We all want more than of Harry Potter beyond the seven novel serial dreamed up by J.Thou. Rowling and the timeless viii moving picture blockbuster franchise. And so where exactly do you go when searching for more of the fantastic universe introduced to the states by The Boy Who Lived? If re-imaginings of the acclaimed series that answer all the "What ifs..." sound like heaven, you'll probably find yourself lost in the digital labyrinth that is Harry Potter fan fiction.

From Fanfiction.cyberspace to Archive Of Our Own (AO3), Wattpad, Live Periodical, and HarryPotterFanficition.com, there are literally thousands of stories written past Potterheads across the globe catered to anyone's taste. And every bit a longtime fanfic reader, I'm hither to tell yous, fans of The Boy Who Lived are an incredibly imaginative bunch. From multi-chapter stories that dream up epic romances about popular "ships" (shorthand for relationships) like Draco and Hermione, to fourth dimension traveling adventures and mature erotica rated "Thou" that will make you clutch your pearls, there is a story for anybody. Some can be a fleck crude around the edges, but a fair warning: one time you read ane, it'southward hard to stop.

So while it's most impossible to give kudos to every amazing story out there inspired by Rowling'south words, I hope this listing of some of the best Harry Potter fan fiction will pb you on a path to finding what's right for you lot. Nosotros've organized our 52 selections by some of the fandom's near popular ships and story prompts, which you lot'll discover often overlap with one another. We likewise included a rundown of need-to-know lingo amongst fanfic dice hards. Happy reading!

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A Basic Fan Fiction Glossary

  • Abandoned - A story left incomplete by its writer for an extended period of time.
  • Alternate Universe (AU) - The writer rejects Rowling's original material and re-invents key plot points.
  • Canon - Fabric that stays true to Rowling's original narrative.
  • Crossover - A story introduces themes and characters from a carve up fandom. (Ex: Harry Potter meets the Avengers.)
  • Erotica - A.thousand.a smut, a.g.a NSFW. While some would contend the bulk of fanfics are erotica, these are stories where sex activity dominates the plot.
  • Gender Bent - Characters appear as the opposite gender from Rowling's canon.
  • Marauders - Stories following James Potter, Lily Potter, Sirius Blackness, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew and their years at Hogwarts.
  • Mod AU - The alternating universe plot takes place in present twenty-four hours.
  • Multi-Year - The story spans multiple years.
  • Next Generation - Stories that follow the lives of the Harry Potter characters' children, like Harry'southward sons Albus and James Potter, or Draco'south son Scorpius Malfoy.
  • One shot - A one chapter fic that can exist long or brusk and sticks to ane plot and storyline.
  • Mail service-Hogwarts - Narratives following Harry, Ron, and Hermione that take place after the Boxing of Hogwarts.
  • Ships/Pairings - Popular fandom relationships.
  • Tags - A vital part of reading fanfics—especially on AO3—tags highlight major themes and features of a story. Pay attending to tags rated Grand and Eastward that warn of whatever sexually explicit content or trigger warnings (TW). Pro-tip #1: Tags tin be used to filter out thousands of fics to find your preferred stories. Pro-tip #2: They are about every bit entertaining as the story itself. Ex: Hot for Instructor's include "Draco's a DILF," "Awkwardness," and "Ginny and Harry are pervy and hilarious."
  • Unfinished/Work in Progress (WIP) - A fanfic that'south regularly updated, but incomplete.

Crossovers

  1. Harry Potter and the Natural 20 by Sir Poley - This story blends the worlds of Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons for a 74 affiliate epic hazard. Rating: T(een)
  2. Holly Potter and the Midlife Crisis by - An unfinished, AU, gender bent fic that has 61 capacity and counting, Holly Potter and the Midlife Crisis follows the "Daughter Who Lived" as she'southward thrust into Curiosity's Avengers Universe. Rating: T
  3. The Havoc Side of the Forcefulness by Tsu Doh Nimh - Harry Potter and Star Wars' Anakin Skywalker meet in one of the fandom's most pop crossover fics, with over fifteen,000 favorites on Fanfiction.net. Rating: T

Draco and Hermione (Dramione)

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  1. Isolation by Bex-chan - This romantic AU has been reviewed over sixteen,000 times and takes place in the moments subsequently Half-Blood Prince. While Harry and Ron search for Horcruxes, Hermione stays behind at Hogwarts. Draco is secretly living at the school for his protection, forced to stay in Hermione'due south dormitory. Rating: (M)ature
  2. Rebuilding past Colubrina - With over 38,000 reviews, Rebuilding follows Draco and Hermione equally they autumn in love after returning to rebuild Hogwarts after the war. Rating: Yard
  3. Manacled by SenLinYu - In a world where Harry was killed in the state of war, Voldemort orders the wizarding community to repopulate, resulting in Hermione'due south forced surrogacy as she holds an important Order of the Phoenix hugger-mugger. Rating: (E)xplicit
  4. Hot for Instructor by MotherofBulls - As a single parent, Draco notices that his son Scorpius has a crush on his Hogwarts teacher, who's none other than Hermione Granger. Rating: M

