We all want more of Harry Potter beyond the seven novel series dreamed upwards by J.K. Rowling and the timeless eight film blockbuster franchise. So where exactly do you become when searching for more of the fantastic universe introduced to us past The Boy Who Lived? If re-imaginings of the acclaimed series that answer all the "What ifs..." audio similar sky, you lot'll probably observe yourself lost in the digital labyrinth that is Harry Potter fan fiction.

From Fanfiction.net to Annal Of Our Own (AO3), Wattpad, Live Journal, and HarryPotterFanficition.com, there are literally thousands of stories written by Potterheads across the globe catered to anyone's taste. And equally a longtime fanfic reader, I'm here to tell you, fans of The Boy Who Lived are an incredibly imaginative bunch. From multi-affiliate stories that dream up epic romances about popular "ships" (autograph for relationships) like Draco and Hermione, to fourth dimension traveling adventures and mature erotica rated "M" that will make you clutch your pearls, at that place is a story for everyone. Some can exist a fleck rough around the edges, but a fair warning: once you read one, information technology'southward hard to terminate.

So while it's virtually impossible to requite kudos to every amazing story out in that location inspired by Rowling's words, I promise this list of some of the best Harry Potter fan fiction will lead y'all on a path to finding what'south right for yous. Nosotros've organized our 52 selections by some of the fandom's about popular ships and story prompts, which yous'll observe oftentimes overlap with one another. We also included a rundown of need-to-know lingo amid fanfic dice hards. Happy reading!

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A Basic Fan Fiction Glossary

  • Abandoned - A story left incomplete by its author for an extended menses of fourth dimension.
  • Alternate Universe (AU) - The author rejects Rowling's original textile and re-invents key plot points.
  • Canon - Textile that stays true to Rowling'south original narrative.
  • Crossover - A story introduces themes and characters from a dissever fandom. (Ex: Harry Potter meets the Avengers.)
  • Erotica - A.k.a smut, a.thou.a NSFW. While some would fence the bulk of fanfics are erotica, these are stories where sexual activity dominates the plot.
  • Gender Bent - Characters appear as the opposite gender from Rowling's canon.
  • Marauders - Stories following James Potter, Lily Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew and their years at Hogwarts.
  • Modern AU - The alternate universe plot takes identify in present day.
  • Multi-Year - The story spans multiple years.
  • Next Generation - Stories that follow the lives of the Harry Potter characters' children, like Harry's sons Albus and James Potter, or Draco's son Scorpius Malfoy.
  • One shot - A one chapter fic that can be long or curt and sticks to one plot and storyline.
  • Post-Hogwarts - Narratives following Harry, Ron, and Hermione that take place after the Battle of Hogwarts.
  • Ships/Pairings - Popular fandom relationships.
  • Tags - A vital function of reading fanfics—especially on AO3—tags highlight major themes and features of a story. Pay attention to tags rated M and E that warn of any sexually explicit content or trigger warnings (TW). Pro-tip #1: Tags can be used to filter out thousands of fics to discover your preferred stories. Pro-tip #2: They are nearly as entertaining every bit the story itself. Ex: Hot for Instructor'southward include "Draco's a DILF," "Awkwardness," and "Ginny and Harry are pervy and hilarious."
  • Unfinished/Work in Progress (WIP) - A fanfic that's regularly updated, but incomplete.

Crossovers

  1. Harry Potter and the Natural 20 past Sir Poley - This story blends the worlds of Harry Potter and Dungeons and Dragons for a 74 chapter epic adventure. Rating: T(een)
  2. Holly Potter and the Midlife Crisis by - An unfinished, AU, gender aptitude fic that has 61 chapters and counting, Holly Potter and the Midlife Crisis follows the "Daughter Who Lived" as she's thrust into Marvel'due south Avengers Universe. Rating: T
  3. The Havoc Side of the Force past Tsu Doh Nimh - Harry Potter and Star Wars' Anakin Skywalker run into in 1 of the fandom's most pop crossover fics, with over 15,000 favorites on Fanfiction.net. Rating: T

Draco and Hermione (Dramione)

