Hi, um, I was wondering what your guy's favorite Tomione stories are? And maybe a most popular list?
Hello anon! Sorry it took so long to get this list together. As for the most popular, I would go to fanfiction.net and sort Tom/Hermione by favorites and rating if you want to see the most popular ones. On ao3 you can click on the pairing and sort by kudos to see the most popular fics there. Hope that helps!
Ariel’s Favorites
- Somewhere in Time by Serpent in the RedComplete | Rated M | 360kSent back in time by a mysterious person and trapped in the past with a missing Dumbledore and an overbearing, charismatic Dark Lord, they had no idea how much they could dabble with before the world they had known shattered into pieces.
- Tied for Last by SpeechwriterComplete | Rated M | 244kHermione is killed by Voldemort, and is now dead. Well, sort of. Turns out that death is a little more complex than she knew. Ignores epilogue and last 50ish pages of DH.
- Please, Save Me by WinterblumeComplete | Rated M | 305kAU Tomione. No time travel no time turners. - ‘Are you not scared of him? Tom Riddle has got a rather peculiar reputation. But I’m sure it’s all stupid talk. He’s Head Boy after all.’ - ‘What kind of a reputation’ - ‘Er… he's… well, he seems kinda dark.’
- Nightmare by provocative-envyComplete | Rated M | 163kCOMPLETE: A broken time turner shouldn’t have sent me back so far. It was unprecedented. Stepping on it-smashing it-nothing should have happened. At most, I should have lost a week. At worst, I should have disappeared altogether. I shouldn’t have traveled back fifty-two years; half a bloody century. This should not have happened. HG/TR.
- Daddy Dearest by Immortal ObsessionComplete | Rated M | 108kLady Hermione isn’t quite right in the head. Her kingdom resides in a manor full-of-monsters. She has regular conversations with the Devil and fancies a dark knight who wants to kill her in her sleep. If not for the wonderful library, she might have lost her wits completely by now. Instead, she passes the time with music lessons and plots of murder.
- The Task by Immortal ObsessionWIP | Rated M | 178k“Riddle is a monster,” she said softly. “Monsters can’t love, you know. They can only destroy.”
- Have You Ever by Lady MoonglowComplete | Rated T | 180kWith the war looking bleak, the Golden Trio, Ginny, Draco, and Lavender go back to Tom Riddle’s 7th Year to destroy Lord Voldemort once and for all. What Hermione DIDN’T count on, however, is a shared common room, a curse, and a crazy little thing called love.
- Shared Flame by Lady MiyaComplete | Rated M | 311kIt all started when two normally clever individuals both had a really lousy day.
- Light of the Moon by Maloreiy Complete | Rated T | 49kKing Riddle needs a bride, and he has declared he will marry whoever is smart enough and strong enough to solve his magical riddle.
- Fostering a Nightmare by NinjaFairy86WIP | Rated M | 88kA ten-year-old foster child named Tom Riddle showed up on the Granger’s front doorstep with his social worker in the summer of 1990. Hermione spent the following years adjusting to life with her new foster brother; so, she never realized how often he kept an eye on her. “I’ve always watched you, Hermione; and you’ve always been mine.” [Magical AU]
- War Paint by provocative-envyComplete | Rated M | 19kCOMPLETE: It was small, slim, about the length of her hand; the leather cover was soft, the sewn-in binding was crisp, and the thick vellum pages were empty. ‘Tom Marvolo Riddle’ was printed in ancient, flaking gold leaf across the front. He had been a Slytherin, a prefect, and head boy in 1944. She had checked. HG/TR.
- Hermione’s Diary by Radiant InnocenceComplete | Rated M | 46kWhat would happen if Ginny Weasley had never had Tom Riddle’s diary? What if the Horcrux still existed, and was found by Hermione? What happens when the Dark Lord becomes intrigued by Hermione, and pulls her into his past?
