Harry Potter Fanfic Recommendations- Listed Alphabetically

Harry Potter Fanfic Recommendations- Listed Alphabetically by Title

This is a humble, very biased list of some of my favorite Harry Potter fanfics. I try to stick to stories here that aren't nearly as well known, since you can see those recced everywhere on the planet.

The Almost Legend of Draco Malfoy
One-shot, Gen (Drama). Draco's life (uses canon through OOtP). Draco.
"Not everything is about Harry Potter."

And Suddenly (Rated R)
One-shot, Het (Romance, Angst). 7th year (Now AU, uses canon through GoF). Hermione, Harry, Ron. Harry/Hermione, Ron/Hermione.
"A startling announcement one night leads Hermione to reevaluate the relationships in her life."

Apparently
Ficlet, Gen (Gen). post-Hogwarts (uses canon through OOtP). Snape, Harry. (Mentioned Harry/OC).
"Who in the world could ever consider Severus Snape a father figure?"

Best Enemies (One part rated R)
Series (WiP), Slash (Romance, Humor, Angst). 7th year (Now AU, uses canon through GoF). Draco, Harry. Draco/Harry, (Ron/Hermione).
"Draco has the perfect plan to rid himself of Harry Potter for good..."

Between Werewolves
One-Shot, Gen (Drama). OOtP missing scene. Remus.
"OotP, chapter 23: Mr. Weasley gets a plethora of visitors on Christmas Day, but his werewolf-bitten roommate has no visitors at all -- that is, until Remus Lupin decides to have a chat with him."

Choosing the Head Boy
Chaptered (WiP), Gen and Het (Action/Adventure, Romance). MWPP's 7th year (uses canon through OOtP). James, Lily, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Snape. James/Lily, (Peter/OC).
"How did Albus Dumbledore come to choose James Potter for Head Boy? How did Lily Evans choose him for a boyfriend? James Potter's seventh year at Hogwarts."
Note: Fits in the same continuity as "The Nicest Thing My Mother Ever Did For Me," which I have also recced.

Cockle
Ficlet, Femmeslash (Angst, Romance). Set 6th or 7th year (uses canon through OOtP). Pansy, Millicent, Draco. Pansy/Millicent.
"Pansy doesn't care for the boys who are trying to court her. Secretly, she fancies a girl right in her own House."

Faded Laughter In Her Ear
One-shot, Gen (Angst). Set the summer after OOtP. Ginny, Sirius. (James/Lily, hints of Remus/Sirius).
"Ginny finds a portrait in the attic."

Fall on Me
One-Shot, Gen (Drama). Set between PoA and OOtP. Remus, Sirius.
"After 14 years, how well does Remus still know Sirius? And how well does Sirius know himself?"

Flowers and Candy
One-Shot, Gen (Fluff). Harry's 6th or 7th year (uses canon through GoF). Dumbledore, Snape.
"It's Valentine's Day at Hogwarts."

Footnotes
One-Shot, Gen (Drama, Philosophical). OOtP missing scene. Hermione, Snape.
"Hermione in the kitchens."

For Now
One-Shot, Het (Fluff, Romance). OOtP missing scene. Hermione, Harry. Harry/Hermione.
"‘Of course you’re not,[a bad kisser, Harry]’ said Hermione absently, still scribbling away at her letter. 'How do you know?' said Ron very sharply' (OotP, Chapter 21). Hermione remembers something that happened during the summer."

Harry Has Two Godfathers
Ficlet, Parody (Humor). Completely AU. Harry, Remus, Sirius. Humorously intended Remus/Sirius.
"Parody of the children's book 'Heather Has Two Mommies.'"

Her, Amid the Slytherins
Series, Gen (POV, Angst). PS and CoS missing scenes. Pansy, various Slytherins.
"Belonging to Slytherin does not automatically make an innocent child evil. Black and white are only two colors, and Pansy Parkinson is all the shades of gray."

Hermione's Secret
Ficlet, Gen and Slash (POV, Drama). PoA missing scene. Hermione, Remus. Remus/Sirius implied.
"'You - you and him! I didn't tell anyone! I've been covering up for you!' Which of Remus Lupin's secrets has Hermione really been covering for all year?"

