Hermione Granger’s Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by Waspabi. In which Harry Potter learns he is a wizard at seventeen on a tube platform.

Premise Hermione Granger’s Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run was based on this Tumblr prompt. It is an AU set during the Deathly Hallows, in which Harry never received his Hogwarts letter because the Dursleys moved around a lot and the ministry lost track of him for several years. He is now a seventeen-year-old

Seventh Horcrux by Emerald Ashes

So Seventh Horcrux is definitely a very good quality fic. Whilst it is a solid parody of the Harry Potter canon, there are also plenty of tongue-in-cheek references to fanon, and not having a solid knowledge of the latter will not impede your enjoyment of the work. This author knows what they’re doing. I’ll say

A Black Comedy by Nonjon

Warning below for language and discussions of sexually explicit and unsavoury topics. The fic itself is not NC-17. Sex is talked about and referred to almost constantly, but there is almost nothing in the way of graphic depictions of sex scenes. I’ll note before diving in that this fic was written as Deathly Hallows was

What You Leave behind by Newcomb

The Premise What You Leave Behind is an AU rewrite which, aside from a prologue, begins at Kings Cross Station on September 1st when Harry is 11 years old. Rather than a singular premise for the AU, the author’s purpose is fourfold. From their profile: An exploration and expansion of Hogwarts as a truly magical

Drop Dead Gorgeous by Maya

The notion of my reviewing a story that I unequivocally enjoyed was raised recently, so I interrupted my reading list to revisit an old favorite of mine. I last read it about a decade ago and wanted to see if it still held up, which for the most part it does. Maya was considered a

Harry Potter and the Problem of Potions by Wyste

Premise Once upon a time, Harry Potter hid for two hours from Dudley in a chemistry classroom, while a nice graduate student explained about the scientific method and interesting facts about acids. A pebble thrown into the water causes ripples. This is the direct quote from the AO3 summary for Harry Potter and the Problem