Post-Hogwarts

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  1. The Aurors by FloreatCastellum - Harry settles into adult life with Ginny as an established Auror. But at present he'south been partnered with an bothersome idolizing trainee. Rating: T
  2. A Black Comedy by nonjon - With over 6,300 reviews on Fanfiction.net, A Black One-act is an AU that finds Harry and Sirius on an adventure of "drunken immoderacy" two years after the defeat of Voldemort. Rating: M
  3. Ghost of You by blacktag189 - Picking up moments after the stop of the Second Wizarding War, Ghost of You follows Harry and Ginny'southward romance as they adapt to a earth without Voldemort. Rating: G
  4. The Get-go Day by little0bird - This canon-compliant story written by pop fanfic writer "littl0bird" is another that takes identify directly later The Deathly Hallows, following Harry and Ginny'south romance as they grieve in the days post-obit the Boxing at Hogwarts. Rating: T

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Alternative Universe (AU)

  1. Swung by Serafim by flamethrower - The 45 chapter epic re-imagines Harry and Ron'south tertiary year in Hogwarts...if Gilderoy Lockhart had successfully Obliviated them in The Sleeping accommodation of Secrets. Rating: Yard
  2. Prince of the Night Kingdom past Mizuni-sama - A renowned AU multi-twelvemonth, Prince of the Dark Kingdom is an abandoned 126 chapter story. Information technology tackles a world in which Voldemort rules and he and Harry become...friends? Rating: M
  3. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality by Less Wrong - In this 122 chapter story, Harry is a science-fiction obsessed boy magician raised by his Aunt Petunia—who's married to a biochemist. Rating: T
  4. A Dealer Not a Expiry Eater by Jaxon - In the years leading up to the outset Wizarding War, Lilly Evans is in-love with Severus Snape instead of James Potter. Rating: E
  5. Text Talk past merlywhirls - In this modern AU, while in boarding school Sirius Black accidentally texts Remus Lupin—who's stuck in the hospital. Only what starts out as an innocent fault turns into something more. Rating: Not Rated
  6. Delenda Est past Lord Silvere - An adult Harry Potter travels dorsum in time and meets a immature, mysterious Bellatrix Lestrange, who he presently partners up with to change the form of history. Rating: T
  7. Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin by The Sinister Man - At over ane million words and 132 chapters, the story follows a Harry Potter who was sorted into Slytherin. He also has a brother named Jim who's believed to be the Boy Who Lived. Rating: T
  8. The Best Revenge by Arsinoe de Blassenville - This fic answers i question: What if Snape had rescued Harry from the guardianship of the Dursleys? Rating: T

Harry and Hermione (Harmony)

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  1. A Marauder's Programme by CatsAreCool - An AU with over 2,000 favorites that has Sirius remain England in order to spotter over Harry. Rating: T
  2. The Reclamation of Black Magic by ShayaLonnie - This AU spans Harry's vii years at Hogwarts in a world where the Blackness family reclaims their magical dominance to change the wizarding world forever. Rating: E
  3. Harry Potter and the Future's By by DriftWood1965 - The day after the Boxing of Hogwarts, the Goddess of Dear provides Harry and Hermione the hazard to go back in time. Rating: T
  4. Escape past SingularOddities - A Wedlock Law goes into place during Hermione's sixth yr, causing her to make an unexpected choice. Rating: T

The Marauders

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  1. The Life and Times by Jewels5 - Though abandoned and not updated since 2015, this nearly-complete dramatic adventure depicts James and Lilly Potter's beautiful love story in the years leading up to their deaths. Rating: M
  2. The Ascent and Autumn of the Stag and Doe by SiriusUntiltheVeryEnd - Another favorite take on James and Lily'southward romance during their years in Hogwarts, leading upwardly to their last days. (Warning: it'south 95 chapters). Rating: Grand
  3. All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89 - Focusing on a much-loved fandom ship, Remus and Sirius, this very long 188-affiliate multi-twelvemonth slow burn charts the Marauders' lives during and later Hogwarts. Rating: M
  4. The Electric Fizzing Prick Pistols, or Whatever by whitmans_kiss - This charming one shot follows the Marauders through their Hogwarts years: James paired with Lily and Sirius with Remus. Rating: M
  5. We Were Space by WolfstarPups90 - Another fic that follows the Marauders through Hogwarts and beyond, focusing on Remus and Sirius, and Lily and James—only this ane is 106 capacity and counting, last updated in 2019. Rating: Thou

