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Top 25 Favorite Stories
 Rebuilding Life by Kezzabear  [Reviews - 1776] ** Winner of the September 2007 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Drama ** Harry has defeated Voldemort but is going back to his life going to be easy? What will he go back to, the life he once had is meaningless now. It's time to build a new one and to create a new post-Voldemort world. Ginny is there waiting for him, what do they need to do to rebuild their lives?
R - Post-DH/AB - General, Humor, Romance - Warnings: None - Words: 450441
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 51 - Published: 2007.07.30 - Updated: 2009.09.20 - Hits: 580199 Favourite story of: 830 users |
| The Hogs Head by MyGinevra [Reviews - 1125] ** Winner of the February 2008 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Romance ** The climax to the final battle approaches, and Ginny fears the worst. But her seventh year at Hogwarts finds Harry living in Hogsmeade as they begin their lives together.
R - Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance - Warnings: Death, Extreme Language, Intimate Sexual Situations, Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 412388
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 54 - Published: 2007.07.26 - Updated: 2008.07.27 - Hits: 427685 Favourite story of: 570 users |
 Strangers at Drakeshaugh by Northumbrian [Reviews - 849] ** Winner of the July 2018 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Completed ** The locals in a sleepy corner of the Cheviot Hills are surprised to discover that they have new neighbours. Who are the strangers at Drakeshaugh?
PG - Post-Hogwarts, Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/PM - Drama, Fluff, General, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language - Words: 188143
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 39 - Published: 2010.08.13 - Updated: 2018.08.28 - Hits: 252083 Favourite story of: 345 users |
| Shut and Be a Bud Again by MinistryMalcontent [Reviews - 347] ** Winner of the November 2011 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Drama ** Voldemort is gone, but the aftereffects of the War linger. Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione all must deal with the toll, and confront the consequences of their actions. Only one thing is certain, things will never be the way they were before. The explanation of the title to this story has been moved to the Author's Notes section of Chapter One. For those who have been reading this story, the Potter's Affairs Challenge entry When Life Gives You Lemons... is a peek ahead into the future of the Shut and Be a Bud Again story arc.
R - Post-DH/AB - General - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations - Words: 391723
Completed: No - Chapters: 29 - Published: 2008.04.04 - Updated: 2012.07.29 - Hits: 217424 Favourite story of: 300 users |
| Harry Potter & the Veil of Shadows by elaithin [Reviews - 306] Moving on, strange dreams, mysterious newcomers, Death Eaters, the Veil of Shadows, and a little bit of life, laughter and love. Join Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione for their last year at Hogwarts - and the first year of the rest of their lives as they learn that just because Voldemort's gone doesn't mean life's going to be easy!
R - Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Drama, Fluff, General, Romance - Warnings: Death, Extreme Language, Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 215759
Completed: No - Chapters: 27 - Published: 2007.09.08 - Updated: 2010.09.06 - Hits: 160755 Favourite story of: 299 users |
| Win a Date with Ginny Weasley by cwarbeck [Reviews - 378] ** Winner of the 2010 Annual Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Comedy ** ‘Win a date with Ginny Weasley!’ the advert in Quidditch Illustrated magazine announced in big, bold letters that were impossible to ignore. It was all a bit ridiculous, in Harry’s opinion, but after a frustrating year spent trying (and failing) to work up enough nerve to tell Ginny he wanted her back, perhaps this was the opportunity he had been waiting for. Now all he needed to do was actually win the damn thing!
PG-13 - Alternate Universe, Post-DH/AB - Humor - Warnings: Mild Language - Words: 45633
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 10 - Published: 2010.03.13 - Updated: 2010.05.16 - Hits: 106975 Favourite story of: 284 users |
A Less-Than-Perfect Love by RSS  [Reviews - 536] ** Winner of the March 2012 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Romance ** It’s the end of the summer after the war and Ron poses a question to Harry that he is unable to answer. How is he supposed to know right now? Now, when he is free for the first time in his life to just…to just live? Hormones are running high, drama is off the charts and patience is running thin as Ginny’s school year progresses. Will Harry ever figure out how he feels and more importantly what he wants?
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance - Warnings: Sexual Situations - Words: 224251
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 27 - Published: 2010.06.17 - Updated: 2012.03.22 - Hits: 179433 Favourite story of: 238 users |
| Harry Potter and the Next Great Battle by pokecharm [Reviews - 862] After fighting the biggest battle of his life, Harry Potter finds himself in new, uncharted territory. Beginning a week after the final battle at Hogwarts, Harry finds himself with many choices before him. He spent the summer trying to sort out his future with Ginny and the Ministry, but now must find a way to balance both. Ginny has left for Hogwarts to complete her final year, with Hermione, and Harry is starting work as a full-fledged Auror. They both must find a way to make their long-distance relationship work. Ginny hopes to find peace at school and Harry hopes to build his life around the expectation that Ginny will be with him forever. Despite all of this, there is more to the work that Harry is doing with the Ministry then he realises. Will Gaunt prove trustworthy in these new endeavours? Will Ginny and Hermione have a horror-free year....
