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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. |
Black Vengeance by maidros78 reviews
After Sirius' death, Harry has problems trusting people, especially Dumbledore. When some Death Eaters trying to evade Voldemort make contact, he learns curious truths. Can he uncover why he was given to Dursleys? after OotP, AU, manipulative Dumbledore
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 18 - Words: 46,224 - Reviews: 549 - Favs: 727 - Follows: 1,071 - Updated: 10/25/2008 - Published: 2/8/2007 - Harry P., Hermione G.
A Stranger in the Promised Land by serpant-sorcerer reviews
PART II: Harry Potter thought that he had found a way home but something went wrong. Now he finds himself trapped in another dimension, in which someone else was cursed with the famous scar, and Tom Riddle never became the Dark Lord.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Mystery/Adventure - Chapters: 4 - Words: 109,659 - Reviews: 582 - Favs: 1,506 - Follows: 1,721 - Updated: 1/16/2008 - Published: 6/14/2007 - Harry P., Tom R. Jr.
The TriSchool Tournament by DisobedienceWriter reviews
One shot, AU of GOF. Here’s the story I wish I had found when I read GoF or GoF fanfiction. New, harder tasks. Observant!Smart!Harry. On the outs with Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Hogwarts in general. No pairings.
Harry Potter - Rated: K - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 2 - Words: 31,882 - Reviews: 327 - Favs: 2,444 - Follows: 769 - Updated: 9/3/2007 - Published: 8/31/2007 - Harry P. - Complete
Evolution by Twinheart reviews
SEQUEL TO EQUILIBRIUM-NOTE: ON TEMPORARY HIATUS. A mentoring relationship is developing between young wizard Harry Potter and his dour Potions Professor, Severus Snape. But away from Hogwarts, Harry’s life is not all it seems. Summer before Year Two.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 22 - Words: 109,115 - Reviews: 2311 - Favs: 2,217 - Follows: 3,026 - Updated: 12/17/2009 - Published: 4/4/2007 - Harry P., Severus S.
Equilibrium by Twinheart reviews
AU Snape.mentors.Harry fic. When Harry Potter comes to Hogwarts, Snape is forced to reexamine his initial impressions. Warnings: implications of : child neglect, abuse, manipulative Dumbledore, sedition. Not Canon.
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 24 - Words: 74,846 - Reviews: 1374 - Favs: 3,837 - Follows: 1,111 - Updated: 3/29/2007 - Published: 10/20/2006 - Severus S., Harry P. - Complete
Heir of Slytherin by rayama reviews
Voldemort needs to find a worthy Heir in order to assume the title of Lord Slytherin. Fortunately, he planned ahead, and his grandson Harry Potter is the perfect candidate. Sort of Severitus. Rating is for Sirius' pottymouth. No pairings.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Humor - Chapters: 28 - Words: 55,384 - Reviews: 1652 - Favs: 2,237 - Follows: 2,462 - Updated: 2/8/2008 - Published: 4/21/2006 - Harry P., Voldemort
Breaking Tradition by Mortalus reviews
When Harry Potter dies at the ripe old age of 107, an unlikely mourner comes to visit his grave.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,672 - Reviews: 486 - Favs: 1,870 - Follows: 333 - Published: 7/17/2002 - Severus S., Voldemort - Complete
Two Sides of the Same Coin by Ten Toes reviews
Petunia & Harry become a team, and Harry finds the wizarding world much earlier than anyone suspects. He hides his Slytherin self under the guise of a naive Gryffindor. He also hides the wizard friendships he made years before Hogwarts. AU
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 14 - Words: 110,091 - Reviews: 2447 - Favs: 5,097 - Follows: 5,843 - Updated: 8/17/2008 - Published: 6/25/2007 - Harry P.
A Stranger in an Unholy Land by serpant-sorcerer reviews
PART I: Days before his 6th year, Harry Potter is sucked into another universe by forces not of this world. Dazed and confused, Harry finds himself in a world where his parents are alive, where Voldemort has never fallen and he is Voldemort's key enforcer
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 17 - Words: 470,388 - Reviews: 1715 - Favs: 4,260 - Follows: 1,551 - Updated: 4/25/2007 - Published: 7/14/2004 - Harry P., Voldemort - Complete
The World As We Knew It by Lady Alinor reviews
Destroy the Horcruxes—that’s Harry’s goal, until an Aperio throws him and two other unknown people into a world where the prophecy never existed, his parents and Sirius are alive, and Ginny went to Azkaban for opening the Chamber. Canon pairings, preDH.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Mystery - Chapters: 60 - Words: 178,249 - Reviews: 2433 - Favs: 2,351 - Follows: 1,039 - Updated: 11/23/2007 - Published: 6/2/2007 - Harry P., Ginny W. - Complete
The Better Man by Laume reviews
Suppose the Marauders torture hadn't driven Snape to Voldemort and he had been the better man. What would the future have looked like? Warning: may now contain DH spoilers.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 22 - Words: 81,568 - Reviews: 2156 - Favs: 4,029 - Follows: 4,940 - Updated: 5/15/2016 - Published: 6/2/2007 - Severus S., Harry P.
