Harry Potter Fic Recs

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My HP Fic Recs. I tend to like multi-chapter epics (100,000+ words) and the majority of them are rated Explicit.


NOTE: Updated Feb. 13th 2020

Recs are divided up by pairing

You can find more recs in my memories here, with my recs tag here, on FFN here and on AO3 here. All these links have multifandom recs, not just HP. You will also find more recs in many fandoms here

 

Hermione/Lucius

A New World by ginny____weasley [Explicit]
With Kingsley determined to establish a fair political climate in a post-Voldemort world, Hermione finds herself forced to spend time with Lucius Malfoy, who is working toward his own ulterior goals.

The White Peacock by Bambu [Explicit]
For some, a paradigm shift takes a fraction of a second.  For Lucius Malfoy, that fraction of a second is three decades in the making.

Adventurous Hearts Trilogy by Snapes_Goddess [Explicit]
Dr. Hermione Granger hits a stumbling block when a bit of Death Eater magic bars her way into an archeological site, her only option is to seek the help of Prisoner Lucius Malfoy.  Paroled in exchange for his assistance, Lucius finds himself trapped in an ancient temple with a mudblood witch and at the mercy of a voyeuristic witch who demands certain sacrifices in exchange for freedom.  Can they fulfill the demands and still remain emotionally detached?

19 Years Later by knitchick [Explicit]
Are things really so wonderful 19 years later? Hermione finds that saving someone else may very well end up saving her as well.

Muggle Studies by Speculating [Mature]
After a year of litigation, Lucius Malfoy has a choice - a year in Azkaban to pay for his sins, or prove he's a changed man by passing third-year Muggle Studies, the new and improved version taught by none other than the esteemed Miss Granger. Even worse, his only son may be attracted to a Weasley. Oh, the horror.

A Comedy of Manors by Mundungus42 [Explicit]
Lucius hires Hermione, a marriage consultant, to find a bride for Severus while secretly scheming to pair them up. What he gets is a bit more than he bargained for.

Letting Sleeping Dragons Lie by MissSuzeH [Explicit]
The decision to come back to the now completely restored Hogwarts, had not been an easy one to make. She had thought long and hard before concluding that even without Harry and Ron, returning to her former school to finish her exams was indeed the right thing to do...wans't it. Encountering Lucius Malfoy and striking a deal with Draco might change that.

That Is Not Dead Which Can Eternal Lie by DelphiPsmith [Teen/Mature]
Five years after the end of the war, Malfoy Manor is suffering from a peculiar infestation and Unspeakable Granger is assigned to the case. Much has changed at the Manor, but thousands of years of Malfoy heritage cannot be lightly disregarded.

 

Hermione/Severus

The Phantom of Hogwarts by Good_Witch [Explicit]
How in the world does Hogwarts come to be doing a performance of The Phantom of the Opera? And just why is Snape so pissed about it?

In Time by ladyofthemasque [Explicit]
It's three years after the War has ended, Hemione uses a Time Turner to find out the fate of Severus Snape after the final battle. Did he die, and if so what happened to his body? Things don't go as expected.

The Problem With Purity by Phoenix.Writing/Silver Birch [Explicit]
As Hermione, Harry, and Ron are about to begin their seventh and final year at Hogwarts, they learn some surprising and dangerous information regarding what it means to be Pure in the wizarding world.

Hermione Granger and the Crystal of Time by Aurette [Explicit]
Hermione stumbles upon a conspiracy full of murder, mystery, mayhem, and unending betrayal. Will the man she turns to for help betray her heart?

Not Only A Granger by ferporcel [Mature]
Eleven years after the end of the war, Hermione finds herself in a delicate situation when her only son leaves for Hogwarts and threatens her most guarded secret: that he’s not only a Granger, but also a Snape!

One Step Forward, Two Decades Back by corvusdraconis [Mature]
Hermione Granger gets erased due to a badly phrased, vague, and bitter wish. She is Hermione Granger no more. Now, thanks to Ron, she is Hermione Ankaa Black, sister of Sirius and Regulus Black, and member of the Ancient and Most Noble House of Black. Now what is she going to do?

Fate Set Right by mltrefry [Teen/Mature]
Time turners are dangerous devices, and awful things happen to wizards and witches who meddle with time.
Or do they?
For Hermione Granger, an accident that leads her back in time changes the course of nearly a dozen lives, her own included. Love where there was none before, hope where it was lost, trust where it had always been suspect.

