Top Game of Thrones Fanfics
82 notable Game of Thrones works from our AO3 database, ranked by kudos — with full stats, tags, and similar-fic recommendations for each.
by WhiteHeart · Daemyra
It's not Alicent who finds Aemond right after his failed attempt at bonding with Dreamfyre.The blood of the dragon runs thick, even in the face of adversity.A little kindness has massive ripples that literally change the world.Or: At the end of the day all that Aemond wanted was to be accepted, Rhae
by Dialux · Jonsa
It had been a slash across her chest from a White Walker’s sword that finally ended her life. Sansa’d landed in a puddle of her own blood, and she’d died quickly, quietly. And then she’d awoken with a gasp, trembling, in a bed that had burned under Theon’s betrayal.
by MoonWitch96 · Daemyra
Her words are 'We Light the Way.' Her eyes are green like dreams, and she knows she will be nothing but a captive to her womb, her babes, and the blood they will hold at her father's behest. She was someone else once. In the future she has seen, in the world she has read in the pages of a book, se
by RedandBlack (izumi2) · Daemyra
Viserys always let himself be led. And when having Dreams, it was a simple matter of following them as well. Dreams foretold the Doom. Dreams showed him a son. Dreams warned him of the dangers his daughter faced. But he was not the only one to have them. The difference is that Rhaenyra understood th
by Priestess_of_Groove · Braime, Jonerys
Humanity failed to stop the Night King and his legion of undead until it was too late. The displeased Gods decide it should take a greater role in the fate of humanity and wind back to a time before the world fell apart. Jon Snow, the Prince Who Was Promised, and Jaime Lannister are sent back to p
by astolat · Braime
Three weeks into their delightful slog across Westeros, during yet another charming day of shitting in the woods, eating half-raw squirrel, and trudging his feet bloody, the single most dour and uninteresting woman Jaime had ever met in all of Westeros stopped in the middle of a field, drew a deep b
by rachiemcd · Daemyra
After dying in dragon fire by the maw of her brother’s dragon, Rhaenyra wakes up the day of her mother’s death. Armed with foreknowledge of all the catastrophes to come, can she redirect the course of fate to one where she gets all she wants?
by Mast3rofd3ath · Daemyra
aegon ii targaryen died of poison only to wake with a second chance to ensure the dragons never dance Spanish translation Russian Translation
by Rhino (RhinoMouse) · Jonerys
When two individuals explode out of the heart tree at Winterfell, the Bolton's think it's a blessing from the gods. It certainly is a change in their fortunes. Sansa expected to die the day the Bolton's did after their guest made the ground shake with her fury. Only she didn't, and now she is nomina
by Preet01 · Daemyra
Laenor Velaryon passed out drunk on his wedding night, but that’s not to say Rhaenyra Targaryen spent her wedding night alone. Nine months after being married, she gives birth to a daughter with silvery blonde hair and lilac eyes, forever changing the history of House Targaryen.
by thimbleful · Jonsa
He meets her gaze for the shortest moment before turning to look out over the woods, gesturing at it with a gloved hand. “Is this why you brought me here? To talk about memories?”“No. I wanted to talk about marriage.”When Sansa suggests it's time for her and Jon to marry, she means they should make
by StarLight_Massacre · Renloras
Badly injured in the battle at Ashford, Robert Baratheon is forced to marry Cersei Lannister at Casterly Rock to secure the allegiance, and forces, of the Westerlands during the early stages of the rebellion, against the Targaryen rule. The ensuing pregnancy, and birth, of Harian Baratheon, will for
by NaerysBlackfyre90 · Jonsa
After the events of season 8, The Stranger offers Jon Targaryen a deal. To go back in time and fix his mistakes and become the King he was supposed to be.
by AnaWayne · Jonsa
Bran Stark knew that it wasn’t enough. So he decided to use his sister’s dormant yet growing magic to change the history of the House of Dragons before its fall.
by astolat · Braime
“Marry me instead,” Jaime said.
