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These are recommendations made by tropers for The Chronicles of Narnia fanfics, all of which have been signed. After a few samples, you will be able to judge whether you might be interested in the 'fic, based on who recommended it. No-name recommendations will be zapped. Nobody would back up the rec. Discussion of the recommendation is welcome on the discussion page. As such discussion is important, do remember to add the discussion page to the watchlist, if need be.
Do warn when a fanfic may head into sexually explicit or non-canon territory. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, Shipping is Serious Business.
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Authors and Websites
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- This author writes mainly character-driven oneshots.
- Recommended by: Nimhrodell, Fiwen 9430, Brytte Myst
- Lirenel has a beautiful way with words and with the characters. Particularly good ones include Letting Go
, Easter Whisperings, Christmas Whisperings and Terror Gold but any and all of her works are marvelously written.
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- This author tends to focus in deep (and very well-written) platonic (read: only sibling-like, no incest nor slash) relationships between the Pevensie siblings, and even though her Narnia-related fics still ongoing are mostly dead, there are several which are complete, and even the dead ones are so good they deserve to be read.
General Fics
Stories focused on the family and the friendly relationships of the cast. Plot-focused stories or light day-in-the-life stories. Pretty much anything that isn't focused on romance.
And Indeed There Will Be Time by yuletide_archivist
- Recommended by: Kizor
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Time isn't the same here, in the real Narnia.
- Comments: The anti-Went Forth Unconquered. Short, sappy, repetitive, disgustingly sweet. Recommended.
Add ReviewBlack Dwarfs, Blue River by elecktrum
- Recommended by: timeywimey
- Status: Complete
- Alternate link: AO3
- Synopsis: Relating the story of King Edmund's first diplomatic success, how he learned a craft, and why his older brother is known throughout the Black Dwarf clan as Nancy.
Bound By What You Are by Claira
- Recommended by: Roach Patrol
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A solid, thoughtful story of the Pevensies in Narnia. Susan wants to prepare for war, but Peter is less than convinced.
Chanson de Geste by LVDB
- Recommended by: Cryptic Mirror, Ozythehaystack
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Edmund, now 17 and King of Narnia is haunted by the ghost of Jadis and is forced to play a series of games for his soul. The trouble is neither of them are sure exactly what the stakes are, or which part of the game is the one that matters.
- Tags: Dark Fic
Conception by Francienyc
- Recommended by: Gwen Stacy Wannabe
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Helen Pevensie muses about the circumstances that brought her children into the world.
England under the White Witch by Theodora Goss
- Recommended by: Odon
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: An Alternate History England that has been conquered by the White Witch, though no other Narnia characters appear. A short but haunting view of what our world would be like under her reign.
Happiness (this time round) by Dorkangel
- Recommended by: Mike Rosoft
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: "The first time they were grown-ups, in the Golden Age, the Pevensies lived their lives almost entirely for Aslan—and then when they were thrown back to England, they lost years trying to recover their childhoods, going back to fight his wars for him. The second time, they don't let him in." Major AU with open defiance of The Last Battle.
- Tags: Fix Fic, Everybody Lives
Heaven is unconcerned with the lost--so C.S. Lewis said by Carliro
- Recommended by: Peryton
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A very, very dark deconstruction of the susanfics.
- Tags: Dark Fic, Character Death
Keeping the Faith by Sentimental Star
- Recommended by: boomslangvenom
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: What if Lucy had decided to go across the gorge when she saw Aslan, regardless of whether her siblings came with her? At least she won't be alone...and it is not just Aslan who joins her...
- Tags: For want of a nail
King of Finchley by Elexandros
- Recommended by: Caysha
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Here, he may be just a boy. But to him, he'll always be his brother, his King.
Letting Go by Lirenel
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: What happens when the High King does not take his brother's hand as the magic starts pulling them? What happens when the Just King returns to Narnia...alone?
- Comments: Has a sequel, Under A Swift Sunrise, also complete.
- Tags: For want of a nail
Live By the Currents, Follow the Sun by RuanChunXian
- Recommended by: millernumber1
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Susan, the sea and all the ups and downs of a life lived twice.
- Comments: Another "Susan post-Last Battle" fic, very much in the same vein as The Queen's Return, but vividly, gorgeously its own piece.
- Tags: Continuation Fic, Original Flavour
National Service by burntcopper
- Recommended by: Terrie, Dame-Amaryllis
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: A series of oneshots centered on characters from Narnia.
- Comments: While this is technically a series, each story is set in its own universe and there are no cliffhangers. Movie-canon. The series offers an amazing look at what it would mean to have the memories of feudal warrior-kings and -queens, but inside a young body in mid-20th Century England.
