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Focus: Books Harry Potter, Since: 07-21-06
My collection of good Harry Potter reads. Heavy on longer, completed classics, AU, Independent, Darkish Harry. Some cute kid Harry, nonangsty HPSS slash and other guilty pleasures. Emphasis on character, plots and the author's passing acquaintance with good grammar and spell check. |
A Hogwarts Christmas Story by Bobmin356 reviews
Christmas comes earlier than expected.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 14,602 - Reviews: 264 - Favs: 1,001 - Follows: 234 - Published: 8/8/2011 - Harry P., F. Flitwick - Complete
Harry Potter the Power Unknown by Priya Ashok reviews
Manipulative, Evil Dumbledore! Powerful Harry! Clever, Resilient, Brave Snape! Alternate Universe! Brilliantly Intelligent Lily! The full story of Harry Potter Please READ & REVIEW!COMPLETE!
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Adventure - Chapters: 21 - Words: 110,356 - Reviews: 671 - Favs: 1,692 - Follows: 742 - Updated: 6/4/2007 - Published: 3/24/2007 - Harry P. - Complete
Paraselenic by EmpyrealFantasy reviews
ºHPTR / HPLVº With maturity comes understanding, and Harry understands just fine. After ten years in training, Harry returns to the moment he left…with a whole new plan for himself. ºThe Light will never know what hit itº Vampire!Harry Dark!Harry
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Romance - Chapters: 40 - Words: 221,745 - Reviews: 3931 - Favs: 6,836 - Follows: 3,246 - Updated: 1/24/2010 - Published: 5/10/2007 - Harry P., Voldemort - Complete
The Marriage Contracts Redux by Clell65619 reviews
A rewrite of 'Harry Potter and the Marriage Contracts' done to improve some of the story elements, cut down on the Weasley bashing, and generally make a bit more sense. The changes are minor, but I believe make for a better story.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor - Chapters: 5 - Words: 70,364 - Reviews: 440 - Favs: 3,542 - Follows: 1,079 - Published: 3/22/2010 - Harry P., Daphne G. - Complete
The Quidditch World Cup by TheEndless7 reviews
After the war, things didn't go as planned for Harry. He tried to be an Auror, but it wasn't for him. Instead, he turned to Quidditch. Now, at the 2002 World Cup, he looks back on what went wrong and discovers what he always wanted.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 7 - Words: 77,996 - Reviews: 372 - Favs: 1,587 - Follows: 746 - Updated: 12/25/2017 - Published: 3/31/2011 - Harry P., Luna L. - Complete
Broken by Batsutousai reviews
Dumbledore knew before Harry Potter came to Hogwarts what he needed the boy to do, and he knew exactly how to make him do it. A twist on the normal manipulative!Dumbledore story. LVHP
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Friendship - Chapters: 10 - Words: 52,511 - Reviews: 825 - Favs: 3,687 - Follows: 2,793 - Updated: 3/23/2014 - Published: 10/2/2009 - [Harry P., Voldemort] Albus D. - Complete
Insane Asylum Escapees by RuneWitchSakura reviews
This is a series of oneshots that involve Harry believing that everyone in the 'magical' world is insane. Starts with Dumbledore, Snape, and McGonagall getting Harry, instead of Hagrid, and goes in random order from there. Involves much sarcasm from Harry. Feel free to adopt.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 15 - Words: 10,203 - Reviews: 1465 - Favs: 3,980 - Follows: 3,057 - Updated: 10/11/2013 - Published: 5/12/2007 - Harry P.
A Keen Observer by DeepDownSlytherin reviews
Andromeda says little, but she sees everything. Through their years at Hogwarts, she watches her sisters as one falls in love and one falls into madness, and doesn't see as a muggleborn boy breaks into her sheltered life. Now Complete.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 31 - Words: 149,784 - Reviews: 1495 - Favs: 1,795 - Follows: 423 - Updated: 10/10/2006 - Published: 7/17/2005 - Andromeda T., Ted T. - Complete
Away in a Manger by Snapegirlkmf reviews
On Christmas Eve, an unwanted child is left in a manger and found by a young Potions Master, changing both their lives forever. AU, implied child abuse, neglect, Sev raises Harry.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Family/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 25 - Words: 186,365 - Reviews: 2213 - Favs: 2,836 - Follows: 1,022 - Updated: 2/11/2010 - Published: 12/6/2009 - Harry P., Severus S. - Complete
Death and King's Cross by sciathan file reviews
[DH Spoilers, One shot] Who was to know Death had etiquette enough to be personalized? Ensemble fic.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 10,611 - Reviews: 92 - Favs: 275 - Follows: 25 - Published: 10/4/2007 - Severus S., Sirius B. - Complete
Centaur Childer by InferiorBeing reviews
HarryDraco Hagrid refuses to leave Harry with ‘those’ muggles, but there is an accident when bringing Harry to Hogwarts which results in Harry being raised by Centaurs.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Fantasy - Chapters: 5 - Words: 30,276 - Reviews: 495 - Favs: 838 - Follows: 1,210 - Updated: 11/22/2008 - Published: 7/16/2007 - Harry P., Draco M.
Black Truth by InferiorBeing reviews
And, with bated breath, Draco traced the silver line down one more step in the family tree. Draco Lucius Malfoy... the third full blooded Veriae in the Malfoy family... and future life mate of Harry Potter. HD SLASH No HBP spoilers
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 42 - Words: 104,304 - Reviews: 5062 - Favs: 9,705 - Follows: 2,406 - Updated: 12/23/2005 - Published: 4/27/2004 - Harry P., Draco M. - Complete
The Lesser of Two Evils: Year Two by lasaireigh reviews
Harry's second year at Hogwarts is shaping up to be even crazier than his first! (Contains possessed squeak toys, prank warfare, enchanted cheese, and boar music critics) Warning: Don't eat or drink while reading!
