooks

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