Best Diana Gabaldon Audiobooks
Where to Start with Diana Gabaldon
- Best entry point → Outlander
- Best standalone → "I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes
- Start the Outlander #0.5, 2.5, 7.5 & 8.5 series → Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (Outlander 0.5, 2.5, 7.5 & 8.5)
- What fans keep coming back to → Dragonfly in Amber
- Best narrator for Diana Gabaldon → Voyager
- Highest rated by listeners → Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander #8)
Best Diana Gabaldon Audiobooks
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Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Outlander • Book 8
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.91 ABR Score (166.5K ratings)★ 4.55 Goodreads (141.6K) ★ 4.84 Audible (24.9K)Davina Porter's narration transforms this sprawling historical epic into something intimate and urgent—her voices are so distinct you forget you're listening to one person carrying an entire war.
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An Echo in the Bone
Outlander • Book 7
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.84 ABR Score (193.4K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (166.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (26.7K)45h 59m listening time • Released 2009Davina Porter's performance across nearly 46 hours transforms this sprawling time-travel epic into something genuinely intimate—she captures the emotional weight of impossible choices better than most narrators manage in half the time.
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Drums of Autumn
Outlander • Book 4
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (310.5K ratings)★ 4.36 Goodreads (270.7K) ★ 4.81 Audible (39.9K)44h 50m listening time • Released 2008Davina Porter's narration transforms this epic into something transcendent—her voice captures the raw ache of impossible choices across time and generations with devastating intimacy.
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A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Outlander • Book 6
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.83 ABR Score (213.0K ratings)★ 4.44 Goodreads (192.8K) ★ 4.81 Audible (20.2K)57h 48m listening time • Released 2011Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic into something you can't stop listening to—she shifts seamlessly between Claire's modern skepticism and Jamie's highland steadiness, making 58 hours disappear.
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Dragonfly in Amber
Outlander • Book 2
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.79 ABR Score (434.5K ratings)★ 4.34 Goodreads (387.7K) ★ 4.76 Audible (46.8K)38h 54m listening time • Released 2006Davina Porter's narration transforms this sweeping time-travel epic into pure immersion—her range across dozens of characters and centuries makes the 39-hour journey feel essential, not exhausting.
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Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone
Outlander • Book 9
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.79 ABR Score (111.6K ratings)★ 4.45 Goodreads (94.5K) ★ 4.79 Audible (17.1K)49h 27m listening time • Released 2021Davina Porter's performance transforms nearly 50 hours into an immersive experience where you're living alongside the Frasers through their most fractured chapter. She's the reason this sprawling family saga feels intimate instead of exhausting.
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Voyager
Outlander • Book 3
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.78 ABR Score (364.9K ratings)★ 4.39 Goodreads (332.7K) ★ 4.77 Audible (32.2K)43h 46m listening time • Released 2007Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic time-travel romance into something unmissable: her voice shifts so seamlessly between Claire's modern vulnerability and Jamie's raw Scottish intensity that 44 hours dissolves into nothing.
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The Fiery Cross
Outlander • Book 5
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.74 ABR Score (261.4K ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (228.2K) ★ 4.78 Audible (33.2K)55h 30m listening time • Released 2011Davina Porter's 55-hour performance transforms this epic into something immersive and intimate, capturing both the sweeping historical stakes and the quiet, devastating moments that define the Fraser family saga.
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Outlander
Outlander • Book 1
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.65 ABR Score (1.2M ratings)★ 4.26 Goodreads (1.2M) ★ 4.6 Audible (80.1K)32h 38m listening time • Released 2006Davina Porter's performance transforms this epic time-travel romance into something genuinely immersive—her Scots accent and emotional range make the 32-hour journey feel essential, not indulgent.
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Seven Stones to Stand or Fall (Outlander 0.5, 2.5, 7.5 & 8.5)
Outlander #0.5, 2.5, 7.5 & 8.5
Narrated by Robert Ian MacKenzie, Allan Scott-Douglas, Davina Porter, Jeff Woodman, Diana Gabaldon
★ 4.40 ABR Score (22.5K ratings)★ 4.28 Goodreads (18.2K) ★ 4.59 Audible (4.3K)24h 20m listening time • Released 2017Multiple narrators bring these scattered Outlander moments to vivid life, but it's the emotional gut-punches between the adventures that stick with you—particularly the heartbreaking backstories that reshape how you understand the main series.
