Fan Fiction Recommendations, ...offshoot of Favorite Fan Fiction Options

[Angelfeather]

We have a topic for fanfic favorites. How about we reserve this topic for recommendations? If you stumble across something new that appeals to you for some reason, go ahead and post it here. If you like what you've read, you can post it over in the Favorites topic.

*No repeats (just refer to this master list)
*Try to recommend at least one new fic.
*Please link to the fic within your post

There is a corresponding list in the Restricted Forum for NC-17 fics.

MASTER LIST:

A Series of Definitions by silviakundera
After the End by Arabella and Zsenya
Always the Sidekick by Destyne
And Now For Something Completely Different by Silvia Kundera
Anything's Better than Trelawney by Dahlia
Back to You by Ann Margaret (sequel to Hermione Granger and the OotP)
Barren by zorro_x
Bet, The by She's a Star
Birthday Gifts by Mrs. B
Blame it on the Morphine by biggerstaffbunch
Blood on the Moon by Portkey
Book of Morgan Le Fay, The by lavenderbrown
Broom: A Halloween Tale, The by TheTreacleTart
Bubbles by Freelancer
Byron by Ciircee
Calamari by Zelda
Children's Services Division, The by Rose_Rovente
Choosing Someone Better by whynoy
Clocks by Jane: outtake of Lotharius
Common Room, The by EllaWeasley
Conversations with Dr. Hammond by Jane
Cruel Beauty by Cashew
Curled Up Deep by Elektra
Dinner Companion by Elucreh
Discoveries by StevieP
Do You Believe in Magic by F0xygrandma15
Draco Malfoy and the Amazing Bouncing...Rat by Maya
Draco Series (3 stories) by Cassandra Claire
Easy Way Out, The by ThePowerOfSlugs
Endangered Species by Night Zephyr
Enticed by Caledon
Eternity Perhaps by Freelancer
Even in Death by RonandHerm4eva
Expert, The by Eurydice
Feeling the Same Way by ThePowerofSlugs
Final Reckoning, The by LavenderBrown
Forever Alive by Mordred
Forbidden Fruit by DragonsMstrss
Future Uncertain by Eurydice
Grey by TheTreacleTart
Growth of an Individual by Cashew
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner by MollyMoon
Harry Potter and Some Sorcerer's Rock by SilverPhoenix25 (with sequels)
Harry Potter and the Staff of Serpents by Aragog
Harry Potter and the Plot Bunny of Death by TheTreacleTart
Harry Potter's Fault by Seakays
Hat Trick, The by Icarus
Hermione, Queen of Witches by Arabella (with sequels)
Hermione Granger and the Order of the Phoenix by Ann Margaret
Hot Day by Jane
Human On My Faithless Arm by dindranesdefender
I Suck at Titles by Jane
I Was Right by Earthwalk
If the Fates Allow by AgiVega
Journey Into Sunlight by TheTreacleTart
La Vie En Rose by Elais
Language that God Speaks, The by Liz Barr
Lecherous by funkiechick
Letters from...Someone by pixiepoop
A Life Well Spent by CharityJ
Living Memory by kirikarin
Lonely Reign by CinnamonGrrl
Looney for Luna by Morri
Losing Your Way by TheTreacleTart
Lost Arm of Vicky Krum, The by BlueDaisy62
Lotharius by Jane
Mark of Courage, The by Bryonia Alba
Marshmallows by leftsockarchive
Miss Hogwarts by Jenna Mae
More is My Unrest, The by Arabella and Jedia Boadicea
More than Memories by Blue Rain
Never Write Anything Down by pixiepoop
New Professor, The by Michele40
Not As a Last Resort by Arabella
Not Another Row by BlueDaisy62
One Last Knight by Dindranesdefender
Other Black Girl, The by Smelltastic
Over Time: First Friends by mynuet
Plan, The by mynuet
Percy Principle, The by dindranesdefender
Points of No Return by Night Zephyr
Promises Unbroken by Robin4
Rain by TheTreacleTart
Red by Sicily
Redemption by krtshadow
Reflections on the Moon by charityj: outtake Blood on the Moon (Portkey)
Resurrection by Portkey
Return by Eurydice
Revelations by Cendrillon
Romancing Mr. Potter by Arios
Rows by Biggerstaffbunch
Runaway Fox by Kirikarin
Say What? by Fetylum
Science by Penny-in-the-sky
See Hermione Score by Arios
Shadows of Silence, The by Myth and Legend
Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot by AndartaWildhearth
Significance of Bubble Gum, The by Mandragora
Since Always by Angelfeather
Single Piece of Mistletoe, A by TheTreacleTart
Slap by SilverPhoenix25
Snape's Sister Serefina by Hyphen
Snape's Desk by Mynuet
Spontaneously Romantic by She's a Star
Stranded by Alcamenes
Sugar Quills by ShellyK
That Muted Sort of Longing by Seren
Traitor by Jeanne
Turning the Corner by Grace Has Victory
Twilight by L.S. Song
Understanding and Acceptance by sproutgirl
View From the Outside by zorro_x
Wallpaper Moments by St Margarets
Weasel and the Kneazle, The by Davesmom
Wet Dogs and Love Songs by Bohemian Storm
What To Do, What To Say by Eurydice
When You Think of Me by TearfulMoon
Window by Jane
Writing to Ron by cinderella200
You Raise Me Up by Seakays

Disclaimer: I have not read all of these stories. I do not necessarily recommend every one, so have at it but at your own risk.