by SweetestPopcorn · Daemyra
AU"Give the girl to me to wife" - Prince Daemon told his brother - "Who else would take her now?"And so, the Rogue Prince gets his wish and is given the Realm's Delight to marry. Thus begins the dynasty of Prince Daemon and Princess Rhaenyra...leaving the Greens speechless at King Viserys's decision
by ashleyfanfic · Jonerys
Amidst war, dissension in the ranks, people still manage to find happiness in so much despair.Read the relationships tags FIRST.NOT SEASON 8 COMPLIANT
by Spreta_Invidia · Daemyra
When Unwin Peake killed his queen, Aegon knew it was time to die. After the death of Jaehaera, Aegon decides to end his life. But instead, he's offered a chance to go back to a point in time where he may be able to change fate: the fate of his parents, his family, and his kingdom.And of the dragons
by NaerysBlackfyre90 · Jonsa, Braime
“How did you know of this chest Sam?” Jon´s eyebrows were drawn together in a frown.“hummm…oh uh well maester Aemon told me to give this chest to you when he died. He said that you would most likely be in need of them.” Sam answers with a shrug.Jon stared at Sam with a frown painted on this face.
by fairytalelovr · Jonerys
Completely AU from the end of the Rebellion!After Ned takes Jon from the Tower of Joy, he stops by King's Landing to see Robert crowned. There, they discover the former Queen had died in childbed. But while Prince Viserys escaped Dragonstone, the baby Daenerys was not born soon enough and was brough
by DerkAndFullOfErrors · Jonerys
A secret hidden right under their noses.A young Jon Snow realises his worth in the world and vows to make something of himself.People always did wonder what unknowns existed west of Westeros....
by vixleonard · Jonerys
Myrcella Baratheon always knew she would be married to a man for a political alliance. What she did not know was that she was going to be left in the North at 8-years-old to one day become the wife of Robb Stark and just how much it would change her life.
by deathwalker · Jonerys
What if Ned Stark wasn't executed at the Great Sept of Baelor? Instead, what if, he had been removed from Kingslanding before Joffrey could give the order for his head? What impact would this have had on the Game of Thrones? Long running story.Comments:"That was f*cking awesome. That was one of the
by ratclanqueen · Jonsa
ON HIATUS - I DO NOT KNOW WHEN I WILL UPDATE THIS FIC NEXT"I know this is hard for you to understand but we have already lived this life once. The Gods are blessing us. I saw this before the Night King broke through the Wall. We have been reborn into our bodies before Jon Arryn's murder with our mem
by astolat · Braime
Tywin gave her a stern look. “Watch your tongue.”“Or what, you’ll cut my head off, like your grandson did to my father?” Arya spat at him, a cub trying to bite with milk teeth.
by darkfire1220 · Jonerys
"A Death for a Life."As Lyanna Stark dies giving birth to Rhaegar Targaryen's last child, a dragon egg hatches for the babe. With her final breath, she begs her brother Ned to keep her son and the dragon infant safe. Jon Snow dreams of a dragon throughout his childhood; a dragon and a girl named Dan
by dontaskmedude · Rhaenicent
But I must admit it, I would marry you in an instantDamn your wife, I'd be your mistress just to have you aroundORsometimes a family can be a lesbian, her stepdaughter, her gay husband, his lover and their eight children
by The_Sithspawn · Braime, Jonerys
The Second War for the Dawn is over, the Others have won. All that is left is one insane plan.
by PhantomFlowers · Rhaenicent
Collection of smut stories. (Previously known as: Rhaenicent G!P Smut Scenarios.)
by Shadow_Monarch_14 · Daemyra
After Prince Baelon Targaryen was a miscarriage, Queen Aemma Arryn tells King Viserys I Targaryen that she will have no more children. She has given him a daughter (a heiress) and that should be good enough.Viserys, pressured by his Small Council and his dream of a male heir as well as manipulated b
by astolat · Braime
“Why not a hook, though?” Brienne said, and Jaime followed her gaze to the golden hand covering his stump. He paused, and she added, “It’s pretty, but it’s not much use, is it?"