- Stepbrother by cherry cupWIP | Rated M | 73kAU. The Grangers adopt a young Tom Riddle, and seal their daughter’s fate forever. Set in the 30s-40s.
- The Black Veil by NerysComplete | Rated E | 16kSamhain: When the veil’s at its thinnest, the impossible will occur. Up is down, down is up. Everything can be achieved by those the Goddess values. COMPLETE
- Unsinkable by SpeechwriterWIP | Rated T | 30kHe: a young man long since raised from poverty, now on the verge of inheriting a magnate’s business in the 1910s. She: an impoverished young woman on her way to start a new life in America. In short: Tom Marvolo Riddle, Hermione Jean Granger, and one voyage on the RMS Titanic - and how it would change their lives forever.
- Allure by MeowmersComplete | Rated M | 38k“Granger,” He seethed, as if he had any right to be angry while he was covered in blood on her doorstep. “Invite me inside.” Her nails dug into the polished wood of the door and she contemplated slamming it in his face. “Absolutely not.” Modern Vampire AU. Tomione. Also a splash of Drarry because I needed that in my life rn.
- A Lovely Night by MeowmersComplete | Rated T | 3k“Please don’t ask me to dance,” She said, her fingers fluttering across her skirts, “Societal expectations dictate I must, I’m afraid,” He said, and there was something so familiar in the feel of her hand, in the warmth her eyes sent him. CINDERELLA AU THAT LITERALLY NO ONE ASKED FOR BUT I MADE BECAUSE I AM LITERAL TRASH ENJOY Tomione
- Quid nove sub sole by LeanaMComplete | Rated M | 3k“They say history repeats itself, but that is not entirely true. History isn’t circular, it is more like a spiral. Similar events may take place over time, but they are never exactly the same. Sometimes they are smaller. Sometimes they are bigger. Sometimes they start the same, but the result is completely different.” Historical AU. Dark. Tomione/Gin'n'Tonic. One-shot.
- Switch by adelheid2Complete | Rated M | 3kPost DH. The world believes Voldemort is gone. But he’s just switched bodies with Harry. Tomione.
Pans’ Favorites(Holy shit, Ariel, leave some for me, ffs!)
- The Task by Immortal ObsessionWIP | Rated M | 178k“Riddle is a monster,” she said softly. “Monsters can’t love, you know. They can only destroy.”
- Nightmare by provocative-envyComplete | Rated M | 163kA broken time turner shouldn’t have sent me back so far. It was unprecedented. Stepping on it-smashing it-nothing should have happened. At most, I should have lost a week. At worst, I should have disappeared altogether. I shouldn’t have traveled back fifty-two years; half a bloody century. This should not have happened. HG/TR.
- Blood and Gold by ObsidianPenWIP | Rated M | 58k+The true time-turner was slammed savagely into Hermione’s throat. It shattered against her neck, bits of glass and gold piercing into her skin. The last thing she saw before blackness consumed her was a plume of metallic dust and vitreous fragments, tiny prisms dancing behind her eyelids.
- Addendum: He Is Also A Liar by ErgottWIP | Not Rated | 158k+Despite his impoverished circumstances, Tom Riddle always knew he was destined for great things. The ability to travel back and forth through time was a bit of a surprise, though. Also a surprise: the bushy-haired little girl he meets in the future who possesses powers to match his own. Eventual Tomione; starts pre-Hogwarts.
- The Roots of This Tree by Frak-AllWIP | Rated M | 160k+Tom Riddle is sixteen. He is also angry, a murderer, and scrambling to salvage his very-well-thought-out plan. Hermione is sixteen. She’s bleeding out on the Ministry floor, and events just get worse from there.
- The Devil’s Playground by HeeleyWIP | Rated M | 15kLook upon the Cursed and count your blessings. Let our Horror-filled lives amuse you. But when you’re tucked up safe and sound in bed, ask yourself this: Would you dare enter our Playground? Tomoine.
Ninja’s Favorites -(*cracks knuckles* Hope you bitches are ready. I’m adding favorites of mine that haven’t already listed. I’m the sucker for Muggle AUs and one-shots.)
