I think I got to the place where I may be ready for slash.
I have yet to read a slash story. The only experience I have is by accident: I started reading a story without checking summary and basic info and I got through the first chapter and only then realized everything that went in it was between Edward and Jasper, not Edward and Bella as I assumed. So after some consideration I stopped. I guess I wasn’t there at that moment, thus the story seemed promising.
And now I want to know what slash-readers are reading. I haven’t considered any other pairing, but I believe Edward/Jasper is most popular, right (just a guess)?
So, here are results…
Parameters of this little “research”:
- database: fanfiction.net
- date of extraction: 29 November 2010
- filter: ExJ, english, all genre, all ratings, all length, all status, all world
- number of stories: 1100
TOP-50 Multi-chapter Stories
No. | Story / Author | Category | Rated | Status | Reviews |
1 | Over The Top by starfish422 |
R/A | M | C | 6281 |
2 | Lessons Learned by mistyhaze420 |
H/C/R | M | WIP | 4112 |
3 | All I Ever Knew by manyafandom |
R/F | M | WIP | 3801 |
4 | Show Me A Garden that’s bursting into life by atypical-swan |
– | M | C | 3263 |
5 | Errors & Omissions by Oh Jasper My Jasper |
A/H/C | M | WIP | 3084 |
6 | Raw and Rosy by tuesdaymidnight |
– | M | C | 3005 |
7 | A Tangible Dichotomy by PerfectlyPersuasive |
R/F | M | WIP | 2624 |
8 | Southern Charm by Meikela |
D/R | M | C | 2424 |
9 | At The Deep End by naelany |
H/C/R | M | WIP | 2395 |
10 | Sketchbook Revelations by PolkaDotMama |
R/A | M | C | 2220 |
11 | Just The Three Of Us by kuntrygal |
R/D | M | WIP | 2211 |
12 | Equal & Opposite by Oh Jasper My Jasper |
A/H/C | M | C | 2141 |
13 | Marked by Whitlock-Masen |
R | M | WIP | 1852 |
14 | Right There by OCDJen |
F/R | M | C | 1734 |
15 | Your Biggest Fan by OfTheDamned |
R/A | M | WIP | 1730 |
16 | Mergers and Acquisitions by Touchstone67 |
R/F | M | WIP | 1645 |
17 | I Wept Not by ArcadianMaggie |
A/R | M | WIP | 1442 |
18 | Rediscovering What Matters by rmhale |
R | M | WIP | 1440 |
19 | Marvel by Lou-La |
F/R | M | C | 1420 |
20 | How to Turn a Straight Guy Gay by Lou-La |
Hmr/D | M | C | 1388 |
21 | Undeniable Attraction by LixiLovesWhitlock |
R/F | M | C | 1378 |
22 | Gasping for Air by Wolfenmoon1313 |
H/C/R | M | WIP | 1349 |
23 | Ink Street by ahizelm |
R/A | M | WIP | 1264 |
24 | Uncomfortable by Savannah-Vee |
D/A | M | WIP | 1166 |
25 | Said and done by ICMezzo |
Hmr/R | M | WIP | 1158 |
26 | Project Seduce Mr Whitlock by rmhale |
A/R | M | WIP | 1130 |
27 | Passion and Disaster by ignrntslt |
R | M | WIP | 950 |
28 | Secrets and Lies by OCDJen |
R/A | M | WIP | 939 |
29 | Love Between Sexes by EFC |
R | M | C | 891 |
30 | Begin Again by C-Me-Smile |
R/A | M | WIP | 848 |
31 | If on a Winter’s Night by Touchstone67 |
A/R | M | WIP | 739 |
32 | The Picnic Table by mhl1115 |
R/F | M | WIP | 736 |
33 | And Baby Makes Three by fiberkitty |
Fml/R | M | C | 728 |
34 | Lay Your Hands by OCDJen |
R/D | M | C | 715 |
35 | Healing Heart by OCDJen |
F/R | M | C | 674 |
36 | Evading The Orbit by TrampyVampies |
A | M | WIP | 660 |
37 | Landslide by Domward’s Mistress |
D/R | M | WIP | 655 |
38 | Seven Minutes in Heaven by tuesdaymidnight |
– | M | C | 653 |
39 | What Matters by Strae |
D/Hmr | M | WIP | 603 |
40 | Expecting by NanaMun |