Oxfordshire, 1942 by rthstewart
- Recommended by: Ketos
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: In the summer of the Dawn Treader, Aslan tries to get Peter's attention. But, it's all Greek to Peter as he studies with Professor Kirke and meets unusual people who seem vaguely familiar.
- Notes: This is the first installment of The Stone Gryphon, which also includes its sequels The Queen Susan In Tashbaan and Apostolic Way, as well as the side stories Rat And Sword Go To War and The Star Husband (all of these are complete).
The Problem of Susan by Neil Gaiman
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Something of a meta-twist on the concept of Canon Defilement, riffing off of Susan's exile from Narnia: her embrace of adolescence means that, retroactively, she experienced the original adventure as a Darker and Edgier pagan allegory.
- Now has its own page
The Queen's Return by honorh
- Recommended by: Uinen, millernumber1
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Once a King or Queen in Narnia, always a King or Queen in Narnia. Anxious to fit in, Susan Pevensie suppresses her memories of Narnia as she grows older, even after the train crash that leaves her alone in the world. Then a Christmas present and a dream bring renewed meaning to her shattered life.
- Comments: A moving fic which provides a less, well, horrific response to Neil Gaiman's The Problem of Susan.
- Tags: Continuation Fic, Original Flavour
revisionist history by underscored
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: “What I you need to understand, Jill Pole, is that Narnia is and always has been a small land, surrounded by greater neighbors, and that when we first came here, the world was wilder. And now,” she adds, squeezing Jill’s hands gently, “all these ages later, the memories have faded and the stories have changed, but we have not.” The lions come home.
- Tags: For want of a nail, Everybody Lives
The Sea and the Siblings by Capegio
- Reccomended by: Haystackthegreat, Zephyr7
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Four years into the Golden Age, rumors circulate that the Witch's army is assembling again. The Pevensies go to investigate together.
The Sun on My Face by LMSharp
- Recommended by: K the Cloud
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The story of The Horse and His Boy is remarkably one-sided. There was another pair running to Narnia, two others that helped to save Archenland. This is how Aravis Tarkheena left home, became a traitor, and found herself.
To Be Just by Caleon
- Recommended by: K the Cloud
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Edmund grows into the role of a king.
- Notes: This is the first installment of Blades of Narnia, which also includes On Faith, The Guardian, Of Hearth and Home, Healer and Shadow In The Silverwood, all of which are complete.
Trial By Fire by Sara Wolfe
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- Status: Dead
- Synopsis: What if Edmund had been the first to enter Narnia?
- Tags: What If?
Went Forth Unconquered by Gisho
- Recommended by: Roach Patrol, Stardizzy, Nornagest, Mike Rosoft
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: After the death of her siblings in The Last Battle, Susan Pevensie decides enough is enough already, and takes her fate into her own hands.
- Tags: Fix Fic
The Winter Prince by Angel Baby1
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: On his first trip to Narnia, a lost Edmund is saved by a Wolf and taken to the Witch’s castle, where he becomes the Winter Prince, one of her greatest servants. Much later, his siblings arrive. But is Ed’s betrayal as complete as it seems?
- Tags: For want of a nail
mixing a little truth by TolkienGirl
- Recommended by: Phoenix-21
- Status: Complete (One-Shot)
- Synopsis: "I don’t want to remember," says Susan. "I just want to live." A poignant character study of Susan.
The Curious Incident of the Man With the Gun by awilliamsbbc.98
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Everyone knew the Pevensies were crazy, Ian just didn't know how crazy until one rainy afternoon when a quite unexpected event disrupts his normally peaceful life. An outsider perspective on the Pevensie brothers. Immediately pre-Last Battle, canon compliant.
Enemies Against by Broken Kestral
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but what happens when enemies decide to work together? Peter finds out in the aftermath of The Horse and His Boy. Rated T for violence.
Younger by Pacifia
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: It's simple, really. Nothing much happened. Only Peter got turned into a six-year old.
Glimpses of Gold by ilysia
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Tales of the Kings and Queens of Narnia during the Golden Age from the time they entered through the Wardrobe until they left by the same way, told in 100 chronological drabbles.
Disarmed by Aebhel
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Edmund joins the fencing club.
When All Else Fades by LastChancetoBreathe
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: After surviving an assassination attempt, Peter and Susan struggle to get back home. No slash or incest.
kings and queens by Quecksilver_Eyes
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: The Pevensies rule this town. Some say, they could rule the world if they wished, that they could sweep up cities with a smile and a laugh and a prayer. There is no criminal that hasn’t faced them, hasn’t stared down the barrel of a gun, hasn’t choked on a knife to the throat, lips to their mouth. They’re children wielding weapons and darkness and prayers filled with blood. They’re dangerous and he has to call them in for questioning.
odd passengers by madnessisverything
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Jack Hends knows the young woman waving enthusiastically at him will be an interesting sort before she so much as opens the cab door. (The one where Jack drives around four people he knows can't be human.)