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance - Warnings: Violence - Words: 299054
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 85 - Published: 2007.11.12 - Updated: 2009.07.14 - Hits: 358903 Favourite story of: 229 users |
| Great Expectations by CassandraCross [Reviews - 603] A weekend trip to the mysterious Rose Cottage leads to Ginny's second pregnancy and Hermione's first. Join the Potters and Weasleys as they take on “The Next Great Adventure” while they anticipate the births of Albus Potter and Rose Weasley. NOW COMPLETE!
R - Post-DH/AB, Buried Gems - Drama, Humor, Romance - Warnings: Sexual Situations - Words: 110172
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 26 - Published: 2008.01.25 - Updated: 2008.07.22 - Hits: 155731 Favourite story of: 224 users |
| The World Turned Right Side Up by drawjones [Reviews - 259] With Voldemort gone and a world no longer in fear Harry, Ginny, Ron and Hermione begin to move on with their lives, only to find that happily ever after is just beyond the horizon.
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Drama, General, Romance, Tragedy - Warnings: Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 165431
Completed: No - Chapters: 34 - Published: 2007.09.11 - Updated: 2009.07.30 - Hits: 143124 Favourite story of: 216 users |
| Mad about Harry by firestar [Reviews - 242] How do Ginny and Harry get back together after D .H. Is it all plain sailing? Its time to fill the gap Jo left for us. This is my take on the start of the nineteen years. *NOTE: References to Alcohol, Very Mild Sexual scenes and Mild Violence*
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Angst, General, Romance - Warnings: None - Words: 31555
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 14 - Published: 2007.08.08 - Updated: 2007.10.30 - Hits: 97120 Favourite story of: 216 users |
| Harry Potter and the New Beginning by ginnymwp [Reviews - 159] A story which takes place directly after the last chapter of "Deathly Hallows" (before the epilogue).
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - General - Warnings: Dark Fiction, Sexual Situations - Words: 72568
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 16 - Published: 2007.07.29 - Updated: 2008.01.08 - Hits: 90857 Favourite story of: 207 users |
| Relentless Embers by Gabrielle821 [Reviews - 136] After the final battle, the Wizarding world wastes no time turning to Harry for help. A series of attacks elicits a mysterious connection between Harry and Ginny. They struggle to get a grasp on the connection in time to combat their foes.
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Drama, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language, Sexual Situations - Words: 130039
Completed: No - Chapters: 24 - Published: 2008.07.18 - Updated: 2013.09.17 - Hits: 98419 Favourite story of: 207 users |
| A Time To Remember by St Margarets [Reviews - 268] ** Winner of the 2010 Annual Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Romance ** Harry and Ginny are engaged. What could possibly go wrong?
R - Post-DH/AB - Angst, Fluff, Romance - Warnings: Intimate Sexual Situations, Mild Language, Sexual Situations - Words: 99749
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 16 - Published: 2010.04.17 - Updated: 2010.05.27 - Hits: 120314 Favourite story of: 206 users |
| I Choose You by YelloWitchGrl [Reviews - 148] ** Honourable Mention in the November 2011 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket for Best Romance ** Ginny's 17th Birthday involved a lot of food, friends, and Firewhisky... now she and Harry awake to the aftermath. They have some tough choices to make.
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Angst, Fluff, Romance - Warnings: Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use - Words: 24387
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 10 - Published: 2009.05.28 - Updated: 2011.11.26 - Hits: 59604 Favourite story of: 175 users |
| Aurors and Schoolgirls by Northumbrian [Reviews - 151] The Wizarding War is over. For some Auror training has begun; their lives are centred round London, and the Ministry of Magic. For others, there is the inevitable return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; their lives are centred around schooling in Scotland. Do these parted pairings, these divided duos, have different destinations and divergent destinies? When, where, and how can these separated souls meet? Holidays, Hogsmeade and Quidditch.
PG - Post-Hogwarts, Post-DH/AB - Drama, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language - Words: 63464
Completed: No - Chapters: 16 - Published: 2009.09.13 - Updated: 2011.08.29 - Hits: 89145 Favourite story of: 174 users |
| Bound by YelloWitchGrl [Reviews - 357] ** Winner of the November 2014 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Completed ** The battle is over, there is life to be lived, peace to be enjoyed and trouble following close at their heels. Ginny hasn't seen Harry since the dust settled from the battles with Voldemort, but when an unexpected piece of news draws them together will they be driven apart or become bound? Follows Canon to the best of my knowledge. The warnings are just to be safe. I don't know that they're all needed, but I'm putting them up just to cover my bases. If you have any questions or concerns, please message me.
R - Alternate Universe, Post-DH/AB - Angst, Drama, Fluff, Romance, Tragedy - Warnings: Dark Fiction, Death, Disturbing Imagery, Extreme Language, Intimate Sexual Situations, Mental Abuse, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use, Rape, Sexual Situations, Spouse/Adult/Child Abuse, Violence, Violence/Physical Abuse - Words: 92463
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 24 - Published: 2014.07.08 - Updated: 2014.12.14 - Hits: 139107 Favourite story of: 167 users |
| I Saw My Lady Weep by Worldmaker [Reviews - 133] War takes a toll on everyone involved. Happy endings can be achieved, but never easily, and never quickly, even for those that are heroes.