 

Hermione/Tom Riddle

Champion by IM Sterling [Mature/Explicit]
The war is much larger, far longer, and much deeper than they could have imagined: fought on a scale that baffles the limits of human understanding. In such a world, perhaps it isn't surprising when Hermione Granger is sent back in time to rescue Tom Riddle's soul before he has the chance to destroy it.

The Three Portals by violingrl07 [Teen]
After the final battle, Hermione is trapped. Then fate sends her much further from home than she could have imagined, into the arms of Tom Riddle. Ambition and fear war with love and integrity as Hermione tries to create a new future for the whole world.

Nightmare by provocative envy [Explicit]
A broken time turner shouldn't have sent me back so far. It was unprecedented. Stepping on it-smashing it-nothing should have happened. At most, I should have lost a week. At worst, I should have disappeared altogether. I shouldn't have traveled back fifty-two years; half a bloody century. This should not have happened.

Have You Ever by Lady Moonglow [Teen]
With the war looking bleak, the Golden Trio, Ginny, Draco, and Lavender go back to Tom Riddle's 7th Year to destroy Lord Voldemort once and for all. What Hermione DIDN'T count on, however, is a shared common room, a curse, and a crazy little thing called love.

All The Wrong Choices by QueenOfTheDreamers [Mature]
Hermione Granger is kidnapped by Severus Snape and taken to Lord Voldemort, who behaves in a bizarrely familiar manner with Hermione. When she's rocketed back in time by Voldemort, she realises just why he knew her so well in the 1990s - it was because he'd known her very well indeed, as Tom Marvolo Riddle, in an entirely different time. She had to go back because she'd been there. But will she stay?

 

Hermione/Draco

Through The Eyes of A Child by Jamie’s Lady [Explicit]
Life changes forever when a child falls through time and lands in Malfoy Manor

Distance by In Dreams [Mature]
She’s a novice Unspeakable trying to earn her stripes. He’s a shafted Auror desperate to prove himself. When they end up forced together on a shared assignment, neither is willing to back down. But when the mission pulls them into an ancient world of mystery and adventure, they find themselves depending on each other in a race against time.

Chronos Historia by In Dreams [Mature]
Hermione and Draco stumble upon a mysterious portal and find themselves hurtled back through time a thousand years. Forced to team up to find a way home, they quickly realize that much of the history they believed to be fact, wasn't true after all.

Rewriting Destiny by Mayawrites95 [Teen]
They all thought after Voldemort's fall that the world would get better. But they were wrong. The Death Eaters used politics to accomplish what Voldemort never could. And with the dwindling Wizarding population and no one left to fight, there's only one solution: to go back in time to before Voldemort rose to power, and fix what broke the first time around.

The Heiress of Slytherin by Peanutbuttertoast [Explicit]
Hermione is Sorted into Slytherin and is taunted by her Housemates..particularly Draco Malfoy who succeeds in alienating the little witch from not just Slytherin House but the entirety of Hogwarts...but what happens when Hermione finds out just who her real father is...and how will she prove her worth?

The Eagle’s Nest by HeartOAspen {Mature]
Hermione's eighth year at Hogwarts is already going to be difficult in the aftermath of the war, but it is further thrown into upheaval when Headmistress McGonagall orders a re-sorting of all students to promote inter-house unity. But when the Sorting Hat sends Hermione to Ravenclaw with Draco - and without Harry or Ron - how will she cope?

Children of the Dark Series by cleotheo [Teen/Mature]
It's time for Harry, Hermione and Draco to start school. But what happens when two of the golden trio aren't who they appear to be and are best friends with a Slytherin? Dark Hermione! Dark Harry! First in a seven part series.

 

Hermione/Sirius

Debt of Time by ShayaLonnie [Explicit]
When Hermione finds a way to bring Sirius back from the veil, her actions change the rest of the war. Little does she know her spell restoring him to life provokes magic she doesn't understand and sets her on a path that ends with a Time-Turner.

Right the First Time by msmerlin [Explicit]
“Are you familiar with Time-Turners Miss Granger?” The question was the catalyst that sent Hermione back on a secret mission to stop Voldemort before October 31st, 1981. Her work with the original order was important, but clearly nobody relayed this to her partner. Young and not yet tainted by the pain of loss and Azkaban, Sirius Black was a lot harder to manage than Ron or Harry. When he wasn't making every situation the punchline to a long winded joke, he was making his salacious intentions well known.