To Start Anew by LastChancetoBreath
- Recommended by: Silver Wizard
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: "No." Prunaprismia shook her head sternly, still clutching her child to her chest. She stood and slowly made her way to the door. "It is time for me to stop running." (Movie-verse)
the once a king or queen of narnia, always a king or queen of narnia series by dirgewithoutmusic
- Recommended by: SubversionStation
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Heavy is the head that wears the crown. And the four rulers of Narnia may have the heaviest.
- Comments: An amazing series by an amazing writer. Each oneshot has poignant passages and astute character analyses, and many of the fics focus on parts of the characters that are often overlooked or rarely discussed.
pyre series by athoughtfox
- Recommended by: Lyra_Dhani
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: In which Caspian meets the Kings and Queens of Old under the auspices of the wine god.
The Magician's Nephew by Rabid Faerie
- Recommended by: meloncauliflower
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Before the Golden Age of the Pevensies, before the 100 year winter and the rule of the White Witch, before Narnia even existed, there was Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer. Tricked by Digory's Uncle Andrew, the children find themselves on Charn where they meet the last Queen and Princess, and find an adventure. First in the Witch of the Wood series.
- Comments: An AU in which the evil Jadis had another (benevolent) sister whom she protected from the massacre of Charn and who similarly awakened when the bell was struck, making her rather analogous to the "hope" that was released from Pandora's Box. While this story contains a lot of text lifted from the original book since the events otherwise play out largely the same, the addition of the villainess' good sister who ends up being appointed by Aslan as a protector of Narnia against her sister works very well, adds another dimension to the story, and arguably benefits the Narnia-verse by mitigating the very skewed gender balance of the immortal/powerful good vs. evil entities.
Shipping Fics
Stories focused on the romantic relationships between the cast.
And Ye Shall Receive by whydoyouneedtoknow
- Recommended by: Ranmouri
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Another way of answering The Problem of Susan. Or, in the author's words: "[a]n attempt to reconcile movie canon with book canon, and also to clear up a few distressing aspects of the latter."
- Pairing: Susan/Caspian
Being Reasonable by Esyla
- Recommended by: Halinmnok
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Back in England Susan grows up being reasonable rather than silly. But the course of history has already shifted and the Pevensie children are doomed to their train wreck. Aslan grants Susan a second chance at the life she never had in Narnia.
- Pairing: Susan/Caspian
Dynasty by Noxnoctisanima
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: One change, a Y to an X, makes every difference in a world they come to rule.
- Pairing: Fem!Edmund/Peter
- Tags: Gender Flip, Brother–Sister Incest
The Fledgling Year by Schmo and Sushi
- Recommended by: Solar East
- Status: Dormant (last updated March 2017)
- Synopsis: Takes place approximately five to six years after The Horse and His Boy. Cor’s mission is to explore Archenland (in disguise) and learn about his people. Aravis's mission is to find him a suitable bride. Their only obstacles? Each other. And, of course, the occasional rogue dragon. Political intrigue, adventure, and hilarity ensue.
- Pairing: Cor/Aravis
- Comments: It’s quite long (56 chapters/170,000+ words at the time of this rec) and wracked with oft-fluffy sexual tension, of both the belligerent and unresolved kind. The external drama caused by political intrigue and mysterious characters is well-balanced with the internal conflict of the shipping. By far the most well-thought-out fic for this pairing I’ve ever seen, going well beyond the usual Slap-Slap-Kiss Love Epiphany oneshots this pairing usually attracts and into the realm of serious Worldbuilding and Character Development.
Ice wall by HitTheRoad
- Recommended by: Coraline94
- Status: Dormant
- Synopsis: Lucy just wants to break the wall that was built between her and her brother.
- Pairing: Edmund/Lucy
- Comments: Even for the people who can't usually stand this kind of fiction, this will draw anyone right in. This tale does not only make the couple plausible, but downright probable. Granted a topic like incest is easy to butcher and sounds forced, especially in a fandom like Chronicles Of Narnia, but this story flows naturally and flawlessly. It's a dark, captivating story and the characters and emotions are portrayed wonderfully.
- Tags: Brother–Sister Incest
Kings Love by Mel Blue 1
- Recommended by: possesedangel
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A slashy version of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
- Pairing: Caspian/Edmund
- Notes: This is the second installment in the Kings series, which also includes its prequel, Kings Comfort, its sequel, Kings Parted, and a companion story, Kings Prince, all of which are complete.