R - Post-DH/AB - Drama - Warnings: Mild Language - Words: 88939
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 32 - Published: 2008.03.02 - Updated: 2009.02.16 - Hits: 134061 Favourite story of: 161 users |
| These Cuts I Have by melindaleo [Reviews - 489] ** Winner of the July 2015 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Drama ** The war has been won, yet the aftershocks continue. The scattered survivors are left to pick up the pieces and find ways to move on. Join the various members of the extended Weasley family as they struggle to rebuild and cope with the consequences. And of course there are still Death Eaters left to find.
PG-13 - Post-DH/AB - Drama - Warnings: Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use - Words: 194934
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 31 - Published: 2015.06.16 - Updated: 2016.01.13 - Hits: 169566 Favourite story of: 159 users |
| Hunters and Prey by Northumbrian [Reviews - 295] ** Winner of the November 2013 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Completed ** February 2000 Newly Qualified (in record time) Auror Harry Potter remains obsessed with “The List.” The ten people still wanted for their part in the Battle of Hogwarts. Their capture is essential. It will bring closure to the events of the past few years. Harry has set himself a target. He wants to see “The Last Death Eater” and the other nine captured before the second Anniversary of the battle. His attempts to meet his target will bring heartbreak, danger, and pain.
PG-13 - Post-Hogwarts, Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Romance - Warnings: Mild Language, Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 124756
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 21 - Published: 2010.09.07 - Updated: 2013.12.21 - Hits: 112088 Favourite story of: 155 users |
| Continuum by goingbacktosquareone [Reviews - 255] NOW COMPLETE! ~ * ~ What happens when McGonagall convinces Harry to go back and alter time? A story of what happens to Harry, Ginny, Ron, Hermione and many others in the hours following the defeat of Voldemort.
PG-13 - Post-Hogwarts, Post-DH/AB - Action/Adventure, Angst, Crossover, Drama, Romance - Warnings: Extreme Language, Sexual Situations - Words: 64520
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 14 - Published: 2007.08.09 - Updated: 2007.10.14 - Hits: 67998 Favourite story of: 153 users |
| Lost in Transfiguration by jedi34 [Reviews - 121] The fall of Voldemort has left the Wizarding world in shambles. After the monumental Battle of Hogwarts, many were left to cope with the toll of war. Harry, thinking that his friends and family blame him for their misery, disappears from the Wizarding world and begins a new life as a Muggle. Only true love and friendship can pull Harry back from the brink, but can Ron, Hermione, and Ginny get there in time?
R - Post-DH/AB - General - Warnings: Sexual Situations - Words: 36502
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 10 - Published: 2007.11.15 - Updated: 2008.05.11 - Hits: 46244 Favourite story of: 151 users |
| The Space Between by YelloWitchGrl [Reviews - 584] ** Winner of the October 2022 Dumbledore's Silver Trinket Award for Best Romance ** Harry and Ginny's lives have finally evened out. They've faced trauma, and loss, more than most have, but they've fought hard to find a normal. If only things could stay that way... Old enemies find new ways to seek revenge. This story is the sequel to Bound. It would be extremely helpful if you read that first. Warnings are to be safe. It's probably overkill. Please message me if you have any questions or concerns.
R - Post-Hogwarts, Post-DH/AB, Post-DH/PM - Action/Adventure, Drama, Fluff, General, Humor, Tragedy - Warnings: Dark Fiction, Death, Disturbing Imagery, Extreme Language, Intimate Sexual Situations, Mental Abuse, Mild Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use, Rape, Sexual Situations, Spouse/Adult/Child Abuse, Violence, Violence/Physical Abuse - Words: 624286
Completed: No - Chapters: 107 - Published: 2014.12.14 - Updated: 2024.04.01 - Hits: 353110 Favourite story of: 147 users |
| To Love a Child by Fire_kei [Reviews - 128] Harry Potter looked up at what was now his most favorite, and the most intimidating building in the world, the Burrow. Since the last time he had visited the structure, nearly three years prior, his life had changed in more ways than he could have possibly imagined. Harry had always known, and had been told numerous times, by multiple sources, that the Weasleys thought of him as one of their own. Harry now, after eleven years, understood what that entailed, and why.
R - Alternate Universe, Post-DH/AB - Angst, Drama, Romance - Warnings: Extreme Language, Mild Sexual Situations, Violence - Words: 41789
Completed: No - Chapters: 9 - Published: 2010.09.12 - Updated: 2013.12.26 - Hits: 36352 Favourite story of: 147 users |
| Firsts by lilyevans_Jan30 [Reviews - 102] Harry and Ginny have fun learning that there's a first time for everything. What are friends for, right?
R - Post-OotP, Post-HBP, Post-DH/AB - Romance - Warnings: Intimate Sexual Situations, Negative Alcohol Use - Words: 23794
Completed: Yes - Chapters: 8 - Published: 2009.04.06 - Updated: 2009.07.31 - Hits: 51897 Favourite story of: 147 users |
