Snarry-a-Thon 2024

Another year of Snarry-a-Thon has just wrapped up! What a fun season this has been. There was a lot to love, but as usual, I've narrowed it down to my Top 5 favorites! But first…

Disclaimer: my rec lists are created based on my personal experiences and preferences. There are plenty of other stories and authors who are quite good and deserve just as much love. This is not meant to be an objective “best of the best” list, but the subjective opinion of a longtime reader and fangirl.

Cat-astrophe

by blackwhitelight (loneamaryllis). Rated: E. Words: 13,972. Fluff & humor. Cat!Harry. Cat!Severus. Idiots in love.

"It's a door," Harry said. "I killed Voldemort. I can manage a door."
"Can you?" Snape said, with such smugness it was dripping off his whiskers.
Or the adventures of Harry and Snape as cats after an unfortunate potion accident.

Turning Back Time

by cruisedirector, Dementordelta. Rated: T. Words: 8,455. Time travel. Domestic. Established relationship.

Harry and Snape are equally sure about who made the first move. They just disagree about which of them it was.

Symmetry and Murder

by salizarinadress. Rated: T. Words: 21,795. Murder Mystery. Severus has OCD. Trust issues. POV Severus.

Severus has been going steady with Potter for six months now, taking what pleasure he can from what is clearly a sting operation to uncover his non-existent illegal brewing enterprise. Then Harry confesses his love. He insists that he really did retire as an auror, and that he thought they were dating for real this whole time, and he's willing to go public to prove it. He organises a last-minute Murder Mystery night and invites Severus as his official date. Hijinks ensue.

The Bubbling Brew

by Trueliarose (trueliarose). Rated: T. Words: 35,540. Coffee Shop AU. Muggle AU. Fluff. Idiots in love. Mutual pining.

Harry works at a café. Everyone warns him about the grumpy regular who always occupies the table in the far corner. Except, Harry doesn't know what everyone is on about; he likes the sarcastic man.

He Who Lives More Lives Than One

by Writcraft (writcraft). Rated: E. Words: 24,041. Curses. Hurt/comfort. Falling in love. Vampire Harry. Immortal Severus.

Harry is in trouble again. When immortality is forced upon him, there is only one person who can help. Severus Snape, the wizard who refuses to die.

Bonus: Art Rec

A Hissy Fit

by sillybeans (sillylittlebeans). Rated: G. Comic. Cat!Harry. Cat!Snape.

Crookshanks sneezes.

Snarry-a-Thon 2022

Snarry-a-Thon is an annual fest of Snarry goodness that always brings so much creativity and joy in the Snarry community. I am forever blown away by how much talent and passion Snarry-lovers have. With that in mind, I wanted to create some special recs for a fest near and dear to my heart.

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2022 fest! But first...

Disclaimer: my rec lists are created based on my personal experiences and preferences. There are plenty of other stories and authors who are quite good and deserve just as much love. This is not meant to be an objective “best of the best” list, but the subjective opinion of a longtime reader and fangirl.

Foundations (or, Where Do We Go From Here?)

by avioleta (avioleta). Rated: E. Words: 17,788. First time. Hogwarts 8th year. Jealousy. Angst with a happy ending.

After the war, Severus retreats to the solitude of his dungeons. There are potions to brew, repair work to be done, and lessons to plan. But then Harry Potter begins turning up at all hours, wanting little more—it seems—than to irritate Severus. Severus doesn’t know what Potter wants. But he doesn’t know what he wants, either. From the original prompt: Severus knows it’s not love or even affection that brings Harry Potter to his rooms at night.

The Potter Phenomenon

by ines_iz. Rated: E. Words: 31,548. Romance. Internalized homophobia. Angst. Eventual fluff. Idiots in love. Professor Harry Potter. Pining. Jealousy. Coming out.

When Harry Potter, queer star of the Wizarding World, returns to Hogwarts as the new Defence professor, Severus Snape is not happy. In fact, he is positively outraged. Not only does Severus have to endure the man's obnoxious behaviour (not to mention his ridiculous sense of fashion), but he also ends up being dragged into Potter's attention-seeking plans — and, ultimately, is forced to face a few demons of his own.
Or: Harry Potter Goes Gay (and the entirety of Hogwarts Goes Gay with him)

A Trick of the Mind

by PinaNaponi (vulnerasanenturmyprince). Rated: E. Words: 40,585. UST. Postwar. Scars. Pining. Legilimency. Brief Harry/Ginny.

Ever since the horcrux in his head is gone, Legilimency comes easy to Harry. It’s nearly laughable how easy it is, considering how much he used to struggle with it back in his fifth year. But he reckons half of that had been Snape’s fault anyway. Who on earth would enjoy the nasty git invading their mind?
But as life as Harry has known it changes, Harry’s opinion on the matter changes with it ― rather drastically so if he’s being perfectly honest.

With Aloha

by silvereye5 (silvereye5). Rated: E. Words: 26,793. Fluff. Drinking.

Severus and Harry are booked on the same gay singles cruise.

No Defence Against the Dark

by zalil. Rated: E. Words: 1,732. Established relationship. Demonic possession. Body modification.

After handling his DADA material, Harry might have changed a bit lately. Severus doesn’t approve. Or does he?