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  1. Isolation past Bex-chan - This romantic AU has been reviewed over 16,000 times and takes identify in the moments after Half-Blood Prince. While Harry and Ron search for Horcruxes, Hermione stays behind at Hogwarts. Draco is secretly living at the schoolhouse for his protection, forced to stay in Hermione's dormitory. Rating: (One thousand)ature
  2. Rebuilding by Colubrina - With over 38,000 reviews, Rebuilding follows Draco and Hermione equally they autumn in love after returning to rebuild Hogwarts subsequently the war. Rating: M
  3. Manacled by SenLinYu - In a world where Harry was killed in the war, Voldemort orders the wizarding community to repopulate, resulting in Hermione's forced surrogacy as she holds an important Order of the Phoenix undercover. Rating: (East)xplicit
  4. Hot for Teacher by MotherofBulls - As a single parent, Draco notices that his son Scorpius has a crush on his Hogwarts instructor, who'southward none other than Hermione Granger. Rating: Thou

Post-Hogwarts

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  1. The Aurors by FloreatCastellum - Harry settles into adult life with Ginny as an established Auror. Only now he'southward 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 Comedy is an AU that finds Harry and Sirius on an adventure of "drunken immoderacy" two years later the defeat of Voldemort. Rating: M
  3. Ghost of You past blacktag189 - Picking upwardly moments afterwards the cease of the 2nd Wizarding War, Ghost of Yous follows Harry and Ginny's romance as they adapt to a world without Voldemort. Rating: K
  4. The First Twenty-four hour period by little0bird - This canon-compliant story written past popular fanfic writer "littl0bird" is another that takes identify direct afterwards The Deathly Hallows, post-obit Harry and Ginny's romance as they grieve in the days post-obit the Battle at Hogwarts. Rating: T

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Culling Universe (AU)

  1. Swung by Serafim by flamethrower - The 45 affiliate epic re-imagines Harry and Ron's third year in Hogwarts...if Gilderoy Lockhart had successfully Obliviated them in The Bedchamber of Secrets. Rating: Chiliad
  2. Prince of the Dark Kingdom by Mizuni-sama - A renowned AU multi-yr, Prince of the Nighttime Kingdom is an abandoned 126 affiliate story. It 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 wizard raised past his Aunt Petunia—who's married to a biochemist. Rating: T
  4. A Dealer Not a Decease Eater past Jaxon - In the years leading up to the start Wizarding War, Lilly Evans is in-love with Severus Snape instead of James Potter. Rating: E
  5. Text Talk by merlywhirls - In this modern AU, while in boarding school Sirius Black accidentally texts Remus Lupin—who's stuck in the hospital. But what starts out as an innocent error turns into something more. Rating: Not Rated
  6. Delenda Est by Lord Silvere - An adult Harry Potter travels back in time and meets a young, mysterious Bellatrix Lestrange, who he soon partners up with to change the class of history. Rating: T
  7. Harry Potter and the Prince of Slytherin past The Sinister Man - At over one 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 one 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 Plan past CatsAreCool - An AU with over 2,000 favorites that has Sirius remain England in order to sentinel over Harry. Rating: T
  2. The Reclamation of Black Magic by ShayaLonnie - This AU spans Harry'southward vii years at Hogwarts in a world where the Black family unit reclaims their magical dominance to change the wizarding world forever. Rating: East
  3. Harry Potter and the Time to come's Past past DriftWood1965 - The day afterward the Boxing of Hogwarts, the Goddess of Dear provides Harry and Hermione the chance to go dorsum in time. Rating: T
  4. Escape past SingularOddities - A Matrimony Law goes into place during Hermione'southward 6th year, 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 Ascension and Fall of the Stag and Doe by SiriusUntiltheVeryEnd - Another favorite accept on James and Lily's romance during their years in Hogwarts, leading up to their terminal days. (Alarm: it's 95 capacity). Rating: Yard
  3. All the Immature Dudes past MsKingBean89 - Focusing on a much-loved fandom ship, Remus and Sirius, this very long 188-chapter multi-yr slow burn down charts the Marauders' lives during and after Hogwarts. Rating: Thousand
  4. The Electrical 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 Infinite by WolfstarPups90 - Some other fic that follows the Marauders through Hogwarts and across, focusing on Remus and Sirius, and Lily and James—only this one is 106 chapters and counting, last updated in 2019. Rating: Grand

