-- my all time favorite fics that you Just Gotta read (some of them you’ve read already but i just included them anyway)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1049966/chapters/2100285
- Azoth - 8th year - 88k
- my favorite drarry fic…i don’t know how to explain it but it’s so. deep. it gets so deep with the magic.
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4373594/chapters/9926705
- Temptation on the Warfront - Deathly Hallows AU - 180k
- i normally don’t ever read canon-divergent or au fics but this it the exception it’s. so good. like for me to include it on the faves list even though it’s an au means it’s…Good. it had me so emotional if you read it you’ll love it but i’d recommend maybe brushing up on dh canon events first? but it’s up to you...i read this right after i finished the book so
http://archiveofourown.org/works/879835
- Salt on the Western Wind - directly post-DH - 60k
- so quiet and lovely and set in a quiet town and also it’s forced bonding (even tho its untagged) so…yeah >:D
http://archiveofourown.org/works/392764/chapters/645041
- The Pure and Simple Truth - post-war - 65k
- this fic is rated G and it’s one of my all time faves so it’s gotta be good right LMAO GHFJKK yeah this fic is like REALLY good storytelling. the writing is amazing to make what would be really mundane actions still so interesting to read
http://archiveofourown.org/works/319257/chapters/513333
- At Your Service - 8th year - 95k
- reading this is like reading another canon hp book except where drarry also happens but there’s like lots of mystery and school shenanigans and adventure it’s super fun i couldn’t put it down once i started
http://archiveofourown.org/series/390301
- astolat’s HP works - misc - 127k
- it’s just all of astolat’s recent hp fics i really love all of them their writing is…so good. and each of their stories is really creative and original and i love their draco voice, i really rec them all!!
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2734082/chapters/6126311
- Tea and No Sympathy - post-war - 70k
- you know it…
-- 8TH YEAR FICS</b>
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3178065/chapters/6903855
- Right Hand Red - 73k
- U Know It…
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3101099/chapters/6718733
- The Standard You Walk Past - 46k
- deals really well with harry’s ptsd i think…this was one of the earlier ones i read so i don’t remember much but i know it’s good lMAO
http://bigbang.inkubation.net/bbb3/reparo.html
- Reparo - ~80k
- this is The Classic 8th year fic…so classic that it’s not even on ao3. but yeah this is like the base line for them all it’s very good
http://archiveofourown.org/works/234222
- There Comes a Mist and Weeping Rain - 21k
- this is the #1 kudos’ed fic in the drarry tag which i don’t understand because i don’t think it’s The Best but it’s still good…it’s mostly a cute romance-y story…fun
http://archiveofourown.org/works/864147
- Hungry - 24k
- forced bonding in 8th year…what can i say…it’s also not like soul bond…they literally get stuck together. FUN TIME
http://archiveofourown.org/works/787368
- Hey, Potter - 16k
- IT’S REALLY CUTE LMAO HARRY JUST COMPLIMENTS DRACO EVERYTIME DRACO INSULTS HIM also kind of sad when it comes to war aftermath stuff
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3114812/chapters/6748463
- Helix - 92k
- this fic is SO CUTE and it goes through the proper slow burn, enemies-to-lovers trend since it’s 90k...THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE MAGICAL SNAILS LMAO I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE IT but it’s good!!!
-- AUROR/UNSPEAKABLE/MINISTRY FICS
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1227880/chapters/2516563
- All Our Secrets Laid Bare - auror partners - 150k
- this is The Auror Partners fic…it’s mystery/romance/adventure, everything you’d want in an auror case fic…it’s Good
http://archiveofourown.org/works/330906
- The Boy Who Only Lived Twice - unspeakables -54k
- this fic is the kind that tears you apart and then puts you back together again…i was like losing it reading this but the end is happy…i never read bad ending fics anyway LOL
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6239806/chapters/14295997
- Stately Homes of Wiltshite - auror harry - 57k
- a really cool and original plot it’s REALLY GOOD one of my fave auror harry fics…and the Pining is real
http://archiveofourown.org/works/241313
- No Other Superstar - auror partners - 21k
- the pining kills me….this author and cs pacat read each others work like hella so all their stuff is good
http://archiveofourown.org/works/6102868/chapters/13989019
- Eternally Consistent - auror harry, unspeakable draco - 44k
- time travel…enemies to lovers….think that speaks for itself…i love this one
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4400630
- The Four D’s of Apparition - auror harry/healer draco - 36k
- this is the most ridiculous fic you’ll ever read. trust me. and yet you’ll still read all of it probably…it’s absolutely wild. it’s like. ok just read it
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1952640
- Potential Gravity - auror partners…or are they? - 32k
- the pining is so real. SO REAL. this is the kind of fic where you read it and immediately you’re like “theyre meant to be together so why arent they already”
http://archiveofourown.org/works/643932/chapters/1168890
- A Young Radical’s Guide to Love - auror harry - 66k
- this one is like wizarding politics and stuff it’s super interesting and fun to read
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1869273/chapters/4024746
- The Darklist - auror harry, criminal draco - 87k
- this fic is a lot of action/adventure and really plotty but also with romance it’s a fun ride
http://hd-holidays.livejournal.com/219469.html
- Take the Air - auror partners - 50k
- another plotty one but this is really good auror partners one as well…an earlier example too but it’s just as good as all the ones on ao3 if not better
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4899199/chapters/11235781
- Crossing Lines - auror harry - 47k
- auror case fic…on a train…and you already Know that harry and draco are like forced to share a compartment…
-- PROFESSORS
http://archiveofourown.org/works/825875/chapters/1568057
- All Life is Yours to Miss - 114k
- this is The professors fic in drarry i think…with the most endearing and probably also strangest animal sidekick you will find in any fic you ever read probably...the animal sidekick is so well known in drarry that i see references to it in random comments all the time...
