Outlander

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon, 850 pages

This is the story of a WWII British nurse who is somehow transported back in time from 1945 to 1743 in the Scottish Highlands. Outlander is one of those hard-to-categorize books, although I'd probably call it a historical fiction romance, given the fact that the main character falls in love with a kilted Highland soldier. But Gabaldon gives it some depth with her descriptions of the politics, medicine and culture of 1740s Scotland, as told through the eyes of a stubborn mid-1900s woman.

I don't usually like historical fiction or romance, but I devoured this one. On to the sequel!