Hot Summer Night
One-Shot, Femmeslash (Romance). Set right after 7th year (uses canon through GoF). Hermione, Ginny, Weasleys. Hermione/Ginny, (Harry/Ron).
"On holiday with the Weasleys, Hermione and Ginny struggle with having to keep their love secret."

I Did Not Count On Her
Ficlet, Gen (POV). PS/SS missing scene. Snape, Hermione.
"Severus' reaction to having his potion-logic spell solved."

I Go From Day To Day and No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard
Series, Gen and mild slash (POV, Drama). Missing scenes from PoA and OOtP. Remus, Sirius. Remus/Sirius.
"'Remus Lupin and the Prisoner of Azkaban,' followed by 'Remus Lupin and the Order of the Phoenix.'"
Note: Also recced is "Nobody Said It Was Easy," the primarily gen Harry and Remus centric sequel to these two stories.

I Suck At Titles
One-shot, Parody (Humor, Het). sometime 5th-7th year (uses canon through GoF). Hermione, Ron, Harry, Ginny. Ron/Hermione, (Harry/Ginny).
"A parody of the worst of HP Fandom. Not intended seriously."

In the Morning, She Dances
Ficlet, Gen (Angst). Missing scene from Luna's early years at Hogwarts. Luna.
"The petals fall to the ground, and she stops humming. All that they notice is the quiet."

Into the Light of the Dark Black Night
One-Shot, Gen and Het (POV, Gen). Lily's life, beginning with her first year at Hogwarts. Lily, MWPP, OCs. Lily/James, (Lily/OC).
"Lily Evans, a life, and The Beatles."

Last Laugh
One-shot, Gen and Slash (Humor, Action/Adventure). MWPP's 4th year. Sirius, James, Remus, Peter. Remus/Sirius.
"Remus/Sirius 'ish, with a healthy dollop of James and Peter. who gets the last laugh? there's a prank war, some juvenile jokes, and wackiness. for Silvia's First Kiss Challenge. year four."

Left-handed (Rated NC-17)
One-Shot, Femmeslash (Philosophical). 6th or 7th year (uses canon through GoF). Pansy, Hermione. Hermione/Pansy.
"Hermione has an admirer of a sort; Pansy watches Hermione and considers her, herself, and the differences between boys and girls."

Lightening Has Just Struck My Brain
Ficlet, AU (Drama)> 6th year AU (uses canon through OOtP). Harry, Neville, Dumbledore.
"Harry's noticed some strange things going on where Neville is involved, and he's determined to find out more."

A Lot To Be Upset About
One-Shot, Het and Humor (Humor, Romance). 6th year (uses canon through OOtP). Draco, Ginny, Harry. Draco/Ginny, (Ginny/everyone).
"Draco loves Ginny. Ginny loves everyone else but him. Snape suggests spanking, the butterbeer is tainted, and Harry tries to blow up the school. Not your typical D/G fic."

The Makings of a Modern Love Triangle
One-Shot, Humor (Gen). 5th year (AU, uses canon through GoF). Harry, Ron, Hermione. (humorous romantic tension, but no pairings)
"An article in The Daily Prophet regarding the Tremendous Trio sparks another round of gossip at Hogwarts."

The Marauders and the Triwizard Tournament (Rated R)
Series, Parody (Humor). MWPP time, Various MWPP-time characters and pairings.
"Canon timeline? Who bothers with that! (a sarcastic Marauderfic parody)"

Negative Image
One-Shot, Slash (Supernatural). Set between GoF and OOtP. Draco. One-sided Draco/Harry.
"Be careful what you conjure."

The Nicest Thing My Mother Ever Did For Me
Two Chapters, Gen (Drama, Angst). MWPP's first year (uses canon through OOtP). Sirius, James.
"When Sirius Black is sorted into Gryffindor, NO ONE is particularly happy about it. MWPP at 11."
Note: Fits in the same continuity as "Choosing The Head Boy," which I have also recced.

Nobody Said It Was Easy
One-shot (part of a series), Gen (Drama, Angst). Harry's 6th year (uses canon through OOtP). Harry, Remus.
"Remus comes back to teach Defense Against the Dark Arts to Harry's class in their sixth year, after Order of the Phoenix. from harry's pov."
Note: While this story stands alone nicely, you may also want to read the recced prequels, "I Go From Day to Day," and "No One Ever Said It Would Be This Hard."

