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All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89
Rated: 4.81 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA Harry Potter fanfiction, detailing the lives of the Marauders throughout their schooling and beyond told through the eyes of Remus Lupin... -
![Crimson Rivers by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel]()
Crimson Rivers by bizarrestars, Zeppazariel
Rated: 4.79 of 5 stars · 19 ratingsRegulus Black was fifteen the first time his name was called at a reaping. He's twenty-five when it happens to him again. A lot has changed in that time, and one of them is that he's ready to do whatever it takes to make it home. Nothing or no one will stop him, not even James Potter.James Potter has no plans to stop Regulus Black from making it home... -
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Out of the Blue by MsKingBean89
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWritten as a bit of a bonus/gift for everyone who enjoyed reading All the Young Dudes, but specifically for everyone who wanted to know what happened to Grant, my OC from that fic.In two parts, because you know what I'm like.Set in 2016... -
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All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Three: Year 7 by Rollercoasterwords
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMsKingBean89's "All The Young Dudes" rewritten from Sirius's perspective. Book three covers year 7.Cover art by moony cig... -
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![All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Two: Years 5-6 by Rollercoasterwords]()
All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Two: Years 5-6 by Rollercoasterwords
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsMsKingBean89's "All The Young Dudes" rewritten from Sirius's perspective. Book two covers years 5-6.Cover art by moony cig... -
![All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Four: 'Til The End by Rollercoasterwords]()
All the Young Dudes: Sirius's Perspective - Volume Four: 'Til The End by Rollercoasterwords
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsCover art by moony cig... -
![Breath Mints / Battle Scars by Onyx_and_Elm]()
Breath Mints / Battle Scars by Onyx_and_Elm
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsFor a moment, she's almost giddy. Because Draco Malfoy's been ruined by this war and he's as out of place as she is and — yes, he has scars too. He's got an even bigger one. She wonders whether one day they'll compare sizes.Fanfiction for Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling... -
![Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon]()
Choices - Volume 2 by MesserMoon
Rated: 4.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsChoices has been split up into three volumes, the second of which covers 6th year (chapters 20-41)... -
![Circe / The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller]()
Circe / The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIch bin Circe & Das Lied des AchillZwei Bestseller in einem BandDie beiden Romane ICH BIN CIRCE und DAS LIED DES ACHILL von Bestseller-Autorin Madeline Miller in einem BundleIch bin CirceUnsterblich. Unvollkommen. Unbezähmbar.Circe ist Tochter des mächtigen Sonnengotts Helios und der Nymphe Perse, doch sie ist ganz anders als ihre göttlichen Geschwister... -
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Angels & Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsA Queer Retelling of the Watcher's FloodThe angel Azazel is miserable in Heaven. In the aftermath of Satan's fall, the angels live in the reconstructed ruins of an old utopia, oppressive and paranoid of any new rebellion.The angel Samyaza is content in Heaven, but he longs for the eternal city's former glory... -
![The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick]()
The Liar's Knot by M.A. Carrick
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsTrust is the thread that binds. And the rope that hangs.In Nadežra, peace is as tenuous as a single thread. The ruthless House Indestor has been destroyed, but darkness still weaves through the city’s filthy back alleys and jewel-bright gardens, seen by those who know where to look.Derossi Vargo has always known... -
![Placeres mortales by Belén Martínez Sánchez]()
Placeres mortales by Belén Martínez Sánchez
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEn un mundo donde las apariencias sirven como velo ante la cruda verdad, Cixi no es más que una criada. Pero en su interior late un poder oscuro y prohibido.Su existencia se basa en cuidar y acompañar a su joven ama, Lilan, la única hija de la familia Yehonala... -
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Just Lovers [Like We Were Supposed to Be] by Zeppazariel
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsRegulus closes his eyes and shakes his head again, looking pained, then he opens them and sighs. "And your solution to this is me? Pretending to be my boyfriend?""Yeah. It's actually bloody brilliant, if you think about it. Everyone will leave happy... -
![The Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia]()
The Songbird and the Sea by MissterMaia