One Hundred and Sixty Nine by Soupy-George [Teen]
It was no accident. She was Hermione Granger - as if she'd do anything this insane without the proper research and reference charts. Arriving on the 14th of May 1981, She had given herself 169 days. An ample amount of time to commit murder if one had a strict schedule, the correct notes and the help of one possibly reluctant, estranged heir.

 

Hermione/Remus

Time Interned by TaraSoleil [Mature]
Draco meant to send her to the future, to a world ruled by Lord Voldemort. He really ought to read directions before he goes messing with other people's things. Hermione finds herself stuck in the past (The 70s!), pretending to be something she's not (Average!) and fighting with everything she has to keep from changing the future.

This Time Around by DisneyDoll0424 [Teen]
Hermione Granger travels back in time and meets up with the Marauders. She finds out that changing the past can have unexpected consequences for the future.

Chemistry & Timing by TheBookBully [Teen/Mature]
She mustn't be seen. It was the oldest rule of time travel yet one of the hardest to follow. Hermione is thrown back to the start of her third year and the professor who'd always been there for her. Now with Sirius escaped from prison and Remus' entire past before him again, can she be there for him? And what happens once the year is over?

The Last Marauder by Resa-Aureus [Mature/Explicit]
In the wake of the war, Dumbledore's portrait gives Hermione a task that could change the course of history if she succeeds, but unravel time itself if she fails.

 

Hermione/Other

Worth The Risk by Inell [Hemione/Teddy – Explicit]
When Hermione gives in to temptation and kisses a much younger man, she has no idea how her life is going to change. As Hermione and Teddy navigate a new relationship, they also have to deal with her misgivings regarding their age, his insecurities, her children, his godfather, her ex-husband, and a case at work that keeps them busy.

Establishing a Dynasty by Jessiy [HG/LM, HG/DM, HG/AM, HG/OMC – Explicit]
September 19, 1997 the Gringotts Goblin’s presented Lucius with a key. Now armed with an old prophecy and a contract, the Malfoy’s change the tides of war. Their focus on one ferocious lioness.

Quartet by OracleObsured [HG/LM, HG/DM, HG/SS, LM/SS, DM/SS – Explicit]
An accidental audience. An unforgettable performance. An encore of epic proportions. Magic, sex, love, and kink melding into a harmonious whole.

A Gift of Love by Madelene [SS/HG/LM – Mature]
A child unexpectedly comes into Hermione's life through unusual circumstances. When the secret of the child's paternity is revealed, it will change all of their lives forever.

Out of the Shadows Came a Rose by gingrtart50 [SS/HG/LM – Explicit] Molly interferes, Ron is a twit but gets over it, Lucius is reformed (well, a bit), Draco grows up, Ginny is a good friend (apart from recommending the shoes), Harry is a hero, and Hermione has fun and spends a lot of time in a library. Snape, meanwhile, considers that he is getting his usual shit deal from fate, although to be fair, he never expected to find a family of his own.

Some Things Change by literaryspell [LM/HG/DM – Explicit – Incest]
Draco Malfoy wants Hermione. Lucius Malfoy wants her, too. What will happen when she doesn’t want to decide and her magic chooses for her?

The Prisoner of Nurmengard by FiveFarthings [HG/AM - Teen/Mature]
Someone unexpected picks up the pieces when Hermione's marriage collapses


 

Harry/Lucius

Mulligan by Elpin [Mature/Explicit]
Draco breaks up with Harry and the Boy Who Got Voldy is devastated. He has a plan to make things right again, but he ends up going a little further than planned.

Harry Potter: Made For Each Other by IbegToDreamAndDiffer [Explicit]
Lucius Malfoy is saved from the Dementor's Kiss by Harry Potter. Why? Harry Potter is his mate! Now they have to navigate their way through a relationship while also trying to help each other pick up the pieces of their slightly broken lives, facing the public, their friends and family, as well as themselves in the process, until they discover exactly why they are made for each other. Veela story.

En Las Montanas and Come The Maelstrom by Furor-Scribiendi [Mature]
Harry and Lucius are stuck with each other in a foreign land. Unwilling at first, they stick together and try to get along. Time passes & things happen. Do they have enough time, or is slipping away already

 

Harry/Severus

It All Started With A Visit to Gringotts by JadeDragon36 [Explicit]
Voldemort is dead and Harry has finally graduated from Hogwarts and is ready to live his life, but his world is turned upside down when he realizes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends.

