I have a few different rec lists, so here is a handy-dandy post linking you to all of them. Be warned, I am a huge fan of smut and almost all of my recs are rated R or NC-17, so if you are looking for lower-rated fics, this is not the place for you. This is also almost exclusively slash pairings, though every once in awhile a het pairing manages to sneak its way in there.

I also dabble in fanfic writing, so if you're interested, you can find that HERE.

If you are curious about my likes/dislikes/preferences in fic because you want to make me something (or because you're just nosy), you can find those HERE.

Click HERE for my friending policy.

If any of the links are broken, please let me know!

Harry Potter Fandom
Harry/Draco Rec Masterlist
Harry Potter Rec Masterlist (multiple non-H/D pairings)
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (all Credence/Graves)
Art Recs

Teen Wolf Fandom
Derek/Stiles Rec Masterlist
Teen Wolf Rec Masterlist (multiple non-Sterek pairings)

Other Fandoms
All for the Game Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Andrew Neil)
The Avengers Recs (multiple pairings, mostly Steve/Tony)
Check, Please! Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Eric/Jack)
Criminal Minds (multiple slash pairings, mostly Hotch/Reid)
The Dresden Files (all Harry/John)
Heroes Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Peter/Nathan)
The Hobbit Recs (all Bilbo/Thorin)
Hunger Games Recs (multiple pairings, mostly Katniss/Peeta)
Inception Recs (all Arthur/Eames)
James Bond Recs (all Bond/Q)
Kingsman Recs (all Eggsy/Harry)
Lord of the Rings Recs (multiple slash pairings)
Merlin Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Arthur/Merlin)
One Direction & BBC Radio 1 (Multiple slash pairings, mostly Harry/Nick)
Percy Jackson Recs (multiple slash pairings)
The Raven Cycle Recs (all Adam/Ronan)
Shadowhunters/The Mortal Instruments Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Alec/Magnus)
Sherlock (BBC) Recs (all John/Sherlock)
Smallville Recs (all Clark/Lex)
A Song of Ice and Fire Recs (multiple pairings)
Spartacus Recs (all Agron/Nasir)
Star Trek (AOS) Recs (all Kirk/Spock)
Starfighter Fic Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Abel/Cain)
Supernatural Fic Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Castiel/Dean, Dean/Sam, & Jared/Jensen RPF)
Temeraire Recs (multiple slash pairings, mostly Laurence/Tharkay)
Thor Recs (all Loki/Thor)
The Vampire Diaries Recs (all Alaric/Damon)
X-Men Recs (all Charles/Erik)
Venom Recs (all Eddie/Venom)
Misc. Recs (multiple fandoms & pairing types)

As usual, I bounced around reading in all sorts of fandoms over the past few months, and here are a handful of favorites! We've got some of my fav fics from the recently concluded harrydracobang, several fics from writcraft because I read and commented on 40 of their fics I'd not yet read for their birthday a few weeks back, and then a bunch of other random fics! I've decided to attempt to reinstate my ~TBR backlog reading challenge~ in which I shoot to read at least one Drarry and one non-HP fic a week from my "Marked for Later" list on AO3. The Drarry fics might get paused as I'll likely sub in newer postings from hd_fan_fair as that starts posting soon, as well as all the fics I'll be reading/proofing for hd_erised, but my TBR list is getting out of control so it's time to start hacking away at it. :D

( Harry Potter: Drarry )

( Harry Potter: Jeddy )

( Radio 1D: Gryles )

( Sherlock: Johnlock )

( Supernatural: Wincest )

( Supernatural RPF: J2 )

( Teen Wolf: Sterek )

( Thor: Thorki )

I have been busy busy busy, apparently reading in ALL the fandoms this past month! A veritable smorgasbord of delights below, since I was having trouble sticking with just a few fandoms. :D Operation: Work Through my TBR List is going swimmingly.

( The Avengers: Stony )

( Inception: Arthur/Eames )

( Kingsman: Hartwin )

( Supernatural RPF: J2 )

( Teen Wolf: Sterek )

Challenge #13: In your own space, create a fanwork.

I would love to participate in this challenge, but I legitimately do not have the time nor headspace to create something at the moment. BUT, what I do have are a handful of non-HP multi-fandom recs that I've been meaning to post, and I figure creating a reclist is definitely a fanwork of a type, so here are some random recs!

( The Avengers )

( The Avengers: Thorki )

( The Dresden Files )

( Supernatural: Destiel )

( Supernatural: Wincest )

( Supernatural: Benny/Dean )

Challenge #14: Share your love for a trope, cliché, kink, motif, or theme. (Or a few!) What makes it particularly appealing for you? What do you like in fanworks featuring that trope?

Your girl LOVES a trope, let me tell you, and I could honestly wax poetic about any number of tropes, but one of my absolutely favorite ~category~ of tropes, if you will, is forced proximity.