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFandom: 방탄소년단 | Bangtan Boys | BTSRelationships: Min Yoongi | Suga/Park Jimin, Jeon Jungkook/Kim Taehyung | V, Kim Namjoon | Rap Monster/Kim Seokjin | Jin--------------------------------------------------In a world where dominance of the sea is an endless battle between pirates and mariners, Park Jimin is content living in his little village on a small, uninteresting island by the eastern... -
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Draco Malfoy and the Talon Brand by starbrigid
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA man is dead at Draco Malfoy's hands, and the consequences will reverberate for Sirius, for Harry, for the wizarding world entire, and, most of all, for Voldemort. It is not so easy, though, to forsake his parents and his old friends in Slytherin, as he is forced to choose what he will become and who he will leave behind... -
![Evitative by vichan]()
Evitative by vichan
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn. Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again... -
![Beauty's Beasts: A why choose Beauty and the Beast retelling by Alex Hanson]()
Beauty's Beasts: A why choose Beauty and the Beast retelling by Alex Hanson
Rated: 4.80 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsI am not a woman.But I am also not a man.I won't pretend to be something I’m not, but those around me—both friends and enemies alike—are determined to make me. My village is adamant I marry the pastor's son, dress like a proper lady, and go only by the name given to me at birth... -
![Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg]()
Mail Order Bride by Molly J. Bragg
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsTen years ago, aliens from a Galaxy spanning government called the Hegemony arrived in the Solar system and ever since Earth has been on a long, slow journey to becoming a banana republic. Samantha ‘Sam’ Murray has spent her entire high school career doing everything her mom could think of to earn a chance at an off-world education that would keep her from living a life of poverty... -
![Wolves at the Gate by Persephone Black]()
Wolves at the Gate by Persephone Black
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAssassin Scarlett Fletcher is supposedly dead. Lyssa intends to make it so. Just...not yet. Lyssa, the Wolf of the Styx Syndicate, has a simple plan. Hide her enemy-turned-uneasy-ally, train her up, and use her to take down Grandmother. Then Lyssa will follow through on the kill order and end the assassin for once and for all.But nothing to do with Scarlett has ever been simple... -
![That’s the Art of Getting By by Sarewolf]()
That’s the Art of Getting By by Sarewolf
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratings“What do you want me to do?” Remus says, tiredly. All he wants is to curl up on his bed. Smoke a pack of cigarettes. Get drunk. He can’t stop looking at Harry.“Remus...” Dumbledore is gentle. Remus hates when he has that tone. Hates that he knows it will hurt. “There is no one else left.”A bitter laugh escapes him... -
![The Sagittarius by K. Aten]()
The Sagittarius by K. Aten
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKyri has known her share of loss in the two decades that she has been alive. She never expected to find herself a slave in roman lands, nor did she think she had the heart to become a gladiatrix. But with her soul shattered she must fight to see her way back home again... -
![Outcast by K.J .]()
Outcast by K.J .
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRhiannon Clarke is having a week. A week in which her identity is stolen, she is pursued by underworld thugs, then, at the back of a laundromat, she falls through a portal into another realm... -
![A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips]()
A Bond of Briars by Erin Phillips
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsShe is bonded to a spirit who demands her blood.She follows a mother-in-law who resents her power.She meets a man who challenges everything she’s ever believed.After a fatal illness takes newlywed Caitrin’s husband, she finds herself obligated by duty and oath to care for her mother-in-law, Meara, at any cost…even if it means traveling to Croìthe, where magic of any kind is outlawed... -
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![Draco Malfoy and the Heir of Slytherin by starbrigid]()
Draco Malfoy and the Heir of Slytherin by starbrigid
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDraco Malfoy never asked for a second chance, nor did he particularly want one... -
![Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid]()
Draco Malfoy and the Mirror of Ecidyrue by starbrigid
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAll it takes is one look in a mirror and an ill-advised attempt to shatter it, before an embittered Draco Malfoy fresh out of Azkaban is sent back into his body on the day he gets his Hogwarts letter... -
![Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer]()
Sworn to the Night by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMarie Reinhart is an NYPD detective on the trail of a serial killer. When she sleeps, though, she dreams of other lives; she dreams of being a knight, in strange wars and strange worlds. On the other side of the city, Nessa Roth is a college professor trapped in a loveless marriage, an unwilling prop in a political dynasty... -
![Text Talk by merlywhirls]()