Erotica

  1. Eros and Psyche by RZZMG - The well-nigh epic, smuttiest Harry Potter fan fiction—with 67 chapters, unfinished— Eros and Psyche is an AU that sees our favorite Hogwarts students play an explicit magical card 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's work is actress hot.) Rating: M
  2. Trouble by katatonic25 - Hermione and Draco are grown and sexy ministry officials who find sizzling comfort in i another. Rating: One thousand
  3. A Big Happy Weasley Family by WerewolfWarriro - Harry, um, services just most every member of the Weasley family unit. And yep, this includes a threesome with Ron and Hermione. Rating: E
  4. Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor by cloneserpents - In this beloved erotic one-act with over 1,000 reviews, Harry leads his friends on a Horcrux hunt afterward reading a magical book that gives him special powers. Rating: Thousand
  5. The Dragon's Bride past Rizzle - Draco and Hermione wake up naked, hungover, and tattoo'd. And did we mention married? Rating: M

Draco and Harry (Drarry)

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  1. Azoth by zeitgeistic - This wildly popular fic is a must for Drarry stans everywhere. It follows Harry and Hermione as they return to Hogwarts to complete their seventh and final yr later on defeating Voldemort in the Second Globe War. But of class the Boy Who Lived can't assist just fall in-love with Draco Malfoy, which means plenty of steamy scenes betwixt the two. Rating: E
  2. The Incredible Race by Cheryl Dyson - Now Aurors, Harry and Draco and are obligated to participate in a nationally televised race then the Ministry building of Magic gains gratuitous publicity. The only trouble? They hate each other. Rating: Grand
  3. Then Comes a Mist and A Weeping Rain by Faith Wood - A 1 shot with over 21,000 words, it's a sweet rom-com that features a moody Draco whose emotions manifest into a floating cloud over his head. (Literally and figuratively). Rating: Eastward
  4. Tea and No Sympathy past who_la_hoop - In a Draco Malfoy meets Groundhog Day fic, the Slytherin relives the same 24-hour menstruum over and over once again, merely he soon finds himself falling for a certain Boy Who Lived. Rating: Due east
  5. Not Your Usual Veela Mate past Janara - An AU fic that begins at the beginning of their sixth year, Draco is a Veela (a seductive, semi-homo magical being) whose mate is revealed to be none other than Harry Potter. Rating: One thousand
  6. Must Beloved Quidditch past dracosoftie - Harry believes he's plant his soulmate on an online dating site. That is until the identity of his digital boyfriend is revealed. Rating: Chiliad
  7. Temptation on the Warfront past alizarincrims0n - In this 31 chapter AU, Draco Malfoy joins the Golden Trio on their hunt to find the horcruxes to destroy Voldemort. Rating: Thou
  8. The Standard You Walk Past by bafflinghaze - Upon returning to Hogwarts to complete their seventh year following the Second Wizarding War, Headmistress McGonagall assigns Draco and Harry every bit roommates to promote house unity. Rating: M

Next Generation

  1. Take the Tumble past Kittenshift17 - Rose Weasley and Scorpius Malfoy hate each other, but they succumb to an irresistible claiming, proving their passionate rivalry is more than than it seems. Rating: 1000
  2. Must Accept Washed Something Correct by MissPronounced - In this romance, Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy finally come contiguous in their sixth year at Hogwarts. Rating: M
  3. Harry Potter and the Conspiracy of Blood by CambAngst - Years later the Battle at Hogwarts, in this murder mystery Harry and four generations of his family battle to survive confronting a mysterious enemy. Rating: M
  4. Endeavor and Tri Again past Joeygirl1994 - Victoire, the daughter of Beak and Fleur Weasley, is finally dating Teddy Lupin (Tonks and Remus' son), but her happiness is threatened after she'due south chosen to participate in the Tri Sorcerer Tournament. Rating: T
  5. Our Little Secret by little0bird - The "past and nowadays collide" in this fic featuring the adjacent generation of Potter/Weasley kids in Hogwarts, including Rose Weasley, James and Albus Potter, and Scorpius Malfoy. Rating: T
  6. Quietly by starlightpeddler - Every bit Albus and Scorpius' friendship slowly begins to grow into something more, they struggle to continue their new relationship quiet from the rest of Hogwarts. Rating: T

Hermione and Severus

  1. Pet Projection by Caeria - Hermione overhears a private conversation 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 constabulary to marry Lucius Malfoy, leading to her to seek out Professor Snape for assistance. Rating: Chiliad
  3. Forbidden by Savageland - X years afterwards the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione is pulled into an investigation of two missing Hogwarts students that seems to lead back to the dead Severus Snape. Rating: K
  4. Inkstains by Zigadenus - This unfinished, 52-chapter fic finds Hermione dealing with emotional fallout from the state of war and her messy divorce from Ron. Rating: E

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