Espresso Recommendations

My rationale in selecting stories for this recommendations archive is to showcase some of the very best fanfiction in those fandoms that I read. I strive to select works which are particularly innovative or stylish: present or future fandom classics. Clearly, these are just personal opinions, but I hope you will share them! I particularly enjoy plausible alternate universes & crossovers, well-crafted original & minor characters, future fics and pastiche, so these sub-genres are probably over-represented here.

I prefer not to present a summary or detailed critique when describing stories, providing only a teaser to whet the readers' appetite for the story itself. For this reason, I rarely state pairings. For convenience, stories are indexed by title, author, character, date added, length & genre. For further reading, check out the archives, recommendations & awards sites and author sites in the links section.

I only recommend freely accessible material; unfortunately there is no guarantee that works will not subsequently be removed from public access.

This site is designed for adults. Some works which struck me as being particularly graphic (whether explicit erotica or extreme violence) are denoted 'Adult', but nervous or underage readers should proceed with care and always check the author's rating.

Feedback & suggestions are welcomed. Updates to this site will be announced in Espresso Diary.

The Espresso Addict
the_espresso_addict@fireflyuk.net

Contents (26/04/2007): 369 recommendations in 61 fandoms: Angel (25), Blake's 7 (24), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (26), Good Omens (14), Harry Potter (30), Pirates of the Caribbean (15), Star Trek: Deep Space 9 (27), Star Trek: The Next Generation (4), Tolkien: Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit (63), Tolkien: The Silmarillion (42), Agatha Christie (1), Alice in Wonderland (2), Angels and Insects (1), Arthurian legends (2), Batman (1), Bible (1), Blackadder (1), Blade Runner (1), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1), Chronicles of Narnia (3), Coupling (1), Dark is Rising (3), Diana Wynne Jones (1), Doctor Who (7), Dogma (1), Dorothy L Sayers (2), Dracula (1), Earthsea (7), Fairy tales (3), Firefly (2), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1), Georgette Heyer (2), Greek myths (1), Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (3), Indiana Jones (1), Isaac Asimov (4), Jane Austen (1), Jesus Christ Superstar (1), Labyrinth (3), Lemony Snicket (1), Lost in Translation (1), Lotrips (1), Neil Gaiman (1), Norse myths (4), PG Wodehouse (2), Rebecca (1), Remington Steele (4), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (1), Sex and the City (1), Shakespeare (1), Sherlock Holmes (4), Sleepy Hollow (1), Smallville (8), The Beekeeper's Apprentice (1), The Good Life (1), Tipping the Velvet (1), Twin Peaks (1), Umberto Eco (1), Watership Down (2), Winnie the Pooh (1), Yes, Minister (1), plus 65 recommended links