Text Talk by merlywhirls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationship: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin--------------------------------------------------Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in the hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number... -
![La flor y la muerte by Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual]()
La flor y la muerte by Iria G. Parente, Selene M. Pascual
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMarte, 2628. Olympus es una gran corporación que se extiende por la galaxia y divide a la sociedad en trece Servicios basados en las funciones de los antiguos dioses olímpicos.Asha es una hades y lleva toda la vida rodeada de muerte.Ianthe es una deméter y lleva toda la vida enraizada en la soledad... -
![A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth]()
A Cruel and Fated Light by Ashley Shuttleworth
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsHalf-fae Arlo becomes entangled in the courtly intrigue at the Seelie Summer palace as danger for ironborns mounts in this gripping sequel to A Dark and Hollow Star that’s The Cruel Prince meets City of Bones.After thwarting the man behind the gruesome ironborn murders—and breaking several fae laws to do so—all Arlo wants is a quiet summer... -
![Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper]()
Death's Abyss by S.D. Simper
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAll are equal in death. Tallora’s world ends in a single, bloodstained night, and all the world will fall in line unless the gods interfere. But divine aid comes at a price no mortal can pay, except in death . . . and perhaps Death herself has a few tricks of her own. From the author of FALLEN GODS comes a tale of redemption and sacrifice—and the true power of forgiveness... -
![Demons Shemons by K.B. Draper]()
Demons Shemons by K.B. Draper
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMost people come home with a window sticker, a shot glass, or a bottle opener cleverly disguised as a key chain from their summer vacations, not Allison Jo Maddox (a.k.a. AJ, if you want to keep your front teeth)... -
![The Dragon's Alliance by Samantha Sabian]()
The Dragon's Alliance by Samantha Sabian
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRaine enjoys a respite with her dragon lover in the land of the Ha’kan, recovering from the wounds sustained battling the dark demons of the Underworld. Skye is melancholy, thinking she has endangered everyone with her uncontrolled magic... -
![Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt]()
Julio's Wolf by A.C. Katt
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJulio Reyes has had a hard life. Orphaned at fourteen, he ran away from a group home to avoid rape but wound up being an independent prostitute in NYC. He has a life plan—go to school, become a stylist and open his own salon. Etienne Daurensbourg is one-hundred and thirty-nine years old and fears he’ll never find his Mate until his friend Alexei introduces him to Julio... -
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![A Court of Hearts and Hunger by Rebecca F. Kenney]()
A Court of Hearts and Hunger by Rebecca F. Kenney
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsJust as Clara and her sister are settling into their new life, Drosselmeyer sends a desperate message to the Seelie Court. With Lir and Louisa occupied elsewhere, Clara and Finias (the Sugarplum Faerie) have no choice but to respond and forge deep into Unseelie Territory, where a cruel Queen, known as the Eater of Hearts, has taken the throne... -
![Draco Black and the Prisoner of Nurmengard by starbrigid]()
Draco Black and the Prisoner of Nurmengard by starbrigid
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHORE. BLOOD TRAITOR. MURDERER. I will accept no restitution but your life.Those are the words Theo sent Draco, once Draco Malfoy and now Draco Black. The words Draco will never tell anyone that Theo sent. As Draco enters into that fatal sixth year, those are the words that hang over him as he tries to protect his friends, his new family, his godfather... -
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V.A.M.P.: Book Two—Born by Kimberly A. Todd
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA family secret challenges everything Katerina Davenport knows to be real. Will it enlighten or destroy her? Katerina fell madly in love with an 800-year-old lesbian vampire—that was the easy part. Now she must learn to navigate the seductive and dangerous consequences of the vampire world... -
![Desire by Jenn Bullard]()
Desire by Jenn Bullard
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMy story is a complicated one because I’m the villain in my sister’s happily ever after.Time doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. Instead, it twists what you know.I’m twenty-four years old and still considered a minor in Cinder’s kingdom... -
![Anna's Heir by Eve Newton]()
Anna's Heir by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAs Hell burns down around me, my daughter is born into the chaos that follows. Struggling to find my place in her life, along with the aftermath of the almost-Apocalypse, not only am I missing my Super-Alpha more than I can bear, my Incubus has a secret that becomes blindingly obvious. I also have the newcomer to Hell to deal with... -