- Broken Hearts on Canvas by Immortal ObsessionComplete, but story was removed | Rated M When a terrible turn of events lands Hermione Granger in an orphanage, nothing could possibly get worse. Or at least, nothing could get worse until Hermione meets Tom Riddle, the sulky handsome boy who likes to draw and thinks she’s his newest toy…
- The Scientist by uchiha.sComplete | Rated M | 57kAttraction builds between Hermione and her best friend’s older brother, yet she can’t tear her mind from the mysterious puzzle that is her critical theory professor: Dr. Riddle.
- School Days by MeowmersComplete | Rated M | 145kThey meet on the playground. Ron told her that if she doesn’t fight for herself no one will ever leave her alone so she’s just trying to follow his advice. “Are you crying?” He asks. She musters all the fury in her 7-year-old body and channels it into her voice when she speaks through the tears. “So what? I’ll still kick your arse.”
- Murderer’s Maze by ibuzooWIP | Rated M | 70kA new killer causes a worldwide media sensation by committing crimes so depraved, that they’re creating a global panic. Only Special Agent and Consulter Hermione Granger can stop the killer—if she can solve his most complex and terrifying puzzle. Will she see through his game before her time runs out? Or will she lose herself in his maze of terror?
- Darkened Desire by Radiant InnocenceWIP | Rated M | 61kProfessor Riddle is the newest Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. Hermione finds herself steadily becoming attracted to the handsome, brilliant, yet considerably dark man.
- Paint by MeowmersComplete | Rated M | 10k“Why are you nervous?” He asked, his eyes still transfixed on the flowers he had begun painting on her skin. “Because I’m naked,” She hissed, trying to will her shaking hand to be still in his grasp. He paused. “You aren’t naked, stop exaggerating.”
- Witch by uchiha.sComplete | Rated T | 9kShe turns back to look at him and he reaches out to take her - but their hands never touch.
- Romantic Idealism by MeomwersComplete | Rated M | 55kShe falls in love with him when she’s 12, but by the time she’s 17 she wants him dead. For Tom Riddle, its vice versa.
- Never Again by ssserpensssotiaComplete | Rated M | 2kYes, I’m Hermione. And I know nothing.
- The Experiment by thekaramapoliceComplete | Rated M | 43kShe entered his shop one rainy afternoon.
- Dead Souls by adelheid23WIP | Rated M | 13k“New wearer, your skin is too delicious to resist.“
- The Dragon Chronicles by Lady MiyaWIP | Rated M | 118kCaptured, Hermione offers Lord Voldemort the location of a rare forbidden text in exchange for her freedom. She never thought it would all backfire quite so spectacularly.
- Lacrimosa by uchiha.sWIP | Rated M | 78kSemi-historical AU with magic. After Draco purchases Hermione as his new concubine, she is thrown in the path of the new composer for the court, Voldemort. And soon she finds herself making a deal with the devil himself…
- Colours of a Black Hole by LemonsmileWIP | Rated M | 31kHermione and Tom are the adoptive children of Mr and Mrs Riddle. After being close as children, they drift apart during their years in school. What is the real reason for Tom’s reclusiveness?
Kyoki’s Favorites -(Kyoki likes everything but fluff.)
- To both Defy and Define Darkness by ShadowedcriesWIP | Rated M | 48k“That hurt,” The feel of his voice against her ear sent an unexpected shiver down her spine. Hot lace that trickled up her nerves, more inviting than her heart had ever hoped for. Tom laced his fingers through the hair at the base of her neck, then pulled until her neck arched up towards him. “It’s not nice to shoot the man who just saved your life, Hermione.” “It’s not nice to kill people, Tom.” She snarled in return.