by havingfunwithfanfic · Daemyra
The Gods aren't happy with how things are going with the House of the Dragon, so they send Rhaenyra a few dreams to make her realize the danger she is in. Rhaenyra realizes how horrible of a sister she has been and decides to change things. She will be smarter when playing the Game of Thrones and sh
by Tsume_Yuki · Daemyra
Rickon Stark's firstborn child comes two years early, born with eyes that burn green and a brain rife with memories not her own.
by astolat · Braime, Jonerys
Almost the instant Brienne was out of earshot, Bronn turned to Podrick, jerked his head towards Jaime and asked, “Has he fucked her yet?”
by astolat · Braime
Robb Stark had swept his entire hand of cards off the table, and Tyrion couldn’t see how to make a single play at all.
by bikadoo · Jonsa
“I will be a silent, and dutiful wife,” Sansa spits. “I will be their pretty little songbird, and wear their ugly crown, and sit on their painful throne. I shall give him a babe, and my love, and I will wait until he thinks that he has won. And then I shall take his life." Shae goes still. "You ...
by madgirlslovesong (Sympathy4theDevil) · Daemyra
There it is – the symbol of royalty, the King of the forest – and he picked her. Not Aegon, the King’s son, but Rhaenyra, his daughter. There’s something magical in the hart’s steady gaze, and Rhaenyra almost collapses under the weight of what the stag symbolises. Or Rhaenyra’s encounter with the wh
by janie_tangerine · Braime
in which Robert, instead of keeping Jaime in King's Landing after the rebellion, sends him to Winterfell.Or, alternatively: in which Jaime gets to keep his oaths, gains both Ned's and Cat's respect and Jon Snow finds himself growing up with his own sworn sword.Or, even more alternatively: in which B
by FenceSittersAnonymous · Jonerys
After drinking the poison Jamie Lannister gave her, Olenna Tyrell wakes up in her bed in Highgarden in 292 AC. Armed with her memories, decades of experience in political manoeuvring and her razor-sharp wit she sets out to ensure that, this time, House Tyrell Grows Strong.Olenna Tyrell has always be
by Zanadu · Daemyra
Viserys Targaryen is sent back in time from the point of his death to prevent calamity in the far future, and perhaps in the near future as well.
by hopeyoustay · Rhaenicent
Rhaenyra and Laenor both knew the backlash that would undoubtedly occur should they not have a trueborn heir of their own, likely courtesy of the Hightowers. So they get...creative. Harwin very much enjoys laughing at both of them.(A cup and funnel, a turkey baster, they'd tried it all. Things final
by just_a_dram · Jonsa
Sansa Stark and Jon Targaryen are married and neither of them is pleased about it. Set in a world where Rhaegar lives and Jon was raised in King's Landing as a legitimized bastard.
by vixleonard · Jonsa
Memory is unreliable. No one understands this better than Rickon Stark.
by wildsky · SanSan
AU. Response to prompt by lenina20 for the sansa_sandor comment fic meme on LJ.Prompt: warning: dubcon. Joffrey makes them do it - again, and again, and again.
by DevilsLittleRomance · Daemyra
Life has never been kind to Aemond, that’s clear when he mutilates Lucerys, the Princess Rhaenyra’s favorite son, and his father the King betrothed them to marriage.OR: A role reversal where it is Aemond who took his nephew’s eye, and said nephew, heir of the Driftwood Throne, is obsessed with him.(
by darkgods · Daemyra
they have his mother's eyes, these would-be velaryon boys. not those of their own mother, but his. the king stretches limbs and smiles wide, heedless of his brother's fury mingled with agony, his daughter's frozen gaze. fire and blood has reunited. all must be well. the king thinks nothing of the pr
by Sigyn_Stories · Daemyra
Aradia Rose Potter (Fem!Potter) has to run from England to avoid being betrayed yet again. This time she takes everything she can with her. Including her godson, Teddy. But a ring from her family's past finds itself on her finger and before she knows it, she starts to hear the call. With her newly f
by fairytalelovr · Jonerys
Sequel to Winter Roses: SummerThe longest summer in living memory is over and the Citadel has declared autumn has finally started. On the aftermath of the events at Castle Black, the tensions up at the Wall are ever higher. War breeds in the Seven Kingdoms, and two Great Houses find themselves in ev
by ciemai · Daemyra
Rhaenyra suffered a fever for a month wherein she dreamt of the Dance and woke up bitter, wanting vengeance from all her enemies. She will not make the same mistake that her spoilt younger self did, she will make the Seven Kingdoms love her so, that they will revolt if ever the Crown was usurped fro
by Kit_Kat21 · Jonsa
"Promise me," Sansa whispers, tears pooling in her eyes, and she doesn't care how vulnerable - and scared - she sounds right then. "Promise me you won't... I hear she is beautiful."Jon steps to her and with his hands on her cheeks, he holds her face and stares into her eyes. "I promise you. You are
by Lady_Cerridwen · Daemyra
Upon his death, Daemon Targaryen is given a chance to go back to before the Dance of Dragons began and prevent the bloodbath that is the Targaryen civil war. What will the Rogue Prince do with this opportunity? Will he succeed? Follow him as he attempts to win Rhaenyra’s love and the Iron Throne for
by PhantomFlowers · Rhaenicent
A silent ache of longing pervades the relationship between the Queen and her Knight for years to come.Or snapshots of the Queen with her Sworn Protector.