The Apple Tree by Philo [Explicit]
Harry returns for his seventh year determined to change the status quo. A long (but completed!) tale of romance, betrayal, initiative and derring do!

Shaping the Future by Charmed Artist [Mature/Explicit]
In a darker future, the Order pitches one last battle at Hogwarts. Defeated, Harry Potter is defenseless against Voldemort's death blow... that somehow throws him into the past.

 

Harry/Draco

Hush of War by faire-weather [Explicit]
Voldemort has made a bargain with Harry to stop killing muggles and muggle-borns (when at all possible, of course) in exchange for Harry's cooperation. While Harry thinks he's using the time to find a way to defeat the Dark Lord, he will realize that Voldemort is always one step ahead, and so long as he isn't killing anyone...what's the big deal? He has bigger things to worry about now, anyway. Includes dementors, pureblood culture, the prophecy, what exactly happened with Lily's sacrifice, magical breakthroughs, children Death Eaters, and portraits of family.

Survival of the Species by Romaine [Explicit]
Draco approaches Harry on the 9 ¾ platform, after their sons have boarded the Hogwarts Express, and invites him over for tea. The discussion they have leads them on an adventure that neither could have expected. There be dragons!

Returning to Sanity by AchillesTheGeek [Mature/Explicit]
The insanity that was Voldemort is over. The clean-up is about to begin. How will the Wizarding World return to sanity? And will Harry manage to keep his?

Runaway Wizard by Yanagi-wa [Mature/Explicit]
Harry finally gets tired of being mistreated by the Dursley's and his complaints ignored or dismissed by the faculty of Hogwarts so he runs away. He learns a lot on the streets and in the world he falls into.

Raspberry Jam by vvc [Teen]
Draco tries not to think of his upcoming transition and the unwanted partner chosen for him by his father. Then he finds he may have a choice after all. Will the faith he puts into his choice be rewarded?

 

Harry/Tom Riddle

The Love of a Good Wizard by SweetSorcery {Explicit]
History of Magic has something to teach after all, and two resourceful students decide that the key to having any future at all lies in the past, and in Tom Riddle's heart. Assuming he has one. 

Abandon & Reclaim by Batsutousai [Explicit]
A two-part series starting with Harry Potter being left to fend for himself in muggle London the summer between his sixth and seventh years. There, he meets Voldemort and, in a strange turn of events, they become friends, then lovers. The two – and their group of friends – have to fight to build their world into what they need it to be.

A Snake Named Voldemort by estalita11 [Mature]
After being turned into a snake and unable to change back, Lord Voldemort is forced to turn to the only other living Parselmouth, Harry Potter. After making a deal, Harry agrees to help the Dark Lord return to his human form.

Xerosis by Batsutousai [Teen]
Harry's world ends at the hands of those he'd once fought to save.

Like A Ghost In My Town by Batsutousai [Explicit]
Being the Master of Death means that, once Harry Potter dies, he can start life over again in a new reality, one that might have different rules, might mean a second chance with the people he loved and lost.The only problem? He is always a werewolf.

Paraselenic by EmpyrealFantasy [Mature/Explicit]
Harry is finished with being the Light's whipping boy, the tragic boy hero that the world pinned its hopes on. He allows himself to be taken to another realm, only to emerge after ten years in the moment he left…with a whole new plan for himself. Maturity brings about understanding, and Harry understands just fine. This time, he'll chose his side in the war. The Light will never know what hit it.

Servants of the Malleus Maleficarum by Belgaris [Mature/Explicit]
Fate is relentless. The greatest threat to the magical world in 300 years is stalking the lands. Myth is reality and a Lord of All Magic, protector of the whole Wizarding World has been named. Hermione is psychotic, and in love. Harry has a destiny. "I will tear anyone apart who gets in my way!

 

Harry/Other

Uncertainty by Immortality22 [SS/HP/LM – Mature]
Faced with a new magical inheritance, Harry Potter’s life has just taken a sudden turn. As he struggles to walk this new path, he learns to rely on those he is now tied to. But, in order to get the love he needs, he learns he must make a heart-breaking decision …. and live with the consequences.

Eyes of Avada Green by Tranquil-Tevine [HP/OMC & HG/OMC –Teen/Mature]
There is only so much one person can take. For Harry, he's reached his breaking point. Who will survive the fallout?

