Top Places To Read User Fiction

A classic choice. Fanfiction.net is one of the older and by far the most well known fanfiction site among aspiring writers. As such, it has one of the largest libraries of fanfiction found out there, where the more popular fandoms can tens to hundreds of thousands of stories and crossovers. It has a wide variety of content ranging from common "what-ifs" and alternate universes, to self inserts and relationship building, to even things like time-travel or original stories set in a setting. The content ranges from kid-friendly to mature, with both gore and explicit content available if one were to look for it.

Archive of our own is a website very similar to Fanfiction.net, and nearly as popular within the community. It is most well known for it's incredibly comprehensive tagging system, where each story can super specific tags denoting its content and themes, making it a great place for finding specifc kinds of stories. Beyond that, it has some minor improvements in formatting such as the ability to add images and grouping various stories into a collection. It is an excellent choice for those who knows exactly what they want. While the majority of stories are available to unregistered viewers, some are locked and require you to sign up to see.

Wattpad is a controversioal choice in the fanfiction community, it is nonetheless a good choice for those starved for content. Wattpad has one of the bigger libraries among this list and similarly to AO3, has an improved format compared to Fanfiction.net, with the ability to insert images in the pages. Additionally, Wattpad also has original works from it's users with entirely unique settings, stories, and characters. Unfortunately, the quality of the content found here is noticably unpolished compared to most pf the other sites, with poorer grammar, spelling, and story being rather common. Still, should the reader be able to get past that, they will find a massive horde of stories waiting to be found.

SpaceBattles is a unique choice. It's not truly a dedicated fanfiction hub, but rather a discussion forum. Noneheless, it has a great library of fanfics under the category of creative writing, and due to the nature of the site, it has a noticably higher level of quality compared to the previous sites. Alongside that, it has the best formatting here, with images, gifs, videos, and links able to be embedded in the stories directly. Additionally, due to being a forum site, readers can directly comment on a story's page, allowing ffor direct interaction with not just the writer, but also other readers, as well as vote in polls held by the writer which can impact the story. Furthermore, each chapter can be separated into different categories, from official threadmarks and helpful informationals, to visuals focused media and extra material. On top of that, a uniqe form of fanfiction can be found, called quests. These quests rely on the voting function as well as dice rolls to create unique stories that heavily involve the readers and the choices they make. Finally, like Wattpad, you can also find original works here, though not to the same amount as in Wattpad. Unfortunately, unlike the previous sites, SpaceBattles is stricter on the kind of content allowed on it, with those considered "NSFW" being forbidden and could lead to the writer being banned on the site. What is considered "NSFW" are mainly sexual content and excessive violence. And lastly, many of the functions listed here does require a registered account to be used, though lickily it's not needed to read the stories themselves.

Another forum site identical to previous ones. What sets Questionable Questing apart is the lifted restrictions on mature content, allowing for NSFW stories to be posted on the site. This site is perfect for those who want mature content not found on SpaceBattles or Sufficient Velocity while maintaining the leve of quality found on these forum sites. Unfortunately, in order to access these, a reader needs to be registered user, otherwise the mature content remains hidden from view.

Another forum site identical to previous ones. What sets Questionable Questing apart is the lifted restrictions on mature content, allowing for NSFW stories to be posted on the site. This site is perfect for those who want mature content not found on SpaceBattles or Sufficient Velocity while maintaining the leve of quality found on these forum sites. Unfortunately, in order to access these, a reader needs to be registered user, otherwise the mature content remains hidden from view.

Alternatehistory is yet another forum site similar to the previous ones. What makes it different is its focus on its namasake, alternate histories. Here you will find many stories that ask the question of what will change if the past, the history of a setting was slightly or very different, with the majority being real-life history but many are fictional histories of fictional settings. Unfortunately the fictional writings require registration to access, with them being hidden without an account.

Moving away from forum based websites, we have Webnovel. Webnovel is a unique site that mainly caters to east asian communities, with original stories from China and Korea being commonly found translated there. Aside from that, fanfiction there mainly consist of works from east asia translated into english, with quality being somewehre between AO3 and Wattpad. Lastly, you can also find webcomics there, both official and unofficial being available, agian, mainly originating east asia. The format most closely resembles Fanfiction, but with the abilty to make comments on specific paragraphs, and embed images and GIFs in those comments.