Erotica

  1. Eros and Psyche by RZZMG - The most epic, smuttiest Harry Potter fan fiction—with 67 capacity, unfinished— Eros and Psyche is an AU that sees our favorite Hogwarts students play an explicit magical menu game that brings forth their most personal desires. Pairings include Hermione and Draco, Blaise Zabini and Ginny, and Ron and Pansy Parkinson. (Pro-tip: all of RZZMG'southward work is extra hot.) Rating: Yard
  2. Problem by katatonic25 - Hermione and Draco are grown and sexy ministry officials who detect sizzling comfort in one another. Rating: G
  3. A Big Happy Weasley Family unit past WerewolfWarriro - Harry, um, services merely well-nigh every member of the Weasley family. And yep, this includes a threesome with Ron and Hermione. Rating: E
  4. Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor by cloneserpents - In this honey erotic comedy with over 1,000 reviews, Harry leads his friends on a Horcrux chase afterward reading a magical book that gives him special powers. Rating: M
  5. The Dragon'due south Bride by Rizzle - Draco and Hermione wake up naked, hungover, and tattoo'd. And did nosotros mention married? Rating: M

Draco and Harry (Drarry)

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  1. Azoth by zeitgeistic - This wildly pop fic is a must for Drarry stans everywhere. It follows Harry and Hermione equally they return to Hogwarts to complete their 7th and final year after defeating Voldemort in the 2nd Earth War. But of course the Male child Who Lived can't help but fall in-love with Draco Malfoy, which means plenty of steamy scenes between the ii. Rating: Due east
  2. The Incredible Race by Cheryl Dyson - Now Aurors, Harry and Draco and are obligated to participate in a nationally televised race so the Ministry of Magic gains free publicity. The only problem? They hate each other. Rating: M
  3. Then Comes a Mist and A Weeping Pelting by Religion Wood - A ane shot with over 21,000 words, it's a sugariness rom-com that features a moody Draco whose emotions manifest into a floating deject over his head. (Literally and figuratively). Rating: E
  4. Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop - In a Draco Malfoy meets Groundhog Twenty-four hours fic, the Slytherin relives the same 24-hour period over and once again, but he presently finds himself falling for a certain Male child Who Lived. Rating: Due east
  5. Not Your Usual Veela Mate by Janara - An AU fic that begins at the offset of their 6th year, Draco is a Veela (a seductive, semi-human magical beingness) whose mate is revealed to exist none other than Harry Potter. Rating: Chiliad
  6. Must Love Quidditch by dracosoftie - Harry believes he's found his soulmate on an online dating site. That is until the identity of his digital beau is revealed. Rating: 1000
  7. Temptation on the Warfront by alizarincrims0n - In this 31 chapter AU, Draco Malfoy joins the Golden Trio on their hunt to find the horcruxes to destroy Voldemort. Rating: Thousand
  8. The Standard You Walk Past by bafflinghaze - Upon returning to Hogwarts to complete their seventh yr post-obit the Second Wizarding War, Headmistress McGonagall assigns Draco and Harry as roommates to promote house unity. Rating: M

Next Generation

  1. Take the Tumble by Kittenshift17 - Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy hate each other, simply they succumb to an irresistible challenge, proving their passionate rivalry is more than it seems. Rating: Yard
  2. Must Have Washed Something Correct by MissPronounced - In this romance, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy finally come up face-to-face in their sixth year at Hogwarts. Rating: 1000
  3. Harry Potter and the Conspiracy of Claret by CambAngst - Years after the Battle at Hogwarts, in this murder mystery Harry and iv generations of his family unit boxing to survive against a mysterious enemy. Rating: G
  4. Try and Tri Again past Joeygirl1994 - Victoire, the girl of Pecker and Fleur Weasley, is finally dating Teddy Lupin (Tonks and Remus' son), just her happiness is threatened subsequently she's chosen to participate in the Tri Wizard Tournament. Rating: T
  5. Our Little Underground past little0bird - The "past and nowadays collide" in this fic featuring the next generation of Potter/Weasley kids in Hogwarts, including Rose Weasley, James and Albus Potter, and Scorpius Malfoy. Rating: T
  6. Quietly by starlightpeddler - As Albus and Scorpius' friendship slowly begins to grow into something more, they struggle to keep their new relationship quiet from the rest of Hogwarts. Rating: T

Hermione and Severus

  1. Pet Project by Caeria - Hermione overhears a individual chat in regards to Professor Snape that leads to an unlikely romance in this fic that has over 13,000 favorites on Fanfiction.net. Rating: M
  2. The Contract past stellastark - Hermione is forced past police to ally Lucius Malfoy, leading to her to seek out Professor Snape for help. Rating: Thousand
  3. Forbidden by Savageland - 10 years subsequently the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione is pulled into an investigation of two missing Hogwarts students that seems to pb back to the dead Severus Snape. Rating: Chiliad
  4. Inkstains by Zigadenus - This unfinished, 52-chapter fic finds Hermione dealing with emotional fallout from the war and her messy divorce from Ron. Rating: Due east

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