Time Turned Back by Tara Soleil [HP/SB & HG/RL – Teen/Mature]
Broken and angry after losing Sirius fifth year, Harry recklessly puts himself in harms way, dragging Hermione along for the ride. Now they are stuck in another time with some all too familiar faces. Will the time with lost loved ones heal Harry or end up doing more damage?

Gelosaþ in Écnesse by Batsutousai [HP/Salazar Slytherin – Mature]
Caught in the backlash of Voldemort's Killing Curse, Harry is thrown through time to a world so very different from his own.

 

Other Pairings

The Stygian Trilogy by JustSlide [Rose/Scorpius, Albus Severus/OFC, OMC/FC – Mature]
Twenty-five years after Voldemort's fall, the wizarding world has settled into one of peace. But dark forces shift under the surface, global powers struggle for influence and relevance, and while something wicked this way comes, it brings with it sins ancient and ambitions new. From the halls of Hogwarts, to distant lands, to the darkest corners of the Earth, comes an epic tale of good and evil - but also love, loss, honour, and sacrifice as a group of teenagers find themselves at the heart of all struggles.

 

Gen

Thrice Defied Trilogy by Rae Kelly [Teen/Mature]
Summary: Snape's last request was for Harry to listen to Lucius Malfoy and to trust him...but what Lucius has to say will change his life forever.
Note: I've listed this as Gen since the pairings involved are not the main focus of the story. The pairings are as follows: Harry/Ginny Hermione/Ron Hermione/Draco Draco/Astoria Narcissa/Lucius Severus/OFC

Like None Other Trilogy by Aspen in the Sunlight [Teen/Mature]
A letter from home? A letter from family? Well, Harry Potter knows he has neither, but all the same, it starts with a letter from Surrey. Whatever the Durleys have to say, it can't be anything good, so Harry's determined to ignore it. But then, his evil schoolmate rival spots the letter and his slimy excuse for a teacher intercepts it and forces him to read it. And that sends Harry down a path he'd never have walked on his own.

It will be a year of big changes, a year of great pain, and a year of confronting worst fears. It will be a year of surprising discoveries, of finding true strength, of finding out that first impressions of a person's true colours do not always ring true. It will be a year of paradigm shifts.

And from the most unexpected sources, Harry will have a chance to have that which he has never known: a home ... and a family.

Harry’s First Detention & Harry’s New Home by kbinnz [Teen]
What happens when Severus finds out at the beginning of Harry's first year just what his life has been like.

The Best Revenge by Arsinoe-de-Blassenville [Teen]
Everything changes, because the best revenge is living well

The Heir to Prince Manor Series by Snapegirl [Teen]
When Harry wakes one morning, he discovers a badly injured Snape in his living room, and tries to hide him. But Petunia discovers them and reveals a secret she has kept for thirteen years--one that will change the course of Harry's life forever

Fate’s Favourite by The Fictionist [Teen/Mature]
You always get the stories where Harry goes back into Tom Riddle's time, then either stays or gets sent back. End of, unless he tries to make Voldemort good. But what if thing's went differently...what if, just once, someone followed a time traveler back?

Time To Spare by EmySabath [Teen/Mature]
Voldemort has a sinister plot to catch Harry out of bounds and cast a spell to send him back two hundred years, but all does not go as planned and Harry isn't as gone as he'd thought...

Hogwarts Houses Divided by Inverarity [Teen]
The war is over, and all is well, they say, but the wounds remain unhealed. Bitterness divides the Houses of Hogwarts. Can the first children born since the war's end begin a new era, or will the enmities of their parents be their permanent legacy?

Keeping Appearances by The EscapeFromReality [Teen/Mature]
Harry walks the halls of Hogwarts seriously injured and is confronted by the Slytherins. They take him to Snape, who uses Legilimency to make a startling discovery. Is Dumbledore really who he says he is? Is Harry really on the right side of the war?

The Kids Aren't Alright by andavri & morgaine2005 [Mature]
Set at Hogwarts, ten years after DH. Four students start an elective archaeology class only to find that things weren't quite as stated on the tin. Hijinks more than likely ensue. Mostly OC-centric with a fair sprinkling of cameos. Mostly canon, though a little bit of ret-con/AU because the authors are huge Arthurian legend nerds.

 

 

I'm always looking for new fics to read. If you know of a fic you think I'll love, based on these recs, feel free to leave a comment here. You can see other pairings I'm interested in here.