- His Persephone by ReneehartWIP | Rated M | 216kHermione Granger is in a losing war, one causing the world to fall apart at the seams. Ever since the Battle of Hogwarts, things have only grown more dim, with Voldemort creating even more horcruxes and his army growing larger still. The order has been disbanded and those she loved are either dead or soon to be dead. But even when the world is at its darkest, light will find a way to break free, and she may be the key to turning the war around- long before it took a turn for the worst.“1943? And you’d like me to…kill Tom Riddle?” Dumbledore shook his head, that annoying twinkle glowing thrice as bright as before. “No, my dear. I’d like you to join him.”
- The Diary by LittleMulattoKitten, weestarmeggieComplete | Rated M | 59kHermione was suspicious when she found an old journal amongst her things. Tom was intrigued the night someone else’s handwriting appeared in his diary. Lord Riddle watches his past unfold from Hermione’s side of the timeline to make sure history repeats itself without Albus’s interference. Tomione. Canon shifted up 20 years. No TT/Horcruxes/Prophecy. Eventual Slytherin!Hermione & Slytherin!Harry. Anti-Ron. Anti-Dumbledore. T at first, M later on.
- A Change in Priorities by SeanympheWIP | Rated M | 95kTom Riddle develops a fixation on his new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Granger. What begins as fascination slowly morphs into obsession.
JD’s Favorites -(I love this list. I’m adding some that aren’t already listed above. Also I am a sucker for EPIC length fics.)
- unsphere the stars by cocoartistWIP | Rated M | 219kWhen you can’t change time, but you can’t go forward, what is left? Hermione learns how to be the protagonist of her own story. [EWE] [Tomione*] [*mostly]
- Building a Mystery by StBridgitComplete | Rated M | 256kAvoidance of death provides a powerful impetus for Lord Voldemort to use more than one method to stay alive. If the Horcruxes were not his final play, what would happen? Would it be worth the price he will pay? Hermione finds herself out of place and out of time. What will she do when there is nowhere to run? A Tomione pairing that morphs into LV/Hermione. Reviews welcome!
- Masters of Manipulation by NerysComplete | Rated M | 162kA true manipulator will control the universe, but who will achieve the wanted mastership? Hermione suddenly finds herself opposing Tom Riddle in a quest for knowledge banned by the founders of Hogwarts. Can she stop the heir before he becomes invincible?
- Madam Umbridge Home for Wayward Girls by A.Lovely.VillainWIP | Rated M | 484kHermione’s life takes a dark turn after the death of her parents, leaving her at the mercy of a tyrannical Matron. Her new home is more prison than sanctuary, haunted by ghosts bearing terrible, bloody secrets. Though she’s surrounded by troubled young women, it’s the men in her life who teach her freedom comes at the greatest price of all. Victorian AU, Tomione, Dramione, no triad.
- To A Broken Throne by frozenbeansWIP | Rated E | 45kIt seems that the entirety of the castle has committed her name to memory by the time Tom cares to ask for it.[Knights of Walpurgis Era Professor Granger AU]
- Birds of a Feather by babylonsheepWIP | Rated M | 158kIn 1935, Hermione Granger meets a boy in an orphanage who despises fairy stories, liars, and mediocrity. He offers her a deal of mutual convenience, and soon a tentative friendship forms between them, if Tom would ever lower himself to call anyone a “friend”. But whatever they have, it’s something special, and if there’s anyone who can appreciate Specialness, it’s Tom Riddle.1930’s-40’s Childhood Friends AU.
- A Big Ball of Wibbly-Wobbly by ColubrinaComplete | Rated M | 27kThe war is over, the good guys have won, and Hermione Granger goes to sleep in her lovely flat only to wake up in 1953 in the bed of someone she’d really much rather were dead. “I’m working on the ‘kill Lord Voldemort now, work out the temporal paradox issues later’ plan,” she tells him. He laughs. Tomione. COMPLETE
- Renatus by frozenbeansWIP | Rated M | 147kThere is only one person Lord Voldemort trusts to guide Harry Potter through the Triwizard Tournament and into his Muggle father’s graveyard at the opportune moment. It is not Barty Crouch Junior. “His name is Professor Riddle, and at least for now, no matter who you ask, nobody knows anything more. Professor Riddle, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Teacher.”
