Best Short Jily Fanfics
Jily novellas — 10k–50k words, perfect for a weekend. All curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 7 Short Jily Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Jily fics — 10,000–50,000 words.
Side Effects May Include
by CosmicxCrush
You watch as he leans in closer; how his mouth curves in that same, self-assured kind of way that seems to prickle at the corners of your mind. It’s like a warning of sorts, you think, that the kind of brazen confidence and boyish charm he walked round the castle with could easily sharpen into somet
I Could Still Recall, Our Last Summer
by asll54
This was the worst summer ever.Nightmares after other.Silence in a manor that used to be filled with life.A friend locked away, a friend he was sure was innocent.James had been waiting for the schooyear to start, for the life, for the noise.But this was worse than the year before. Sequel to ‘Another
Fixing Old Traditions
by SlytherinSilverRose
Fixing Old Traditions, which will begin in the year 1971. Follows the original character of Aimee Burke. A story of friendship, love and loss. Sometimes people come into ours and we don’t expect them to be so important to us. Until we’re being ripped away from one another.Aimee Burke and Sirius Blac
All that Glitters is not Gold..
by sheepishly12
Peter Pettigrew’s fifth year at Hogwarts is off to a miserable start.James and Lily are making heart eyes across the common room, Sirius and Remus are.. whatever they are, and Peter? He’s third-wheeling so hard it might qualify as a magical skill. When Professor Flitwick asks him to tutor a struggli
Fighting Against the Odds
by Evelyn1345
Lily Evans has one month of Hogwarts left, an offer for two-day-a-week apothecary job, and a boyfriend who would like to know if she'd care to move into a flat with him, please, today, immediately. She would. She isn't going to. That's its own problem because Lily Evans wants to make it on her own i
Silence Between the Lines
by SparrowHouse
Matilda Belmonte had the world at her fingertips; a prestigious family name, a thriving future and a close knit circle of friends. But when the first war ended, the trauma left her a ghost of herself. With her spirit fractured and her dignity buried in the dust of her best friends home, Tilly finds
Old friends, long forgotten
by Lanaara
Unnerved, Remus got up and padded softly out to the landing. Standing at the top of the stairs, he could hear them clearly.“…doing here?” Hope Lupin was saying. “How did he even find us?”Lyall didn’t respond, wand pointed resolutely at the door, though his hand shook ever so slightly. Remus studied
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Why Read Short Jily Fics?
Novella-length Jily fics — roughly 10,000 to 50,000 words — let writers fully develop a single AU, trope, or relationship beat without sprawling. Plenty of time for setup, payoff, and a satisfying ending; not so much time that you're juggling fifty bookmarks.
Great for trying a new author or testing whether you'll enjoy a sub-genre before diving into something longer.
About This List
This list of 7short Jily fanfics spans 165,173 total words. Kudos range from 1 on the newest entries to 36 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Mature (5 of 7 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Slow Burn · Marauders Era (Harry Potter) · First Wizarding War with Voldemort (Harry Potter).
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