Altered Destinies by DobbyElfLord reviews
DONE! Harry has defeated Voldemort, but it was a costly victory. Aberforth Dumbledore presents a plan to go back and kill the infant Riddle, but Harry will have to stay there 10 years. Can Harry alter the wizarding world's destiny? WWII and Grindelwald
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Suspense - Chapters: 39 - Words: 289,078 - Reviews: 3779 - Favs: 7,934 - Follows: 3,066 - Updated: 9/1/2007 - Published: 9/15/2006 - Harry P., Tom R. Jr. - Complete
Manipulating Fate by Midnight Star 25 reviews
Time Travel A 30 year old Harry succeeded in fulfilling the prophecy, but there's nothing left to live for. Harry executes a risky scheme, that will have him fighting against fate itself. GreyHarry Independent Powerful Harry Slight Dumbledore Bashing
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Supernatural/Family - Chapters: 31 - Words: 176,846 - Reviews: 2759 - Favs: 4,429 - Follows: 4,683 - Updated: 7/26/2008 - Published: 6/22/2007 - Harry P.
Raising Harry: La Vida Muggle by aramie.greyson reviews
AU. Harry is raised in the muggle world, by an American muggle 'witch'. OC heavy. First in a series. See author's profile for full summary.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 11 - Words: 55,900 - Reviews: 208 - Favs: 565 - Follows: 274 - Updated: 8/16/2007 - Published: 8/9/2007 - Harry P. - Complete
Bond by Crystal Cove reviews
[REWRITTEN & COMPLETE] The Dursleys win a summer vacation to Mexico, leaving nine year old Harry Potter behind. A reluctant Snape to the rescue…
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 59 - Words: 139,195 - Reviews: 1441 - Favs: 750 - Follows: 363 - Updated: 8/10/2007 - Published: 10/29/2005 - Harry P., Severus S. - Complete
Larceny, Lechery, and Luna Lovegood! by Rorschach's Blot reviews
It takes two thieves, a Dark Wizard, and a Tentacle Monster named Tim.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor/Romance - Chapters: 83 - Words: 230,739 - Reviews: 2712 - Favs: 4,225 - Follows: 1,807 - Updated: 4/4/2008 - Published: 7/31/2007 - Harry P., Hermione G. - Complete
Hindsight by loralee1 reviews
AU, Post HBP Snape travels back in time to warn pre SSPS Snape about what is to come. No DH Spoilers
Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 11 - Words: 41,690 - Reviews: 1239 - Favs: 3,148 - Follows: 1,749 - Updated: 11/1/2012 - Published: 9/19/2006 - Severus S., Harry P. - Complete
A Bad Week at the Wizengamot by DisobedienceWriter reviews
What would have happened if Harry had been convicted by the Wizengamot after defending himself from dementors before his fifth year at Hogwarts? Humorous! Followup stories on Sirius Black plus Cornelius Fudge's attempt at becoming a dark lord.
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 3 - Words: 22,251 - Reviews: 692 - Favs: 5,288 - Follows: 1,408 - Updated: 8/14/2007 - Published: 7/6/2007 - Complete
Resolution by GreenGecko reviews
Sequel to Resonance and Revolution. Harry enters his second year as an Auror Apprentice. Snape's wedding looms, and Harry's odd new powers mature, creating mayhem, perilous temptations, and opportunities to gain real wisdom.
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 83 - Words: 787,823 - Reviews: 3076 - Favs: 1,594 - Follows: 1,733 - Updated: 11/13/2012 - Published: 4/1/2007 - Harry P., Severus S.
Founders' Heirs by fhrulz21 reviews
AU preHBP. Harry and Company are sent to an alternate universe where his parents are still alive, he is dead and Voldemort is still very active. The twist, they have just beaten Voldemort in their dimension by uniting Hogwarts as the Founder's Heirs. HG,
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Adventure - Chapters: 17 - Words: 73,585 - Reviews: 818 - Favs: 2,046 - Follows: 2,351 - Updated: 1/22/2013 - Published: 12/11/2005
Harry Potter and the Power of Truth by CreativeQuill reviews
COMPLETE! What if the magical world DID exist? What if Harry Potter and the major characters from the books were real, and there was a very real threat looming from the magical world?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance/Drama - Chapters: 26 - Words: 90,936 - Reviews: 315 - Favs: 211 - Follows: 51 - Updated: 9/14/2004 - Published: 7/8/2004 - Harry P. - Complete
Shades of Grey by CreativeQuill reviews
[COMPLETE] What secrets does Petunia Dursley have, and what will Dumbledore do when Harry turns seventeen, and he can no longer be told that he must stay in the Dursley household? And where do his feelings for Ginny fit in?
Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Romance - Chapters: 13 - Words: 43,422 - Reviews: 635 - Favs: 554 - Follows: 115 - Updated: 2/9/2005 - Published: 1/27/2005 - Harry P., Ginny W. - Complete
Life, Or Something Like It by CreativeQuill reviews
Sequel to Evanescence, PostHBP, HG RHr and others RomanceGeneralDrama
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Romance - Chapters: 6 - Words: 24,640 - Reviews: 425 - Favs: 296 - Follows: 320 - Updated: 12/28/2005 - Published: 11/3/2005 - Harry P., Ginny W.
Evanescence by CreativeQuill reviews
[COMPLETE!] PostHBP, Harry's quest for the horcruxes... but he's not doing it alone! HG RHr RemusTonks BillFleur
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Romance - Chapters: 16 - Words: 62,439 - Reviews: 1233 - Favs: 829 - Follows: 274 - Updated: 8/24/2005 - Published: 8/3/2005 - Harry P., Ginny W. - Complete
Stronger Than Hope by Alaunatar reviews
AU after OoTP, a few HBP details. An obsessed, grieving Harry has decided on a dangerous way to defeat Voldemort. Snape is paying closer attention than before, but his contempt for Harry blinds him. Eventual Snape as Harry's guardian story. COMPLETE
Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 50 - Words: 164,882 - Reviews: 1598 - Favs: 2,037 - Follows: 663 - Updated: 4/3/2007 - Published: 2/11/2007 - Severus S., Harry P. - Complete