Warning Warning: Some fics are not R/Hr.

ETA This Master List will no longer be updated. OBHWFgirl is supposed to start her own thread that she will maintain.

This post has been edited by Angelfeather: Apr 9 2004, 06:16 PM

[Elucreh]

*chuckling* It wasn't that bad. There really were a lot of repeats in there.

I'll start the ball rolling: Rows, by biggerstaffbunch, at CM. Adorable little H/G vignette. Total fluffiness...you could wrap it around you in front of a fire.

[RedMoonChick]

Thanks Angelfeather!

Anyway, a lot of people aren't really fond of ff.net for obvious reasons, but I've grown rather accustomed to being able to pick out the good fic. So since I'm pretty good at nitpicking, I'll be adding ffnet stories a little at a time.

click: come together: a story of magic

This is good but it's unfinished. I'm sleepy, i'll add more later....

*drooooopy eyes*

[RonandHerm4eva]

I like the fic called 'A simple kind of life' and 'Do you believe in Magic'by F0xygrandma15. They are both on ff.net, and also I believe she has the first chapter of 'A simple kind of life' on here.

Also, I love fics by Cashew on ff.net. Her stories are very in depth. She has this one fic called 'Cruel Beauty' which is AU, told from Ginny's pov, and is D/G (The only D/G i like) and has R/H mentioned. The plot is VERY intriguing and surprisingly some of the things she predicted in her fic came true in ootp. I also love her other angst filled fic called 'Shadows' which is a R/H, but from Ron's pov. Her fics have awesome plots. So next time you are on ff.net, check her fics out.

This post has been edited by RonandHerm4eva: Dec 12 2003, 07:17 PM

[RonaldWeasley]

I Was Right by Earthwalk, over at ff.net

[David Ken]

Anyway, a lot of people aren't really fond of ff.net for obvious reasons...

Why aren't people too fond of ff.net??

[RonandHerm4eva]

I was wondering that myself, David Ken. There are a lot of great fanfictions on ff.net.

[Cressida]

I tend not to read fanfiction much these days unless it is humour or parody so my recommendations might be rather old but I wanted to add a mention for:

Cleverness has nothing to do with love by ShellyK


I read this a long time ago and found it both sexy, funny and most of all warm. Shelly imbues her characters with such geniuine happiness that they are always a lovely read.

Actually I doubt any of my other recommendations would go down too well here!

On the subject of ff.net, I think that they have reputation because they do not demand beta reading therefore there are some poorly spelled and punctuated efforts therein. I have to say that there are fics that I have read supposedly beta read that contain truly glaring or simply very irritating errors so please don't be put off ff.net. As someone so rightly pointed out, there are some very fine stories there.

[RedMoonChick]

QUOTE (RedMoonChick @ Nov 10 2003, 11:49 PM)
Anyway, a lot of people aren't really fond of ff.net for obvious reasons...





Why aren't people too fond of ff.net??

Because it has a reputation for releasing every story anyone wants to write. It can ruin or destroy brain cells, but still be published there. You'd have to have a really good eye to weed out the bad ones. When I started to read them, I got quite a bit of really bad ones that made me have nightmares. I don't want to out anyone through that sort of trauma so I'd be happy to recommend things from there as well as other places.

This story is Hr/D, tho, but it's really, really good. Amazingly good. You know me, I'm always giving all fics a chance (except H/H!) so We'll always have Paris is really good. It's on Schnoogle by Melissa D. She got a couple thousand reviews. It's 17 chapters so it's pretty long. But worth the read!

[annambe]

Shadows of Silence by Myth and Legend is also worth a read. Authors summary: Could you live with Death? Could you love with honour? Could you learn with pride? Can he? Find out as Harry enters his sixth year, and the world becomes a more treacherous place for the Boy Who Lived. Minor RHr and HG. Beware OotP spoilers!


It's still a WIP, but as there are only a few chapters left and it's updated every day it should be completed soon.

Anna

[TheTreacleTart]

The answer the FF.net question - About a year ago Fanfiction.net pulled all NC-17 stories. In response to what many saw as censorship, many of the best writers on the site pulled ALL their stories.

