Best Short Reincarnation Fanfics
Reincarnation novellas — 10k to 50k words, polished and contained. Curated from AO3, ranked by kudos.
Top 20 Short Reincarnation Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Each fic is tagged with reincarnation and falls in the 10,000–50,000 words range.
The Guiding of Death
by RayShippouUchiha
“Hades and Persephone reborn huh,” Fury states then more than asks, “no need to ask which is which.”Toni’s brows furrow even as dread begins to squirm to life inside of her.But before she can say anything, before she can open her mouth and set the record straight, she hears it.A murmur as loud as a
Fire Rebirth
by Blackbird0
To Zuko's great relief, his new family were not part of a cult. Instead they seemed to be rather normal; they were well-mannered, cultured, fire-breathing people who were very assured of their own superiority, and had a family history of insanity.Zuko had never felt more at home.AU Zuko-is-Itachi.
Another Life, Another Love, Another—oh, whatever
by AverageFish
Izzy Swan, Master of Death, asks Carlisle to be her shrink.Edward Cullen, master of melodrama, asks his father for advice.A better love story than Twilight, told from a dad's perspective.Podfic read by RuneLore
Count To Four
by INVOIDED
Harry always knew he was different, he just had to count to four to prove it.
Firestarter
by stridermagic
Rhaenys Targaryen survives the sack of King's Landing through Jaime's intervention and regaining the memories of a past life. Robert orders her to be taken to Winterfell and wed to Ned’s firstborn.
pomegranate seeds (he dragged me down, but i came willingly)
by pucksandpower
Kore.Persephone.Percy Jackson.She has been known by three names, yet forgotten all but one.orIn which Persephone was fading and chose rebirth over disappearing into oblivion. Hades will stop at nothing to find her again. It changes everything.
akasenko (in this floating world does anything endure?)
by Bigung
"wherever i am, the world comes after me. it offers me its busyness. it does not believe that i do not want it. now i understand why the old poets of china went so far and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist." - mary oliver, the old poets of china.an accidental not-child is raised
Maybe
by TGP
Tabris is the angel of free will. He thinks maybe it's time to use it.
The Scent of Wisteria
by SavWithaG
Like wisteria that's been carefully cultivated for decades, it takes more than death to destroy her.OR...Kochou Shinobu is reborn as Midoriya Izuku and decides to make it everyone's problem.
Twilight: New Dawn
by Ciel_of_the_Night
When Lillian De Clarke, budding violinist, is hit by a speeding car and dies, she thinks her life is over. But, as it turns out, fate may have known what it was doing, after all. (A rebirth/transmigration fic centered around the town of Forks, and its sparkly inhabitants).
I am Mother Hera, Hear Me Roar
by ScarletteAwesleyPup
In a world where greek gods and monsters run rampant, one formerly mortal woman from the future (or alternate dimension?) becomes the famed Bitch Queen and tries to gather as many children as she can. Wait, what do you mean godly children grow up super fast?
It had to be Jessica
by Tanner_Clark
When I woke up as a completely different person in a fictional world, I knew there were a lot of things that needed to be changed. But I didn't want things to change in this way.
BLUE IDOL, World Domination with Music.
by Averyuniquename
Isagi Yoichi is worlds number one solo-idol. He is at top of the world with his crazy voice range, a wide diversity of songs and his personality (which is a 180 different off and on the stage) After reading the 789 paged novel gifted to him by a fan he takes a late night walk to the grocery store.
Once upon a future
by bronzemirror
Reincarnated into the future with memories of his past life, Gojo Satoru wants nothing more than a quiet life this time. Until fate brings Yuuji Itadori back into his world.
Riddle Me Wicked
by AvisCorvo
”That is still my brother-““-Do you want me to prove it?”“No-““-I’ll kill him.” She already had her knife out. “I will erase him so thoroughly your mother will forget she ever gave birth.”“No, no wait-“ A finger chose that inopportune moment to fall out of her pocket. A finger. A finger fell out
Just another Transformers Self-Insert
by Yuzar
Let’s be realistic for a moment!Dying sucks, and being reborn as a nameless side character in a fictional universe does not exactly help…Especially if you consider the evil backstabbing tyrant, Sentinel not so Prime, and the mess that this divorce-to-be is going to be! 10/10, would not recommend! No
Who Am I? Who Are You? Mirror Lies, Mimic Truth
by ticketytockety
Reincarnation AU As the Dean's Assistant, Viktor is to be present when Heimerdinger is busy. Normally, it's to sit through some type of meeting, not to supervise the retrieval of something found deep within the river of Zaun.
The Awakening of Narcissa
by CasandraLange_Escritora
One night, her life was monotonous, safe, and predictable. The next morning, she awoke between the silk sheets of Malfoy Manor, in the body of a woman who wasn't hers, under the icy-yet strangely burning-gaze of Lucius Malfoy.Trapped in Narcissa's skin, she must not only contend with a husband whose
A Hermetic Mage in Lady Gotham's Court
by Your_Stepfather
Fed up with the constant escapes from Arkham Asylum, A freshly awakened mage decides to do something about it----Could be considered a rewrite of my other fic, Gotham: The Ascension, but considering how I might continue that, it's not really a rewrite. More so, a different take on it.
This Time Around
by IdkImNotThatCreative
In all of this life, Tomioka Giyuu has only experienced it once. When he was a child, he met Sabito and suddenly so many of those memories that had been a blur before were crystal clear. During a chance encounter, he hears the name Kochou and instantly recognizes it as a name tied to fuzzy memorie
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About Reincarnation
Characters live, die, and find each other again in another life — sometimes remembering, sometimes only feeling an inexplicable pull toward a stranger. Reincarnation fic spans single rebirths and centuries-long cycles of meeting and losing.
It is the promise that love outlasts death itself, and the moment of remembrance — recognition flooding a stranger's face — is among the most reliably devastating beats in fanfic.
Common scenarios: An immortal waiting centuries for a reborn king to return, or modern strangers dreaming in parallel of a war they both died in.
About This List
This list of 20short Reincarnation fanfics spans 616,510 total words. Kudos range from 105 on the newest entries to 18,919 on the most established. Most entries are ongoing works, so subscribe on AO3 for update notifications. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (8 of 20 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Reincarnation · Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Self-Insert · Angst · Alternate Universe.
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