I love this one because it has so much sub-tropes that fall within its larger umbrella (bonding!fic, shared bed, forced/arranged marriage, working together, roommates, cuddling for warmth, trapped on an island, etc.) but basically I just love when two characters are smushed together (generally not entirely happily or voluntarily) and then FEELINGS HAPPEN. I'm not a fan of every single sub-trope for all of my pairings or fandoms (for example, though I loved forced/arranged marriage fics, I don't like them at all for Harry/Draco) which I why I tend to say more generally that I loved forced proximity because there is always at least one sub-trope within that category that I love for any given pairing.

Didn't do much HP reading this month, but I did find some time to read a number of excellent and mostly longer fics in a couple of other fandoms!

( Avengers: Stony )

( Star Trek RPF: Pinto )

( Supernatural: Destiel )

( Teen Wolf: Sterek )

I didn't read a ton of fanfic in August that wasn't related to proofing, but there were a few fics that I indulged in, and my favs are below!

( Avengers: Stony )

( HP: Cross Gen )

( HP: Drarry )

( Raven Cycle: Pynch )

( Shadowhunters: Malec )

In addition to all the Smallville fics I read this past month, I also dabbled, as is my usual, in a bunch of other fandoms. Here are my favs!

( Avengers: Stony )

( Harry Potter: Prongsfoot )

( Harry Potter: Jeddy )

( Harry Potter: Drarry )

( Radio 1 D RPF: Gryles )

( The Raven Cycle: Pynch )

( Shadowhunters: Malec )

( X-Men: Cherik )

Last month I decided to read a super long Charles/Erik fic that I've had on my "Marked for Later" list for literal years. It was amazing and, predictably, inspired an intense need to find and read ALL THE CHERIK FIC. This happens to me pretty regularly, these intense obsessions with specific pairings, often spurred on by reading a long and amazing fic that reminds me why I love them. Anyway, I read a bunch of Cherik fic last month, so here are some of my favorites!

( X-Men: Cherik )

Read a bunch of different fics in a bunch of different fandoms this past month. Here are some of my favs!

( 1 D/Radio 1: Gryles )

( ASoIaF: Brienne/Jaime )

( Avengers: Stony )

( Harry Potter: Drarry )

( The Raven Cycle: Pynch )

( Shadowhunters: Malec )

I haven't been reading a ton of fanfic, but I have a few that I've yet to properly rec over here that I've read over the past month or two, so I figured I'd make a quick post

( HP: Draco/Harry )

( HP: James/Teddy )

( MCU: Stony Rec )

( Radio 1/One Direction: Harry/Nick )

To break up all the H/D reading I was doing for Erised, I actually read a good amount in other fandoms the past month. Some of my favorites below!



( Avengers: Steve/Tony )

( The Hobbit: Bilbo/Thorin )

( Thor: Loki/Thor )

( Star Trek: Kirk/Spock )

In the Warnings section of each entry I have different tags, so if you are looking for something specific (like "switching" for example) just ctrl+f and enter your tag and it should highlight the relevant entries!

♥ = favorite

updated December 30, 2017

( Tony Stark/J.A.R.V.I.S. )

In the Warnings section of each entry I have different tags, so if you are looking for something specific (like "switching" for example) just ctrl+f and enter your tag and it should highlight the relevant entries!

♥ = favorite

updated July 7, 2022

( Steve Rogers/Tony Stark > 10,000 words )

In the Warnings section of each entry I have different tags, so if you are looking for something specific (like "switching" for example) just ctrl+f and enter your tag and it should highlight the relevant entries!

♥ = favorite

updated June 20, 2020

( Steve Rogers/Tony Stark < 10,000 words )

In the Notes section of each entry I have different tags, so if you are looking for something specific (like "sex toys" for example) just ctrl+f and enter your tag and it should highlight the relevant entries!

♥ = favorite

updated September 13, 2021

( Loki/Thor )

I thought I'd sneak one final rec post into October in honor of Rectober's past. Here are some of the multi-fandom fics I've read and loved this month. :)

( The Avengers: Stony )

( The Raven Cycle: Pynch )

( Shadowhunters: Malec )

I was sick at the beginning of the month, which mean I had two days with nothing to do but read fic! I took the opportunity to finally read a few of the fics that had been on my to-read list for ages. It was both wonderful and immensely satisfying! Here are some of my favorites from the month in a bunch of different fandoms. :D


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Title: All It Does Is Rain Series (2 Fics)
Author: theladyingrey42 | theladyingrey42
Pairings: Steve/Tony
Rating: NC-17 overall
Word Count: 19,909 total
Content/Notes first time, bottom!steve
Summary: In which the Avengers rebuild their home, superheroes are more than just the things that made them super, and communication is hard.
Sweet little series with a wonderful Steve and Tony. I liked that the two fics are from different POVs, so we really get inside the character's heads. Great characterizations, and a lovely connection between these two.