by FenceSittersAnonymous · Jonerys
Maester Aemon still has his sight when Jon Snow arrives at Castle Black to swear his vows. Targaryen’s might have typically had pale hair and purple eyes, but Maester Aemon would recognise his family anywhere. His vows have been tested three times before. This is his fourth and final test and, after
by LazyProcrastinatorr · Daemyra
A modern man finds himself in Westeros after his untimely death. More specifically, in the body of no one other than King Viserys I Targaryen, the man who set the path to one of the bloodiest conflicts in the Seven Kingdoms' history. Armed with knowledge of what is to come and with a strong will to
by Teresa_of_FicWill · Daemyra
Daemon Targaryen learned from his own experience that being nice to your bastard daughter might be surprisingly beneficial. Even more so when she was sent back in time by the Old Gods and now is very keen on saving your life, helping you marry the love of your life, and then protecting your wife’s r
by honey_wheeler · Jonsa, Braime
It had taken her quite some time to name her Queensguard. Not to choose them; Sansa had been choosing them for a great deal of time – since the day she watched her father die, in truth – her choices growing and expanding over the years until she’d known with no doubt who would make up her Queensguar
by astolat · Braime
“So we’ll look for you in the North," Robb Stark said, "coming to pay your debt."
by mylordshesacactus · Rhaenicent
“It makes me feel like a princess,” she admitted. “Just like in the stories. A fair maiden locked away in a far-off turret. Knowing that any strapping young knights wanting to court me will have to earn their way past the fierce, jealous dragon who guards my door. It’s quite comforting.” Rhaenyra
by Lady_in_Red · Braime
Released from the Kingsguard, Jaime faces pressure to marry and produce an heir.
by ganymede_elegy · Jonsa
Jon, 29Looking for a date to a wedding. I'm not kidding. Must pretend to be my girlfriend. Some PDA required (holding hands, etc), but feel free to punch me in the face if you're ever uncomfortable. Or just tell me and I'll stop.**Warnings**-the bride is my ex and the groom is my half brother-I am d
by RhiaWriter · Jonerys
Desperate for more knowledge about her dragons, Daenerys Targaryen flies to the Wall to meet the one man who may have answers. There she meets Jon Snow, the 998th Lord Commander of the Night’s Watch. Surrounded by enemies, Lord Commander Snow struggles to defend the Wall and save the Night’s Watch f
by calistabista · Jonsa
Sansa burns Winterfell as the Night King approaches. Somehow, her story continues.
by Knight_Vigilant_Koren · Renloras
A Renly Baratheon SI that tries to be truly realistic. As Lord Paramount of the Stormlands can I keep my head attached? Is going for the throne a good idea? And WTF am I going to do about the White Walkers?