![It Was All Just a Game by write_me227, We-have-problems]()
It Was All Just a Game by write_me227, We-have-problems
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterRelationships: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter, Pansy Parkinson/Blaise Zabini, Hermione Granger/Ron Weasley--------------------------------------------------When Draco comes up with an idea to mess with Harry during the Triwizard Tournament, will he be the one who will get burned in the... -
![Unimagined Adventures by H.C. Mills]()
Unimagined Adventures by H.C. Mills
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsThere’s a fine line between real and imagined, between lies and truth.Emma and her friends are about to enter Hub Three, which will undoubtedly present another explosive cocktail of dangerous inhabitants, from freaky flora and fauna to manipulative fellow survivors... -
![Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne]()
Sleep and Spirit by Courtney Thorne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAs the only female born into a royal family in over four hundred years, freedom was never going to be an option.Gifted with the elements of all five kingdoms, Aurelia had never known a minute of peace. No Virium was ever meant to hold all five elements and now they war inside her, keeping her from rest... -
![Pandora's Box by Eve Newton]()
Pandora's Box by Eve Newton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Reverse Harem Fantasy While trying to fix what Shax's has broken with my Kingdom, I'm thrown into a maelstrom of events that not only lead me to the box I was seeking but a whole lot more. I realize that there are things about my brother that I never even knew and that I don't think I can accept... -
![Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? by georgia_sk]()
Whatever happened to the young, young lovers? by georgia_sk
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsRegulus Black, presumed dead for over 2 years, shows up at an Order of the Phoenix meeting with 6 mangled horcruxes and Voldemort's corpse... -
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![Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell]()
Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsShesheshen has made a mistake fatal to all monsters: she's fallen in love. Shesheshen is a shapeshifter, who happily resides as an amorphous lump at the bottom of a ruined manor. When her rest is interrupted by hunters intent on murdering her, she constructs a body from the remains of past meals: a metal chain for a backbone, borrowed bones for limbs, and a bear trap as an extra mouth... -
![Lily's Boy by Somewhere’s Sword]()
Lily's Boy by Somewhere’s Sword
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFandom: Harry PotterPairing: Draco Malfoy/Harry Potter-------------------------Before his third year of Hogwarts has even begun, Harry faces three whole weeks of unsupervised time in Diagon Alley. In that time he takes a trip to Gringotts - and that changes everything... -
![Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles]()
Harry Potter and the Welcome to the World of Grey by sobsicles
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen Harry fails to keep his anger at bay and Voldemort possesses his mind, the events that follow lead him down a long road to realizing the world isn't as black and white as it seems.Chaos, hilarity, and tragedy ensue with a Dark Lord being honest all the time, a rival becoming something else, and a world demanding to be saved... -
![The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald]()
The End Crowns All by Bea Fitzgerald
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThe second fierce, fresh and gloriously romantic YA Greek myth re-imagining, from Bea Fitzgerald, growing TikTok superstar and Sunday Times bestselling author of GIRL, GODDESS, QUEEN.Princess. Priestess. The most beautiful girl in Troy. Cassandra is used to being adored – and when her patron god, Apollo, offers her the power of prophecy, she sees an opportunity to rise even higher... -
![Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás]()
Angels Before Man by rafael nicolás
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA queer retelling of Satan's fall that's part cozy coming of age and part fast-paced tragedy, with a little love story in between –In an eternal paradise, the most beautiful angel, Lucifer, struggles with shame, identity, and timidity, with little more than the desire to worship his creator.It isn't until the strongest angel, Michael, comes into his life that Lucifer learns to love himself... -
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PRISIONERO by Roma Damned, Levi Bellamy
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsCuando Alois Thompson escuchó la sentencia del jurado, la tierra se abrió y el mundo se desmoronó ante sus ojos cansados y vidriosos. Condenado a cinco años de prisión por un homicidio que no cometió, es trasladado a una penitenciaría de máxima seguridad. Allí conocerá a Hendrik Stone, su compañero de celda y el monarca de la prisión...
![Just Lovers [Like We Were Supposed to Be] by Zeppazariel](https://48f-1.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/books/small/6911ee96fe0829f1644d465d.jpg)
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