Welcome to my fanfiction recommendation page. My name is Goku Girl and I'm the resident critic. For the most part, this site will contain fanfics that I've found on the 'Net myself, but I also take other people's recommendations and visitor submissions as long as they meet my minimum requirements (and they're good, of course).
What gives me the audacity to decide what's good and what's bad? Actually, nothing. What I think is a good story and what someone else thinks may be different. I'm just going by what I like, and what I've found to be worth my time (especially when it comes to how likely I am to read it again).
If you're looking for quick and easy reads then you should look elsewhere. I don't usually read short stories. If it doesn't have at least 10 chapters (or over 20,000 words/80 pages) then I don't read it. Also, I'm more likely to read something that's thought-provoking than something that's merely fluff.
Anyone uncomfortable with gay and lesbian-themed fiction (also known as shounen ai, shoujo ai, yaoi, yuri, slash, and alt) should leave this site since a vast majority of the fanfics I'm recommending are of this nature. I'm also not going to give you any warning for an individual fanfic (most of the time). If you decide to ignore this and want to flame me (or the authors) later, don't. For a short description of what each term means, hover over it for a few seconds. For a long description, click on it.
Carefully observe the posted ratings, pairings, genres, and warnings and don't read what you don't like. It's as simple as that. This will save us all grief later on. The definitions for everything you'll need to know will be at the top of each fiction page.
One Final Note: I'm lazy. Very lazy. Sometimes I can't be bothered to write a summary for a recommendation let alone any comments. But this doesn't mean that the story isn't any good. It just means that I don't feel like re-reading it to extract specifics.
Updates
October 07, 2007
I made up for going months between updates by adding two dozen stories. There are more on my list, but I figured I needed to have something for next time. Remember: you can always send me your own recommendations or even submit your own fanfics for review.
In this update, I highly recommend...
Rating: AO
Genre: Romance, Humor, Drama
Length: 16 stories so far (+ 3 short stories), approx. 2000+ pages
Warning(s): Lemon, Language
Summary: Two female Berkeley students meet and fall in love.
Links: (in series order) Book 1: Awakenings, Book 2: Beginnings, Book 3: Coalescence, Book 4: Disclosures, Book 5: Entwined, Side-Story #1: A Christmas Vingnette, Book 6: Fidelity, Book 7: Getaway, Book 8: Honesty, Book 9: Intentions, Book 10: Journeys, Book 11: Karma, Side-Story #2: The Princess and Her Pirate, Book 12: Lifeline, Book 13: Monogamy, Book 14: Nurture, Book 15: Osmosis, Side-Story #3: Valentine's Eve, Book 16: Paradigm
Comments: There aren't words to describe how good this series is. It takes place in contemporary California and deals with many different issues people are still trying to deal with today. There will be 26 stories total, I believe, and all of them will be novel length. You can buy some of the books in printed form. See this website for more info.
February 3, 2007
Nine new recommendations added.
In this update, I highly recommend...
Rating: M
Genre: Alternate Universe, Drama, Romance
Pairing: Brian/Justin
Length: 16 chapters, approx. 200+ pages.
Warning(s): non-con, violence
Summary: (from Midnight Whispers) Between his infuriatingly understanding therapist; 'the gang' who still insisted that he was a part of them; nurses who glared at him for being such a shit, and apparently mistreating their most sacred patient (Justin, his poor mute, helpless roommate), and Justin, not to mention the nightmares he suffered nightly -- Brian severely wondered if perhaps choosing a prison sentence might have been easier on him than the fresh hell that was Liberty Hospital.
Link: Midnight Whispers
Comments: This story is very unique, and very humorous at times. The entire gang is at Liberty Hospital, from Lindsay the psychiatrist to Debbie the hard-assed nurse to clinically-depressed Michael who threatens to drown himself for attention. The sequel, Slowly, but Exceedingly Fine, can be found here.
July 22, 2006
This is the grand re-opening of Goku Girl's Fanfiction Recommendations. I hope to eventually have a huge archive of excellent fanfiction, but I won't be able to make it to my goal without help from visitors. You can send me your own favorite stories by using this form or you can submit your own work.In this update, I highly recommend...
Rating: AO overall, but T most of the time
Genres: Romance, Humor, Drama, Lemon
Pairings: Shuichi/Yuki, Hiro/Ayaka, Hiro/K, Hiro/OMC, Touma/Sakano, Ryuichi/Tatsuha
Length: approx. 900+ pages.
Warning(s): There's a drug usage chapter in "Fast Forward" but it's meant to be humorous.
Summary: Shuichi and Yuki enter into a committed relationship.
Links: (in series order) Authors Have Parties, Too?, Bad Luck For Bad Luck?, Commitment, C Between D Lines, Don't Eat the Daisies!, Episodes of Emotional Escapades, Fast Forward, Grasping Glimpses (G-a), Gravitation's Goad (G-b). And there is a side story series caled the ABC Asides.
Comments: This is the longest Gravitation series I've ever read. The ABC Series clocks in at over 250 chapters, but most of them are relatively short. Aja's characterizations and her attention to detail are amazing. She'll also educate you about contemporary Japanese culture while you read.
There are 6 general and 88 shounen ai, yaoi, shoujo ai, yuri, slash, and alt stories on this site.
- And Then There Was Harry by Menecarkawan (Harry Potter)
- Be Careful What You Wish For by Thyme and Meredith (Queer As Folk)
- Big D*ck, Come Quick by Calanthe (Harry Potter)
- Blended by KaMiKaZe (Queer As Folk)
- The Blessèd Boy by Rakina (Harry Potter)
- Calendar Boy by Moonshadow Woman (Queer As Folk)
- The Cronnex by Trewin (Original)
- Dear Brian by Simon (Queer As Folk)
- Elf's New Slave by Haleth (Original)
- Gay Aurors by Charlotte Sometimes (Harry Potter)
- Heaven May Call by Utsubame (Gundam Wing)
- I Found My Heart in San Francisco by S. X. Meagher (Uber)
- Justin's Paintings Series by Paeansong (Queer As Folk)
- Karma by Mickiebg (Queer As Folk)
- Leather Bound by Elyxer (Queer As Folk)
- Let the Darkness Take You by Lindsay Potter (Harry Potter)
- The Mechanic by Jonas Mec (Original)
- Medium Security by Gaedhal (Queer As Folk)
- Once a Slave by Edward Sledge (Original)
- Plumbing Has Nothing to Do With It by UtopiaDoesn'tExist (Gundam Wing)
- Rose Water by KaMiKaZe (Queer As Folk)
- Trick or Treat by WordWarrior (Xena)
- What If Brian Had Stayed in the Closet? by Simon (Queer As Folk)