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The Scottish Prisoner
Lord John Grey • Book 3
Narrated by Jeff Woodman, Rick Holmes
★ 4.39 ABR Score (41.1K ratings)★ 4.24 Goodreads (35.9K) ★ 4.57 Audible (5.2K)15h 47m listening time • Released 2011 - 12
The Space Between
Outlander #7.5 • Book 7
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.30 ABR Score (26.8K ratings)★ 4.25 Goodreads (21.8K) ★ 4.6 Audible (5.0K)4h 13m listening time • Released 2014Davina Porter's performance captures Joan's fractured mind with haunting precision, making this compact Outlander novella feel like its own complete emotional journey rather than a side quest.
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The Outlandish Companion: Volume Two
The Outlandish Companions • Book 2
Narrated by Diana Gabaldon, Davina Porter
★ 4.17 ABR Score (3.6K ratings)★ 4.4 Goodreads (3.2K) ★ 4.6 Audible (423)21h 17m listening time • Released 2020Hearing Gabaldon herself walk you through her sprawling universe with insider commentary and chronologies makes this the definitive companion—essential if you're deep in the Outlander rabbit hole.
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The Outlandish Companion
The Outlandish Companions • Book 1
Narrated by Davina Porter
★ 4.11 ABR Score (15.9K ratings)★ 4.11 Goodreads (15.2K) ★ 4.51 Audible (691)13h 48m listening time • Released 2020Davina Porter's warm, authoritative narration makes this massive companion feel like a knowledgeable friend walking you through the Outlander universe, turning what could be dry reference material into genuinely engaging listening.
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"I Give You My Body . . .": How I Write Sex Scenes
Narrated by Diana Gabaldon, Davina Porter, Jeff Woodman, Allan Scott-Douglas
★ 3.99 ABR Score (2.2K ratings)★ 4.14 Goodreads (1.9K) ★ 4.48 Audible (304)3h 30m listening time • Released 2016Gabaldon herself narrates her craft lessons on writing intimate scenes, making this essential for any writer tired of cringe-worthy sex on the page and wanting to understand how emotion drives real connection.
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Legends II: Volume II
Legends II • Book 2
by Diana Gabaldon, Terry Brooks
Narrated by Simon Prebble, Charles Keating
★ 3.71 ABR Score (277 ratings)★ 4.15 Audible (277)5h 15m listening time • Released 2004 - 17
Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love
Guardians #3.6 - The Demon Dancer
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Daniel Abraham, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M.L.N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda M. Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jim Butcher
Narrated by Phil Gigante, Michael Page, Susan Duerden, Julia Whelan
★ 3.57 ABR Score (4.4K ratings)★ 3.76 Goodreads (4.3K) ★ 3.76 Audible (190)19h 39m listening time • Released 2011 - 18
Dangerous Women
The Dresden Files #13.1 - Bombshells
by George R.R. Martin, Gardner Dozois, Carrie Vaughn, Lev Gossman, Joe R. Lansdale, Megan Lindholm, Lawrence Block, Brandon Sanderson, Sharon Kay Penman, Lev Grossman, Nancy Kress, Diana Rowland, Diana Gabaldon, S.M. Stirling, Sam Sykes, Pat Cadigan, Caroline Spector, Joe Abercrombie, Megan Abbott, Cecelia Holland, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Melinda M. Snodgrass
Narrated by Scott Brick, Jonathan Frakes, Stana Katic, Inna Korobkina, Lee Meriwether, Claudia Black, Sophie Turner, Janis Ian, Iain Glen, Karen Dotrice, Various
★ 3.56 ABR Score (14.9K ratings)★ 3.67 Goodreads (13.2K) ★ 4.02 Audible (1.7K)32h 47m listening time • Released 2013A stacked anthology where Abercrombie, Sanderson, Butcher, and Gabaldon deliver knockout stories, anchored by an all-star narrator cast that elevates every twist—32 hours that justify the hype.