Title: A Cure For Boredom
Author: emmagrant01
Pairing: Sherlock/John, John/OMC, John/OFC, John/OFC/OFC, John/OMC/OFC (Please note that Sherlock is present for all of the interactions between John and the OCs)
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 81,665
Content/Warnings: switching, bottom!john, bottom!sherlock, light D/s, dom!sherlock, sub!john, threesome (m/m/f and f/m/f), light bondage, blindfolds, first time, sort of open relationship, rimming, dirty talk, double penetration (female), voyeurism, exhibitionism, public!sex
Summary: They'd never talked about sex in the year they'd known each other. Well, that wasn't quite correct: Sherlock had never said a word about sex; John had bemoaned his personal dearth of it on many occasions.
I must say that I'm normally not a big fan of threesome/polyamory/open relationship type fics, so I was really unsure bout this one going into it. But, like everybody had assured me, it was brilliant. This is quite *my* Sherlock and John, but I loved them nonetheless. I adored the relationship between Sherlock and John here, the love and trust, and fear and uncertainty of the other's feelings. The sex scenes were smoking hot, but even hotter was how in control of everything Sherlock was. Even though most of the fic is John getting off with other people, Sherlock is an undeniable presence throughout the fic. I thought the ending was great, and very fitting for this Sherlock and John.

Title: Superman For Sale
Author: dm_wyatt
Pairing(s): Clark/Lex, mention of past Clark/OMC and Clark/Lois
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 80,830
Content/Notes: post-rift, future!fic, magic, dub-con, bonding!fic, bottom!clark
Summary: Clark goes missing and Lex tries to figure out why. He ends up "buying" Superman from a kidnapper, who had put him under a spell... Things don't go quite as planned.
Really interesting read! Definitely a little mushy in places and not always the most sophisticated, but I really enjoyed the plot, and I loved Clark and Lex's connection.

Title: Our Days of Blood and Sunset
Author: aldiara | aldiara
Pairing: Agron/Nasir
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 11,130
Content/Warnings: established relationship, bottom!nasir, disability!fic (sort of)
Summary: Nasir knows he should not be angry at someone he’d thought lost forever, someone he loves this much who has been hurt this badly; but he can’t help it, either.
Really beautifully written fic that deals with Nasir's understandably complex feelings about Agron's unexpected return from the dead. It all felt so realistic and believable, and it was really wonderful watching both Nasir and Agron deal with the aftermath of Agron's decision, and seeing them work their way back together.

Title: steal me and shield me (Part 7 of the Of Magic and Monsters Series)
Author: venomedveins
Pairing: Agron/Nasir, other background/past pairings
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 22,051 of 155,638 total
Content/Warnings: AU: Fairy Tale & Fantasy, creature!fic, magic!nasir, werewolf!agron, arranged marriage, rough sex, bottom!nasir, MPREG
Summary: Agron and Nasir are in a race against time as the Wolf Festival approaches and Gerulf's plan begins to be revealed.
Wonderful addition! I liked seeing the Geroff thread wrapped up, but given the introduction of the"Roman" vampires, there is still plenty more to overcome! Super hot, and I adored all of the lovely Nagron moments.

Several months ago I started thinking about my favorite fanfics. Obviously my rec lists are basically just lists of my favorite fics, but even among those, I have my favorites. The ones I read again and again, the ones I read when I need comfort, or want to feel some gut-punch feels, or want to roll around in the meant-to-be love. I decided that it was necessary to come up with a list of my most favorite of fics across all of the fandoms I read in. This was poor decision on my part. Six months later and I've finally finished, and narrowing things down was a bit more harrowing than anticipated. I ended up with almost as many fics on the honorable mentions list as I did on the Actual list, but some things can't be helped. I figured getting this up for Rectober was an admirable goal, and I'm happy I managed to get this done.

The more I've read in a fandom, the more difficult it was to narrow down, so I had an especially hard time with Harry Potter and Teen Wolf in particular. I tried to narrow it down by only letting myself chose one from a category (one creature!fic, one post-hogwarts era, etc). It was hard. Also, keep in mind that these are 100% personal opinion and totally subjective. I like what I like.

So, here they are, Grace's 25 most-favorite fics! AKA What I would bring to read on a desert island. :D

( My Favorite Fanfic )

( Honorable Mentions )

Reveals have gone up at avengersfest, so I can claim/repost my offering! This is not my usual pairing, and it was definitely interesting trying these two out, but I'm pretty happy overall with how it turned out. It was also my first exchange, and while it was definitely a bit nerve-wracking, it was also a fun experience. Though I still don't think I'll ever be ready for hd_erised level exchange. I'll just continue to mod in the background... :D

Title: Call it Magic
Author: gracerene
Fandom: Avengers
Pairing: Loki/Tony
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: ~2,500
Content/Warnings: sort of established relationship, kind of fuck buddies, Tony's not really sure where they're at TBH, magic, curious!tony, light bondage, light D/s undertones, blow jobs, face-fucking
Summary: Magic is fascinating. So is Loki.
Notes: This is my first time writing this pairing, but when I saw your sign-up, corcalamus, this idea immediately popped into my head. I had a lot of fun playing around with these two, and I really hope you enjoy!

The title is a line from the song "Magic" by Coldplay.

Thanks so much to capitu and crazyparakiss for looking this over for me!

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