In the end you are left with a handful of good stories in sea of horrible ones as there is NO screening of stories. To find the ones worth reading, often means hours of wading through everything else. Readership is down tremendously on the site and it’s really a shame – it was a great site.

They have also taken to removing what they deem questionable -- meaning if they manage to catch a story with too much sex (violence is apparently not a problem) they pull the story and issue warnings, if not completely banish you from the site.

[Cwen]

There's an awesome author on ff.net, lavenderbrown...she has a great James/Lily fic as well as an equally wonderful Fred/Angelina fic. Look her up! Her stuff is sooo good, and funny too!

Cwen

[caledon]

There's an awesome author on ff.net, lavenderbrown... Look her up! Her stuff is sooo good, and funny too!

She is, isn't she? I heartily recommend her Hogwarts Pie -- just friggin good, plus the mild smut, it's a sort of sequel to The Book of Morgan Le Fey -- and also she'd just updated with a new one-shot fic about | Chocolate, Cream, and Bossy Boots it's hot and awesome and funny. Check it out.

Plus there's also Arios. Most of her stuff's rated R, so there's some sexual situations happening. Romancing Mr Potter, a wonderful | fic, plus its R/Hr prequel See Hermione Score.

What can I say, I love adaptations of other works using HP characters.

edited to post the links to the stories recommended.

This post has been edited by caledon: Nov 13 2003, 03:14 AM

[Angelfeather]

Please, please post a link. For those who haven't noticed, I am linking to every single recommended story in the master list (my first post, which I will try to edit everyday). *wipes away sweat*

FF.net doesn't seem to be working for me right now, so a link would be awesome.

Spanks!

Oh, and try and recommend at least one story for every single time you post. I am recommending Of Recklessness and Water by the lovely, the talented ThaliaChaunacy, which is located in the steamy Checkmated Bedchamber. Miss Thalia is also the author of the very original Bread and Roses @ The Smutty object.

Edited to say: I'm going to start a similar rec thread in the Restricted Section, so slap those NC-17 fics over there. I am leaving those that are already on here for now.

This post has been edited by Angelfeather: Nov 13 2003, 12:00 AM

[RedMoonChick]

It seems NightZephyr, the author of the Point of No Return (add this one by the way), has a new story up at the suqarquill. It's called Endangered Species. It's only one chapter in but it's interesting.

Endangered Species

[MissBrooke06]

I have to recommend the fic that right now is threatening to KILL me because it is soooo good and angsty. "Always the Sidekick" by Destyne. You can find it here on checkmated or at FF.net! Excellent fic. I just wrote a scathing review to the author to ream her out for taking ten years off my life.

[BlueDaisy]

More than Memories hasn't been reccommended on this thread yet, has it? Well, now it has. Wonderful fic. Very R/Hr. Warning, though, it IS NC-17 (for good reason )

Argh, sorry! I'm html stupid and can't get the link to work. Anyway, it's by Blue Rain and there is a link in the Shameless Plugs section.

This post has been edited by BlueDaisy62: Nov 18 2003, 11:57 PM

[BlueRain]

More than Memories hasn't been reccommended on this thread yet, has it? Well, now it has. Wonderful fic. Very R/Hr. Warning, though, it IS NC-17 (for good reason )

Argh, sorry! I'm html stupid and can't get the link to work. Anyway, it's by Blue Rain and there is a link in the Shameless Plugs section.

Ahhhh, Blue, I'm touched! Really I am. ::Hugs Blue::

Since we Blue people are fan girling each other, I'm here to say that the BlueDaisy's fic, Not Another Row is very touching, and sweet, and must be read. . . So go check it out.

[BlueDaisy]

Ahhhh, Blue, I'm touched! Really I am. ::Hugs Blue::

Wait, I'm confused... Are you hugging me or yourself?

Since we Blue people are fan girling each other, I'm here to say that the BlueDaisy's fic, Not Another Row is very touching, and sweet, and must be read. . . So go check it out. 

Aw, thanks.

Yes, we Blue girls must stick together.

As far as more recs... Enticed by caledon(?) is not exactly a new fic, but it certainly is not old. Beautiful little piece (what would you call it? Vignette, I suppose)

Argh, I haven't read that many new ones lately. I'm missing my R/Hr. I'll have to go read some more new ones and report back.

Blue (the OTHER Blue) signing out.

[MissBrooke06]

Ugh... FF.net. I do check over but it is soo difficult. You really have to dig to find the good stuff. And there is good stuff! Really! It's just so hard to find.

I also love the TV show Gilmore Girls and a girl once developed a website where she picked the most well-written stories on FF.net in that category and linked them on her site. It was really helpful and she had excellent taste. I would love it if someone would do that for Harry Potter fics.

On an OT note, can anyone PM addresses of good avatar sites?