H/C/R | M | WIP | 593 |
41 | Mergers & Acquisitions by Domward’s Mistress |
R/F | M | WIP | 576 |
42 | Seventeen Men by Conversed |
R/A | M | WIP | 570 |
43 | Strange Desire by Ealasaid77 |
R/F | M | WIP | 565 |
44 | Lost and Found by Touchstone67 |
R/F | M | WIP | 560 |
45 | Scars and Nightmares by Ealasaid77 |
H/C/R | M | WIP | 552 |
46 | Punishment by arianawhitlock |
S/A | M | C | 551 |
47 | Ready For You by bmango |
H/C/R | M | C | 550 |
48 | Brand New Start by Darkira |
H/C | M | WIP | 538 |
49 | Broken Dreams and Beautiful Nightmares by OCDJen |
A/R | M | WIP | 534 |
50 | When the Night Comes by Drizl |
A/R | M | WIP | 505 |
Here’s a file with sotries sorted by number of reviews per chapter.
TOP-50 One-shots
No. | Story – Author | Category | Rated | Reviews |
1 | The Difference Between X and Y by LyricalKris |
R/Hmr | M | 143 |
2 | Structurally Unsound by starfish422 |
H/C | M | 137 |
3 | Straight Edge by Lou-La |
R/Hmr | M | 135 |
4 | Tuesday Night Poker by LauraACullen |
R/F | M | 128 |
5 | Open Heart by starfish422 |
– | M | 126 |
6 | His Mark Upon My Life by theladyingrey42 |
R/A | M | 121 |
7 | Alpha Xi Omega by Whitlock-Masen |
F | M | 118 |
8 | OPERATION: Breakup by tiffaninichole |
Hmr | M | 111 |
9 | Of Slums and Sultans by starfish422 |
R | M | 109 |
10 | The Golden Banana by Touchstone67 |
R/Hmr | M | 109 |
11 | A Roll of the Dice by theladyingrey42 |
F/R | M | 108 |
12 | Power by OfTheDamned |
D/S | M | 103 |
13 | All the Years by katinki |
A | M | 96 |
14 | Dirty Laundry by queenofgrey |
Hmr/R | M | 93 |
15 | Science is an Art Form by intheclosetcontest |
– | M | 93 |
16 | Worth the Climb by ICMezzo |
Hmr/R | M | 93 |
17 | A Kiss Before I Say Goodbye by rmhale |
A | M | 86 |
18 | Dedicated To The One I Love by naelany |
H/C/T | M | 86 |
19 | Extreme Measures by Touchstone67 |
A/H/C | M | 84 |
20 | Welcome to Arizona by Aisling-91 |
R | M | 83 |
21 | Birthday Massacre by Starlight Disaster |
T/Hmr | K | 82 |
22 | Fixing Precious: A Love Story by FarDareisMai2 |
Hmr/R | M | 80 |
23 | Judge A Book by Its Cover by OCDJen |
– | M | 77 |
24 | Just for Now by marsh king’s daughter |
R/H/C | T | 77 |
25 | The Cock & La Poule by PolkaDotMama |
R/A | M | 77 |
26 | First by OnTheTurningAway |
F/R | M | 74 |
27 | A Whole Latte Lovin’ by naelany |
R | M | 73 |
28 | Innocence Bound by rmhale |
– | M | 72 |
29 | Lessons Learned by SilentlyScreamingInTheDarkness |
Hmr/R | M | 72 |
30 | Of Bets and Purrs by Darkira |
R/H/C | M | 71 |
31 | In You, I Am Complete by Bbebar |
R/Hmr | M | 69 |
32 | When Strikers Collide by rmhale |
R | M | 68 |
33 | Assumptions, Senses and Seductions by LyricalKris |
R | M | 66 |
34 | A Delicious Experiment by TwistedforTwilight |
R | M | 65 |
35 | Tell Me What You See by Whitlock-Masen |
R/A | M | 65 |
36 | Brand of Skin by pulsepoint |
R | M | 64 |
37 | Crushlicker by MySlashyFriend |
– | T | 64 |
38 | Seducing Doctor Cullen by herinfiniteeyes |
R/F | M | 64 |
39 | The Kinsey Scale by intheclosetcontest |
– | M | 64 |
40 | The More Things Change by theladyingrey42 |
F/H/C | M | 62 |
41 | Where the Road Leads You by intheclosetcontest |
– | M | 62 |
42 | This Is Who I am, This Is What You Are by Sparabella |
Hrr/R | M | 61 |
43 | Love On A Battlefield by PolkaDotMama |
R/F | M | 60 |
44 | Not Just a Dream by luvrofink |
H/C/R | M | 60 |
45 | Of Lovers and Whores by Touchstone67 |