Bonus: Shameless Self-Rec

Listen...it's okay to celebrate oneself, too, okay?

Contempt

by danpuff. Rated: E. Words: 20,400. Enemies to Lovers. Virginity loss. Cheating. Love/Hate. Harry/Ginny. POV Harry Potter.

Harry hates Snape, and he always will. (He will, won’t he?)
Playlist | Podfic

Snarry-a-Thon 2022 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2020

Snarry-a-Thon is an annual fest of Snarry goodness that always brings so much creativity and joy in the Snarry community. I am forever blown away by how much talent and passion Snarry-lovers have. With that in mind, I wanted to create some special recs for a fest near and dear to my heart.

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2020 fest! But first...

Disclaimer: my rec lists are created based on my personal experiences and preferences. There are plenty of other stories and authors who are quite good and deserve just as much love. This is not meant to be an objective “best of the best” list, but the subjective opinion of a longtime reader and fangirl.

a scratch for every itch

by bleedcolor (bleedcolor). Rated: T. Words: 11,478. Pining. Humor. Friends to Idiots to Lovers. Magical Maladies. Getting together.

Severus Snape is an itch that Harry just can't scratch.

The Unforgivables

by cruisedirector & Dementordelta. Rated: E. Words: 13,558. Reconciliation. Auror Harry Potter. Magical Artifacts. Discipline. Spanking. Sex toys. Dark Magic. Morally Gray Harry Potter.

Harry thought he was entitled to use an Unforgivable Curse here or there. After all, he was an Auror. But someone familiar, someone he missed, seemed to know exactly what he was up to.

Payment, rather than affection

by hippocrates460. Rated: E. Words: 3,382. Sex work. Sugar Daddy. Dubious consent.

“You wanna live fancy? Live in a big mansion?
Party in France?
You better work bitch”
Britney Spears

M WLTM FELLOW LNLY PERSON FR DINNER & WINE. WELL-COMPENSATED.
Who could be lonelier than still-recovering Snape? Who could be more alone than newly-divorced Harry?

Red As Blood

by Likelightinglass (likelightinglass). Rated: M. Words: 9,942. Vampires. Fairytale retellings. Mild gore. True love.

Once upon a time there was a strange and magical land. One filled with ordinary villages and ordinary people, a dark and forbidding Forest, and a castle shrouded in mist. In the castle lived an Evil King, whose court of Death Eaters did his evil bidding. And there was a curse. There was a curse, and a magic mirror, and a boy as white as snow.
But first, there was a Huntsman.

The Detective's Ballet

by pluperfectsunrise. Rated: E. Words: 18,151. Fairytale retellings. Adventure. Mystery. Double narrative.

Harry Potter’s two best friends have been kidnapped by a man called the Snow King. He sets out on a dangerous quest to get them back.
Meanwhile, another Harry Potter goes to the ballet in search of Severus Snape.

Snarry-a-Thon 2020 Masterlist

Snarry-a-Thon 2018

Snarry-a-Thon is an annual fest of Snarry goodness that always brings so much creativity and joy in the Snarry community. I am forever blown away by how much talent and passion Snarry-lovers have. With that in mind, I wanted to create some special recs for a fest near and dear to my heart.

With that, here are my Top 5 picks for the 2018 fest! But first...

Disclaimer: my rec lists are created based on my personal experiences and preferences. There are plenty of other stories and authors who are quite good and deserve just as much love. This is not meant to be an objective “best of the best” list, but the subjective opinion of a longtime reader and fangirl.

Worth Watching

by accioslash. Rated: E. Words: 3,784. Muggle AU. Drunk sex. Established relationship.

One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it's worth watching.

Grim

by Acid (ac1d6urn). Rated: E. Words: 17,240. Spinner's End. Grief/Mourning. Romance. Hurt/comfort.

After the war, the house on Spinner's End is a shelter, but not a home. Then Snape lets in a pair of strays.

Surfacing

by avioleta (avioleta). Rated: E. Words: 24,861. Panic attacks. PTSD. Student/teacher. Hogwarts 8th year. First time.

Harry’s back at Hogwarts. Severus is back in the Potions Lab and everyone is just trying to find some semblance of normal after the war.

Prompt #113: Old school 8th year fic.

Little Monkeys

by Lilian. Rated: T. Words: 15,756. Past character death. Grief/mourning. Children.

"There might be a chance that maybe, perhaps, Severus went too far this whole ‘exile far away from the Wizarding World’ thing. Because however he tries to frame it, it comes down to this: after nine years of being completely alone, the first time he stays with another person, he’s plotting to steal said person’s children."

Afloat (on a Sea of Love)

by suitesamba (suitesamba). Rated: G. Words: 8,334. Humor. Old men in love.

In their autumn years, Harry and Severus finally find each other and, though Harry’s kids object, decide to take a cruise to celebrate their budding relationship. Back home, Lily, Al and James have ample time to discuss just exactly why they object to Severus as they sit through a Hogwarts Quidditch game. When their old headmistress Minerva McGonagall joins them in the stands, she opens their eyes about their dad and Severus. Featuring old men in love (and in Speedos), a Quidditch game that will not end, Minerva the match-maker, and a seven-year old wedding planner.

Snarry-a-Thon 2018 Masterlist