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 11 - Words: 28,636 - Reviews: 436 - Favs: 367 - Follows: 347 - Updated: 9/10/2005 - Published: 12/29/2004 - Harry P.
The Lesser of Two Evils: Year One by lasaireigh reviews
Harry Potter has a few tricks up his sleeve that Dumbledore and Voldemort will never see coming! (Warning: This fic includes possessed squeak toys. Don't drink anything while reading.)
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 13 - Words: 32,434 - Reviews: 361 - Favs: 593 - Follows: 203 - Updated: 12/24/2004 - Published: 10/28/2004 - Harry P.
insurgere by Silver Pard reviews
Hufflepuff is the house of the leftovers, the losers, the forgotten. Well, Tom Riddle thinks, it's time to change that.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 6,414 - Reviews: 495 - Favs: 3,471 - Follows: 670 - Published: 3/27/2010 - Tom R. Jr. - Complete
Ne Fiat Lux by Silver Pard reviews
AU: In a world where the beginning was different, Harry rants on why he's turned out the way he has.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,508 - Reviews: 118 - Favs: 766 - Follows: 127 - Published: 2/27/2007 - Harry P., Albus D. - Complete
A Parents Secret Gift by EvilDaystar reviews
What if Harry's parents had put in place a few contingency plans for Harry's future. How different would his life have been in the magical world then? Harry Potter first year AU story with some Albus Dumbledore perspective every now and again.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 30 - Words: 96,943 - Reviews: 630 - Favs: 1,900 - Follows: 610 - Published: 6/5/2006 - Harry P., Albus D. - Complete
Shards of Time: The Master of Death by Shitsumeishi reviews
Harry Potter is just an eccentric school boy with some unusual talents. Lord Peverell-Black, on the other hand, is a magically and politically powerful man with the world at his fingertips and a war at his doorstep. Time travel, no pairings.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 11 - Words: 66,085 - Reviews: 886 - Favs: 3,883 - Follows: 4,616 - Updated: 8/24/2011 - Published: 7/19/2009 - Harry P.
Mistaken Identity by Silver Pard reviews
Will the real Boy Who Lived please stand up? Snape is convinced that the second Potter twin is the one to worry about. Too bad no one else seems to agree. Oneshot.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,341 - Reviews: 256 - Favs: 2,306 - Follows: 551 - Published: 3/27/2006 - Severus S., Harry P. - Complete
Harry Potter the Dark Pixie by voider reviews
Dark, antisocial, independent, Ravenclaw Harry discovers magic at the age of 8. He learns some wandless magic, learns that he is groomed to be a weapon and at the age of 9, he leaves his home. Harry/Su Li for now; some Yuri later. Read more inside.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Humor - Chapters: 10 - Words: 42,635 - Reviews: 723 - Favs: 2,107 - Follows: 2,246 - Updated: 12/22/2009 - Published: 9/26/2008 - Harry P., OC
Veela Inheritance Problems by Sakya reviews
The old pureblood families of the wizard world up hold many traditions and one of them is the engagement season where the families with veela ascendence can match their young. Nothing that Harry should worry about, right? Wrong Slash
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 21 - Words: 66,562 - Reviews: 2566 - Favs: 4,595 - Follows: 4,640 - Updated: 2/15/2008 - Published: 1/7/2006 - Harry P., Draco M.
Unintentionally Yours by Dinkel reviews
What if Voldemort has found another way to get what he wants? What if he wants something else now? He proposes a contract to insure peace between the Light and the Dark and of course it involves Harry... HPTR or HPLV slash...
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Angst - Chapters: 61 - Words: 340,148 - Reviews: 3524 - Favs: 3,257 - Follows: 1,255 - Updated: 2/5/2007 - Published: 9/12/2006 - Harry P., Voldemort - Complete
The Last Casualties by muggledad reviews
"Lily, it's him! Take Harry and run!" It began the same way, but ended in a very different way. This change caused life instead of death for many. Life altering changes provide the Power The Dark Lord Knows Not. J/L, H/Hr
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance/Family - Chapters: 32 - Words: 386,442 - Reviews: 3079 - Favs: 5,742 - Follows: 6,478 - Updated: 9/17/2017 - Published: 2/26/2011 - [Harry P., Hermione G.] [James P., Lily Evans P.]
Harry the Hufflepuff by BajaB reviews
Luckily, lazy came up in Petunia's tirades slightly more often than freak, otherwise, this could have been a very different story. AU. Not your usual Hufflepuff!Harry story.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 6 - Words: 29,190 - Reviews: 1521 - Favs: 8,737 - Follows: 2,916 - Updated: 3/12/2018 - Published: 11/10/2010 - Harry P. - Complete
And it's Taken me With it by Allanasha ke kiri reviews
Sequel to TWGC -- Harry's back where he belongs, but it's not how he expected it to be. Can he pretend nothing has changed while still preparing to face his 'destiny'. All in all, he's looking forward to an easy year, but, when has anything ever been easy
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 36 - Words: 93,036 - Reviews: 1111 - Favs: 636 - Follows: 892 - Updated: 11/23/2010 - Published: 3/11/2009 - Harry P.