R/A | M | 59 |
46 | Out Loud by allysue08 |
R/A | M | 58 |
47 | White Blaze to Lone Star by ArcadianMaggie |
– | M | 58 |
48 | Pinned by radiofreeamy |
D/R | M | 57 |
49 | Duty by Touchstone67 |
R/A | M | 56 |
50 | Falling and Fate’s Cruel Joke by OnTheTurningAway |
R/Hmr | M | 56 |
51 | Hide and Seek by naelany |
R/A | M | 56 |
52 | Liquid Courage by naelany |
A/R | M | 56 |
53 | Remembering Winter’s Kiss by AlsoFrightened6 |
R | M | 56 |
Category abreviations:
- A – Angst
- C – Comfort
- D- Drama
- F – Friendship
- Fml – Family
- H – Hurt
- Hmr – Humor
- Hrr – Horror
- T – Tragedy
- S – Suspense
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Thank you for sharing, love the list 😉
sharing is caring… what can I say 😉
The multi-chapter list is extremely inaccurate. This is because for example a story like “Show me a Garden That’s Bursting into Life” by ATypical-Swan will which is at number 4 will obviously be higher on the list because it has a lot more chapters which could mean more reviews. So the better way to do it would be to divide the reviews by the amount of chapters so far and get an average amount of reviews per chapter than simply looking at the amount of reviews received. For each chapter “Show me a garden that’s bursting into life” has 53 reviews a chapter on average. Raw and Rosy has 19 Chapters with 3226 reviews. This means that on average the fic has 170 reviews a chapter as opposed to the 53 that “Show me a garden that’s bursting into life” has. So obviously it should be higher on the list.Other stories like “Marked”, “Your Biggest Fan”, “Errors and Emissions”, “Tangible Dichotomy”, “Said and Done” etc. Tangible Dichotomy averages more reviews per chapter than Lesson’s Learned. And then they are some stories that are at the bottom of the list mostly because they have less chapters which also affects the amount of reviews e.g “What Matters”by Strae actually averages 119 reviews a chapter but its at number 39 on the list. Then there are stories that didn’t make it on the list because they had very few chapter and so their reviews were to low to make the list. E.g Rmhale’s “I am not an Angel” only has 4 chapters but it averages at 69 reviews a chapter. This means it should have made the list at an even higher position than “Show me a garden that’s bursting into life”. This is the same case with her fic “The Path to absolution”.
In the case of one-shots, one-shots that were posted as part of a contest are more likely to get more reviews than those that aren’t part of a contest. Of course there are other factors that could come into play but that’s the gist of what I wanted to say.I know it seams like I’m making mountains out of mole hills but if I’m an author and someone out there wants to rate my story in a list with other stories I would at least want the person to be relatively accurate and fair in their assessment.
Thank you for the feedback 🙂
I believe there’s no way to get an accurate list, there are too many factors…
I’m sorry if you feel your or somebody else’s story is underrated. That was not the purpose. The stories are just sorted by total number of reviews to have an idea what people read. Number of reviews per chapter is another way to look at it. I added a file with number of reviews per chapter for those interested (below the multi-chapter table).