by Rellie · Braime
AU, from the end of 3x07 in which the timeline is changed slightly and Brienne ends up as the reluctant guest of the Lannisters in King's Landing.(Now with added book spoilers)
by Winterfelland · Jonsa
Sansa has never heard so much sadness and regret in simply a name, ‘Lyanna... Lyanna’s boy. I tried.’She desperately wants to leave and for a second she fears he might die and she will be the only one to witness it. Then, he finds his breath again and shakes his head as if he himself does not unders
by magicmoon111 · Jonerys
Swayed by the powerful words of a dying queen, Stannis Baratheon takes in baby Daenerys Targaryen as his ward. In the North, Eddard Stark is ordered to raise Jon Snow to wed and dishonor the Targaryen princess, by bringing bastard blood into her line, and ending the Dragons forever. Across the cont
by Gwen77 (orphan_account) · Braime
It's," Lady Sansa said at last, and stopped. Brienne waited. "Have you - Brienne. I've received a, a proposal. For you.""Yes, my lady?" Brienne said politely, still waiting, wondering if she was to be sent on some errand from the King that Sansa herself doubted the wisdom of. A proposal was an odd w
by BrienneofThrace · Braime
Brienne thought misery was supposed to end after high school.And perhaps it would have...if she hadn't ended up going to the same college as Jaime Goddamn Lannister.A Jaime/Brienne modern-day college AU.
by cjr2 · Jonerys
The movement of one tiny piece gives Robb Stark the chance to play the Game of Thrones properly, marry his Frey girl, and take back the North. His path takes him straight through the Neck and past Howland Reed, whose secret may be the key to winning the game.Or, alternatively, Ned Stark can’t restra
by astolat · Jonsa, Braime
There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival.—Thornton Wilder
by vixleonard · Jonsa
Jon doesn't realize just how much he loves Sansa until their son is born.
by astolat · Braime
The deep satisfaction of having made the right choice; of having found a clear-flowing wellspring of true honor to protect.
by Caenea · SanSan
“Well, there's a few ways we could get on with life,” Tyrion said pragmatically. “You can put on the armour and marry Sansa. She's rather beautiful; she isn't one of these fluttering, twittering ladies. She's braver and cleverer than she appears. You could do a lot worse than Sansa Stark. If you can
by astolat · Braime
Tyrion almost couldn’t imagine Father doing any of it. Except that it had worked, which justified all things.
by vixleonard · Jonsa
Jon abandons the Night's Watch to join Robb's cause. After rescuing Sansa from King's Landing, he and Sansa find themselves in a relationship they never saw coming.
by molter · Rhaenicent
“Who better to stand in my stead, to stand as the Crown,” Viserys raises his hands, like he’s about to shock them all with his wisdom, “Than its trueborn heir.”Rhaenyra preens at the praise, the recognition. “Thank you, Father.”“And the Queen.”The smile drops from her face. OR[Post-1x06] The King se
by BlackLight2181 · Jonerys
The White Walkers have won. All hope is lost. The gods decided to grant a second chance by sending Jon back in time before all hell breaks loose in season one. Jon decides to go to Pentos to find his true love, Daenerys Targaryen, and save her from her marriage to Khal Drogo, who wanted to rape her.
by esm3rald · Jonerys
Before sailing for Westeros, Daenerys has a prophetic dream. That changes her plans completely.
by SilverDust09 · Jonerys
Ned Stark isn't executed and joins the Night's Watch. Arriving at the Wall Ned gives Jon the truth about his mother...
by Revans_Mask · Rhaenicent
When Rhaenyra Targaryen presents as an alpha, it sets in motion a chain of events that could change both her relationship with Alicent Hightower and the future of the Seven Kingdoms forever. (Or at least make a great deal of trouble for everyone involved)
by WanderingFan · Rhaenicent
Welcome to most AU to ever AU (some weird bastard hybrid of high fantasy and sci-fi).Alicent comes from the most patriarchal nonsense world imaginable, and her planet (Westeros) began a war with Rhaenyra’s planet (Valyria) because Criston Cole is a homophobic ass.Following the war’s end, Rhaenyra re
by tini243 · SanSan
Joffrey is still alive after his wedding to Margery Tyrell and Sansa is still his prisoner. But when his most loyal guard asks for a favour, he feels honour bound to grant it.
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