http://archiveofourown.org/works/4872247/chapters/11169520
- Against All Odds - 53k
- draco is a BEAUXBATONS PROFESSOR and he speaks FRENCH so like You Gotta
http://archiveofourown.org/works/391640
- ‘Twixt the Sun and Sward - 30k
- draco is a professo and harry’s an auror but he gets turned into a BABY!!!! or like a kid but YEAH. THIS IS WHAT YOU’D READ IN A DOUJIN EXCEPT IT’S A FIC JAKLGAHJL
i feel like there’s definitely more good professors fic out there but i either forgot about them or can’t find them…i must have read more than this right
-- DRACO IN THE MUGGLE WORLD (surprisingly this not an uncommon setting? some of them are really good)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/640449
- Here’s the Pencil, Make it Work - 49k
- the first muggle world draco fic i read and it blew me away…i’d say this is The fic for that trope bc all the other ones i read afterwards never quite measured up LOL
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2677928
- Twelve Hours - 14k
- a short fun one
maybe i shouldn’t have made this into its own category…oh well
-- COMMON TROPES
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5277644
- A Convenient Impracticality - FAKE DATING - 38k
- fake dating fake dating fake dating…fake dating AND fwb…they’re also in auror training together!
http://archiveofourown.org/works/388303
- The Ties That Bind Us - forced bonding - 27k
- it’s also 8th year!! this authors stuff is generally good
http://archiveofourown.org/works/2291345
- Twice as Much as an Earthquake - accidental bonding - 18k
- also 8th year…it’s short and fun
http://archiveofourown.org/works/3697037/chapters/8194853
- Unexpected Consequences - bonding - 40k
- also 8th year..there’s a trend it seems LOL but this one is angstier i think
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5163386/chapters/11891996
- Mental - bonding/mind reading - 186k
- i…this fic is just good. their r/s development goes through the real slow burn…but it’s good…it’s. good. this is like one of the fandom classics i think
http://archiveofourown.org/works/842589
- I Feel You - dick bonding… - 23k
- they get bonded through their dicks…this is one of those fics you just have to read for the novelty of the premise LMAO
http://archiveofourown.org/works/321083
- Party of Two - fuckbuddies - 13k
- normally i don’t read fuckbuddies for drarry cause i feel like it just doesn’t work with them like it has to be fwb…but this one is good
http://archiveofourown.org/works/499706/chapters/876571
- Date Blindness - blind dating/fake dating - 23k
- blind date…and fake date…AND secret identity...
-- MISC
http://archiveofourown.org/works/717901
- Coffee, Cakes, and Doorknob Snakes - 40k
- draco is a curse-breaker and harry is trying to live in grimmauld place but it’s all cursed so…you know what happens…heh
http://archiveofourown.org/works/240660
- IDK My BFF Hermione? - 19k
- this fic is absolutely wild…that’s all i can say about it really
http://archiveofourown.org/works/5403371/chapters/12482513
- Any Instrument - 131k
- i think harry’s an auror here but that’s not really the main focus…this fic is really beautiful and emotional and draco is so good in it…it took me a long time to get around to reading it but once i did i wish i had sooner
http://archiveofourown.org/works/879841
- On a Clear Day - 45k
- draco works at a charity to try to rebuild the malfoy name and all that and he has to convince harry to attend this charity event…idk it’s just Good. it’s so good
SHORT FICS (under 10k) i don’t read a lot of these admittedly but here are ones that i like!
i just realized that these are the only ones in my archive that are tagged as under 10k that i’d put on a reclist…oh well
i haven’t read all the Good drarry fics out there in the first couple of the sorted by kudos pages yet…i’m saving some of them…and i’m sure there’s more out there not on ao3 that’s just as good
oct 16 2016 +