- Comments: This is hands down the best Edmund/Caspian fic I've read, as it delves in detail into the emotions and convictions of the characters, emphasizing their difficulty to communicate. It is very in-character, and the author isn't afraid to show their internal conflicts rather than injecting external angst. The emphasis on age difference may not appeal to all. Long.
- Tags: Slash Fic
Skies of Couple-Color by brown_betty
- Recommended by: Roach Patrol
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: A sweet, meandering fic about Peter growing into his role as High King of Narnia, and his developing friendship with Oreius, the chief centaur.
- Pairing: Peter/Male!OC
- Tags: Slash Fic, Interspecies Romance
Some things remain the same by grim_lupine
- Recommended by: Brytte Myst
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Collection of Narnia genderswap three-sentence fics, mostly of the girl!Edmund variety. Most fics are Peter/girl!Edmund, but there's gen in there too.
- Pairing: Fem!Edmund/Peter
- Comments: This contains some of the few-and best-Fem!Edmund Alternate History fics I've been able to find.
- Tags: Gender Flip, Brother–Sister Incest
Crossovers
Across the Worlds by Star Dragon Fire
- Recommended by: K the Cloud
- Crossover with: ?
- Status: Dormant
- Synopsis: Susan misses the call in book five; a call that goes wrong and takes Narnia and its heroes in a backlash. Due to her lack of faith earlier, Susan is capable of performing a task she shares with three others. She must take Diggory’s rings and travel the worlds to save all that she loves.
- Pairing: Susan/Caspian
- Comments: It’s a bit confusing at first, but after a bit you settle in and enjoy it. I’m also not quite sure this is a crossover, but it does not stay in Narnia, but rather, explores the other worlds in-between.
Alfred the Great by Grav
- Recommended by: Caysha
- Crossover with: Batman
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: When he was a boy, he dreamed of paved streets and electric lights. When he was a young man he dreamed of bats and vengeance. And when he was an old man, he dreamed of apple trees and lions.
Always a King by Deepdarkwaters
- Recommended by: Meek Gazelle
- Crossover with: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & The Lord of the Rings & Harry Potter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: There were wars the Pevensies fought in Narnia, and one in England that they couldn't.
I made myself when I was young by pprfaith
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Crossover with: Agent Carter
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: In which neither Peggy nor Susan like the cold.
Like an Onion Inside Out by Spiralleds
- Recommended by: Goodwrench, Dame-Amaryllis
- Crossover with: Doctor Who
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Sometimes endings are just the beginning.
- Tags: Character Death
touch the sky with two arms by underscored
- Recommended by: Dame-Amaryllis
- Crossover with: Doctor Who
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Susan has never had the greatest respect for linear time. Now, slipping through it like water through a sieve, she wonders if it hasn't just stuck around because no one's bothered to point out how ridiculous it actually is.
Breaking Light by halotolerant
- Recommended by: Wakey Wakey
- Crossover with: Game of Thrones
- Status: Complete
- Synopsis: Sansa’s known kindness. It’s the sparkle on a serpent’s scales before it turns and strikes you. Giving means taking, in its time, she’s no child and she understands that now.
The Peridan Chronicles By marmota-b
- Recommended by: Cindar
- Crossover with: Highlander
- Status: Dormant; last updated March 2020
- Synopsis: How a Certain Really Old Man Survived in a Different World. Although he did not come out of it unchanged... The Golden Age could not happen without some hard work. / Crossover; as close to canon as possible for Chronicles of Narnia, slightly AU for Highlander. Rated T for possible language and violence (language hopefully just hinted at, violence cannot be avoided at times.)
Game of Thrones and the Heroes of Old by ranma71016
- Recommended by: Silver Wizard
- Status: Dormant; last updated March 2020
- Crossover with: Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings and Pirates of the Caribbean.
- Synopsis: As Ned Stark lies in the black cells in King's Landing, he finds help in young heroes sent to change his and the fate of Westeros.
- Comments:
No Reservations: Narnia by Edonohana.
- Recommended by: Bolt_DMC
- Crossover with: No Reservations
- Status: Complete (One-Shot)
- Synopsis: I’m crammed into a burrow so small that my knees are up around my ears and the boom mike keeps slamming into my head, inhaling the potent scent of toffee-apple brandy and trying to drink a talking mouse under the table.
Two Men In A Bar by Nabielka
- Recommended by: Phoenix-21
- Crossover with: Harry Potter
- Status: Complete (One-Shot)
- Synopsis: "I could make you a king," Tom said, because like the many spoiled heirs who used to sneer at him in the corridors, muggles were foolish enough to believe that power could be handed over on a platter.
- Comments: A young Tom Riddle and Edmund Pevensie meet in a bar, but the encounter does not go as Tom expected. A very interesting look at young, pre-Voldemort Tom Riddle and post-Narnia Edmund.