Out of the Closet, Into the Frying Pan
One-Shot, Humor (Mild slash). AU set around when Percy graduates. Percy, Weasley Family. Percy/Oliver.
"Percy decides to come out to his family."

A Professional Interest
One-shot, Gen and Het (Gen). GoF missing scene. Snape, Dumbledore. One-sided Snape/Hermione.
"At a staff meeting to discuss the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Severus disagrees with Dumbledore's choice for the object of Viktor Krum's quest."

Real Methods of Divination
One-Shot, Femmeslash (Angst, Romance). Missing scenes and backstory from PS/SS, CoS, PoA, GoF. Lavender, Parvati. Lavender/Parvati.
"Written for the First Kiss Challenge. Lavender and Parvati's early years at Hogwarts, culminating in their first kiss fourth year."

Reflections of Their Souls
One-Shot, Gen (POV, Angst). Missing scenes from PS/SS. Draco, Fred and George, Filch, Percy.
"Harry and Ron are not the only ones to have discovered the Mirror of Erised. This is the tale of the others, and their own greatest desires."

Rehearsal
Ficlet, Gen (Gen). PoA missing scene. Ron, Hermione.
"'Harry could tell Harry could tell they had rehearsed this conversation...' --Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter Eleven."

Seemingly Random
One-Shot, Gen and Het (Fluff). OOtP missing scene. Luna, Harry. Hints of Harry/Luna.
"Luna retreats to the safety of her bed to wait out the last night of fifth term, but is interrupted repeatedly by her possessions being returned to her in surprising ways."

Spinning
Ficlet, Gen w/mild Het (Fantasy). GoF missing Scene. Luna. (One-sided Harry/Luna)
"Luna spins a tale of mice and dragons, lions and gold, and a hero who doesn't know her. Set during the spring of GoF."

Sublimation and the Snitch: Quidditch in Human Sexual Relationships, by Remus J Lupin
One-Shot, Humor (gen). MWPP's 7th year. Remus.
" Remus Lupin wrote an essay on Quidditch and Sex in his final year at Hogwarts. Are you brave enough to read it?"

Teacher's Pet
Two Chapters, Humor (Gen). AU set in Hogwarts years. Hermione, Snape.
"Hermione's Animagus transformation practice goes disastrously wrong and she ends up stuck as a snake, whom Snape takes to look after." If nothing else, read this for the beautiful drawings interjected into the fic.

Top Ten Signs Your Dormmate is a Werewolf
One-Shot, Gen w/very a humorously intended slashy kiss (Humor). MWPP's second year. Sirius, Remus.
"Sirius wants to know if Remus is a werewolf, so he buys a book and watches him. It seems a bit... suspicious to his friends."

True Colors
Ficlet, Gen (Humor, Fluff). MWPP's 5th year. MWPP, McGonagall, Lily. (hinted future James/Lily)
"McGonagall gives the Marauder's Year a personality test in the hopes that it will stem the tide of hurt feeling and broken noses. What follows is a lesson in insight and understanding others, and then flipping them off anyways."

The Ultimate Harry Potter Cliche Catalog (one part rated R)
Series, Parody (Humor). Various locations, characters, and pairings of all kinds.
"A humorous collection of commonly found stories from each genre, in which I point out the bleeding obvious and CAPITALISE completely RANDOM words!"

We All Fall Down (Rated R)
One-Shot, Femmeslash (Angst, Drama). Post-graduation future-fic (uses canon through GoF). Hermione, Ginny. Hermione/Ginny.
"Hermione loses some of her sanity, Ginny loses some of her innocence, and as far as they know, Our Heroes are losing the War Between Good and Evil."

What the Combined Forces of Gryffindor Know About Girls, Subtitled Not Much
Ficlet, Het (Humor, Fluff, Romance). 6th or 7th year (uses canon through OOtP). Ron, Hermione, Gryffindors. Ron/Hermione.
"Ron needs a little help getting Hermione's attention, but he's not exactly turning to the most reliable sources."

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