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Why I was WRONG about Harry Potter fanfiction

2026-03-16 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:49 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Books and reading · mode: Review and recommendation · tags: He changed his mind

In a Short, Ali says he used to dismiss fan fiction without having read any, until Harry Potter fan fiction won him over; he recommends five Harry Potter fan fictions and is working through the top 100.

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00:00:00 — Harry Potter fan fiction: why he changed his mind and five recommendations

  • ★★ Ali used to be against fan fiction, thinking it was romantic drivel without having read any; then he read some Harry Potter fan fiction and found it extremely good. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★★ Ali recommends that anyone who loves Harry Potter get into Harry Potter fan fiction. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★★ Ali's five Harry Potter fan fiction recommendations: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, The Debt of Time, Harry Potter and the Year of Darkness, Manacled and Backwards with Purpose. — 00:00:00 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★ Ali describes The Debt of Time as the story of Hermione bringing Sirius back from the dead. — 00:00:00
  • ★ Ali describes Harry Potter and the Year of Darkness as following book seven from Neville's point of view at Hogwarts, and Manacled as a post-apocalyptic, very dark story. — 00:00:29 · Harry Potter (book series)
  • ★★ Ali is about 80% through the Harry Potter fan fiction Backwards with Purpose and is making his way through all of the top 100 Harry Potter fan fictions. — 00:00:29 · Harry Potter (book series)

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Central: fan fiction · Harry Potter (book series)

Also: Backwards with Purpose · Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality · Harry Potter and the Year of Darkness · Hermione Granger · Manacled · Neville · Sirius Black · The Debt of Time

Also centred on fan fiction: i am begging you to try harry potter fan fiction

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