- Atom Trails by NoFootprintsInSandOne Shot | Rated M | 10kThe wings of a thousand butterfly effects cut her until she bleeds.
- The Art of Secrecy by MrsRenComplete | Rated M | 62kIt had been the perfect one night stand until she, literally, fell face first at his feet and discovered he was her professor.
- Belladonna by LadyMiyaOne Shot | Rated E/Ma | 17kHer parents had always warned Hermione against getting a tattoo. She probably should have listened to them..
- Nothing Like the Sun by orphan_accountWIP | Rated M | 162kThere’s something unnerving about Tom Riddle. Hermione’s never quite been able to articulate just what it is about him that unsettles her so: after all, Riddle’s popular and charming and adored by Hogwarts staff and students alike. Still, she’d swear that there’s something lurking beneath that warmly polite veneer of his, something that lies in wait like a serpent in the dark. But it’s not until her sixth year at Hogwarts, when she rashly confronts him over an unprecedented act of violence, that the full force of Riddle’s chilling regard is abruptly and wholly turned on her.
- Influenced at Ilvermorny by NinjaFairyWIP | Rated M | 30kGinny Weasley died in the Chamber of Secrets, so that Tom Marvolo Riddle could live. A 16 year old Tom ran, and went into hiding. Ginny and the Chamber were never found; so, Hogwarts was closed and the students were sent elsewhere.Five years have passed since then and Hermione has just started her 7th year at Ilvermorny. Her last year was supposed to be one to remember. It would be one to remember, of course, specifically because of the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher.
i.a.’s favourites -(this has taken me so long because all my fave fics are listed already??? compiling a list with all of your faves off-limits is so hard! read all of the above fics first esp Blood and Gold and Somewhere in Time, and To Defy and Define Darkness and Renatus and Nothing Like the Sun!!)
- This Tangle of Thorns by the risky business of writingWIP | Rated M | 37kHer mother had gotten herself a new lover. His name was Tom. Modern AU. No magic. Slightly inspired by Lolita.
- Bad Romance by uchiha.s WIP | Rated M | 204kShe loved him first.
- Persephone by dulce.de.leche.goWIP | Rated M | 224kBetter to be the right hand of the devil than in his path. Better still to be the consort of Hades than a part of his collection of souls. Ten years after Voldemort has won the war, Hermione reaches a breaking point and shreds the flow of time to change her future. If she can’t change the world, she will change her place in it. - Extremely dark Tomione/Volmione.
- Comfortable by MeowmersComplete | Rated M | 7kHe knew from the moment the little Weasley girl forced her way into his gang that there was going to be trouble. He just always assumed it would come from her army of brothers, not her red-hot pistol of a best friend. Tomione. Greaser AU. M for a reason.
- Murky Waters by NekosittingComplete | Rated E | 28k“Do I frighten you?” Lips pressed against her ear, an arctic wind settling over her spine. It drained her of her warmth, left her with nothing but the chill its words only could evoke in her.“Good—”Hermione’s vision swam, the constant flow of water along her back dissipating into nothing. It was as if she’d been stripped bare. Unmade in that moment. She was only consciousness, only a mind wading through the nebulous unknown.“—Remember this fear, Hermione.”
- Youth in Retrospect by provocative_envyComplete | Rated E | 8kShe’s buying a box of condoms when she meets him. “Those are shit, you know,” he says, jerking his chin at the pale purple box in her hand. “Can’t feel anything.” She stares at him for a moment too long. The bell above the door jingles merrily as a rowdy group of schoolboys enters the store.“Excuse you,” she replies, cheeks turning pink.
- The Prisoner by NerysDaxWIP | Rated E | 138kImprisoned, Lord Voldemort is considered a threat of the past. His knowledge is desired by many. Yet, his offer is for one person only: Hermione Weasley-Granger.








