Best Epic Bridgerton Fanfics
Bridgerton fanfics over 100,000 words — the reader-favorite epics that define the fandom. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 19 Epic Bridgerton Fanfics
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I'm Making Her a Mama
by KatofKanals
Penelope Featherington may have only just turned 32 years old, but she’s come to a very important decision in her life. She’s ready to become a mother. She’s got a career that she’s passionate about and is completely financially independent and secure. All that’s missing is the man, but she’s done w
but they were real to me
by unsavorablefavors
Colin Bridgerton had it all: a beautiful wife, four beautiful children, and a fulfilling career.Saying he’s content is an understatement; he loves this life.That is until he’s yanked from this reality and finds himself in the hospital, awakening from a coma.It turns out he is not married and never
I'm Having His Baby
by KatofKanals
Penelope Featherington has a drunken one-night stand with her best friend, Colin Bridgerton, and there are major consequences. They now have to figure out how to mend the pieces of their broken friendship all while navigating this complicated and life-changing journey they've found themselves on tog
The Gentlemen's Wager
by murderbymushrooms
“This is not happening Colin. I am not going to play any part in this, do you hear me?” “Of course, nobody would expect you to fall over at my feet, especially in light of my unforgivably rude comments last Season.” Colin said, all reason and calm as he collected his hat from a footman, “And what
Bless The Telephone
by KatofKanals
Penelope Featherington has been trying to get over her crush on her best friend Colin Bridgerton for the last several years. It should be pretty easy to do considering he spends the vast majority of his time away from London and in far off corners of the world as part of his travel writing and socia
a spare heart
by penelopecolin (sexymonk)
A month before Penelope's presentation to the Queen, she and Colin share a vulnerable moment that leads to a brilliant idea. He is determined to see this idea through, despite Penelope's reservations.
Cruel & Unusual: A Tale of Personal Growth
by Sea_Dragonfly
Penelope Featherington is officially over Colin Bridgerton.Deservedly so. She’d worked tirelessly over the last twelve months to move on from him. She’d listened to Lizzo on repeat, read every self-help book under the sun, been to therapy, and even changed the plot of her novel from a coming-of-age
A Gentleman’s Guide to Planning the Perfect Romantic Getaway
by KatofKanals
Colin Bridgerton is a rather popular travel influencer on Instagram and contributor to GQ magazine. He goes home for the holidays to visit his family after a particularly long stretch abroad. Somehow, he ends up going on an all-expenses paid trip to a little slice of heaven in the Caribbean with his
You Must Not Romance Mrs. Bridgerton
by TonksieFea
Colin Bridgerton has woken up in the worst possible way, without his wife in his bed! A scream stops his plans to search for her only for him to find Daphne over an empty bassinet and Anthony shouting for Kate, whom is not there. The three of the four Married Bridgerton Siblings must find the way to
Consider the Lilies
by effluxpoison
A passionate honeymoon, a long-awaited pregnancy, and a devastating loss that nearly breaks Kate and Anthony before they’ve even begun. Starts right after S2’s engagement scene. Kate and Anthony’s love survives the unimaginable, but healing is its own long road. Now, as they grieve, grow, and learn
Embracing Scandal
by dreamchaser31
A few months after Anthony marries Edwina, Kate marries a Duke in order to stay in London to be close to her sister.Both marriages are not what Kate and Anthony pictured for their happily ever after.It's been years since the entire family has seen or heard from Kate, and now Edwina has run off in th
The Heart Doesn't Forget
by fictionfrek101
In 1803, sixteen-year-old Benedict Bridgerton is spending the summer in Paris when the Napoleonic Wars are declared and he becomes a prisoner of war. The Bridgertons constantly worry about their missing brother, working to find a way to bring him home when suddenly the letters stop. In 1807, eightee
Couldn't Say It To Myself
by INTPSlytherin_reylove97
When Anthony began dating Edwina, he knew she’d fit the bill. Attractive, intelligent, and well-mannered. A fine wife in the making. Perfect to placid his family and perhaps stable enough to quiet the gossip and Lady Whistledown’s ever active twitter. When the annual Bridgerton summer holiday rolled
All’s Well That Ends Well (To End Up With You)
by aRegularJo
Anthony Bridgerton does *not* want to marry Kate Sharma. And Kate Sharma definitely doesn’t have time to date Anthony Bridgerton. But a friends-with-benefits contract? That’s rational; in fact, it’s really just good sense.Things escalate quickly.Or:A modern, deconstructed Bridgerton (mostly) rom-dra
The Difference a Wife Makes
by Rachel0190
Following the death of both parents, Lord Anthony Bridgerton must take a wife to help him raise his siblings. The difference made to one family and their friends following the marriage of one man and one woman in 1807. ORAnthony marries Kate in 1807 and together they raise the rest of the Bridgerton
Unconditional
by Katie993
Marina Thompson had almost ensnared the most coveted pack of the Ton. With one scandal sheet the potential lovematch/entrapment/scheme had come crashing down.The Featherington's reputation has been left decimated. Unhelped by Portia's determination to pretend all is well, and the fact that there is
You Are Mine
by Littlepearlfairy
What if instead of Marina finding herself pregnant and unwed at the beginning of the season, it's Penelope?Terrified for her young cousin, Marina thinks up a plan to help Penelope find a good match before her mother forces to marry an old man.Colin finds himself rushing to Penelope's aid... but will
all that glitters
by sharmasting
In an effort to distract from a major scandal, the palace comes up with a better story: Reformed heir to the throne, Prince Anthony, settles down with hotshot lawyer Kate Sharma.For Kate, what starts as a favor to a friend spirals into a media frenzy that's even more tumultuous from the inside.or: t
You Used To Live in My Head (Now I Carry You In My Heart)
by HarnitBee
When Kate Sharma finds a random DM with a photo of her as a child next to another kid and questions Mary about it she discovers that the imaginary friend she believed she had had during the three years her family lived in London when she was a little was not actually imaginary?Actually, he might be
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This list of 19epic Bridgerton fanfics spans 3,964,945 total words. Kudos range from 1,631 on the newest entries to 8,181 on the most established. 74% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (10 of 19 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Friends to Lovers · Alternate Universe - Modern Setting · Modern Era · Romance · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence.
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