In no particular order. Pairings are noted within each rec.
Odysseus's Last Days by Amandr
Rating/Type: R
Characters: Harry/Severus, Hermione, assorted Weasleys
Warnings: Character Death Summary: "He certainly hadn't predicted that the happy ending he'd dug out of the dirt, the blackness of his own self, the one he'd compromised so much for, would have dissipated with something as harmless as a plunge from a low bridge. Because it's not the fall that would have killed him. It would have been the sudden stop, or the rushing water, or a sharp stone to the skull, things that any wizard worth his salt could have got out of, if he'd wanted to."
**There are only two character death fics that I'd rec, as I usually avoid them. This is the first, a haunting and painfully real look into love and loss.
Sanguis-Vinculum by Meri
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warnings: Chan 16-18
Summary: A potions accident creates a blood bond between Harry and Snape. It takes them 68,000+ words for them to work it out.
**As forced magical bonding goes, this is one of my favs, because the compulsion comes from somewhere outside both of them.
Seeing Red by DementorDelta
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warning: Chan 16-18
Summary: Sequel to "When Harry Kissed Severus", Harry Potter doesn't even try to resist being seduced.
**The visual imagery in this is just stunning. I've never 'seen' red in quite the same way, since reading this.
Shifting by jadzialove
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus, Sirius
Summary: Someone Harry loves gets the shock of his afterlife while looking in on him.
**A nice interweaving of Snarry and Sirius Black. Wonderfully erotic, and the voyeursim is poignant.
...Or Are You Just Happy To See Me? by Elfwreck
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus, assorted Death Eaters, Ollivander, Lord Voldemort
Warnings: Ambiguous Consent, Crack!, Fetish/Kink, Het, Rape, Violence/Torture
Summary: Snarry Games submission: Team Wartime, Prompt: Ollivander's.
**As there's no actual summary...let me say that humorous Snarry done well is a rare thing. This is a delightfully wicked, funny and cracky fic.
The Pandora Complex by Nimori
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Summary: Some boxes, once opened, are impossible to shut -- as Snape discovers when a student brings fanfiction to class.
**Another humorous Snarry, with that guilty pleasure that we all like to see now and then...Snape collides with technology.
The Boy Who Lived a Bit by Barbarella
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus, and all the usual groupies
Summary: Post-Hogwarts, though the War still rages. Harry is holed up at 12 Grimmauld Place with Lupin as his primary protector. Some of the best distractions in these days are provided by one Severus Snape.
**A first-time fic. Her Harry is full of adolescent curiosity and hormones, and her Snape is snarky and obliging. A story that I reread from time to time.
The Challenge by Cybele
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warning: Chan 16-18
Summary: Snape becomes the focus of Seventh Year mayhem.
**If You Are Prepared by Cybele is my favorite all time Snarry. It's rec-ed everywhere... But this little fic has such an original premise, and a great turn-the-tables moment.
Dangling Conversatiion by LoupGarou
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warnings: Character Death, Mental Illness
Summary: Harry has one promise to keep before his war is ended; to make Snape pay for Dumbledore’s murder.
**Heed the warning before you read! I usually avoid 'character death' fics, but this one had me on the edge of my chair. The author lays out a twisted and chilling psychological profile of both Harry and Snape, with an ending that's inevitable, hammering home the truth that revenge really is a dish best served cold.
Learning to Uncurl by Amorette
Rating/Type: G
Characters: Harry Potter, Severus Snape
Summary: A decade after hostilities are over, Harry finds his Animagus form to be terribly relaxing and since he thinks Snape needs to learn to relax, suggests Snape learn to be an animal as well. Surprises ensue.
**This is a genfic. The word 'relaxing' in the summary says it all. There's a lovely détente between Harry in Snape here; Harry's mature desire to help Snape find his 'inner animal' is poignant, and the description is so vibrant and realistic that the reader wants to find his own rock to curl up on too.
Mind Games by Arsenic
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warnings: Chan 16-18
Summary: Occlumency lessons are revealing things.
**One of the most satisfying first-time Snarrys I've ever read.
Penance is the Play by Maeglin Yedi
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warning: Chan 16-18
Summary: Harry wants revenge. Harry has a plan. But is Harry Slytherin enough to avoid his own trap?
**It's a tribute to how well-written this story is that I'm rec-ing it, as the ending, initially, left me stunned and feeling cheated. But I've come to appreciate that what the author has done is rather realistic. The sexual scenes in this fic are hot beyond description, and the convoluted games that the two of them play make for an all-around plotty and satisfying read.
Walking the Mirror's Edge by Rushlight
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus/Draco
Warnings: BDSM, Chan 16-18, Dark, Dom/Sub Relationship, Multiple Partners, Non-Con, Non-Snarry Pairing, Rape
Summary: The story of "Through a Shattered Mirror" told from Snape's point of view. WARNING: spoilers for TaSM.
**If you've not read, "Through a Shattered Mirror" by the same author, you might want to read it first. Snape's POV of those circumstances fleshes out that entire saga, gives it a depth and pathos that it wouldn't otherwise have. Of the two, this is my favorite. A wartime story, one in which Snape makes hard choices, is misunderstood, but in the end is vindicated, at least in the eyes of those that count the most.
Beacon by Venivincere
Rating/Type: R
Characters: Harry/Severus
Warning: Hurt/Comfort
Summary: the caged bird stands on the grave of dreams, but still, it sings of hope.
**This is a wartime fic, where not all is as it seems. Satisfying to read, with an original and unusual twist.
The Tale of Twiggy the Bowtruckle by wartcap
Rating/Type: G
Characters: Dumbledore, Snape, Pansy Parkinson, Hagrid
Summary: He's a small stick in a very big forest. Twiggy the Bowtruckle embarks on the most exciting and dangerous journey of his life - to Hogwarts.
**This is a Genfic that will make you laugh out loud; there's some twiggish sexual innuendo that's delightful, but it's the author's tongue-in-cheek style that makes this primo.
When Cars Fly by TheMadScriptor
Rating/Type: NC-17
Characters: Harry/Severus, Ginny, Draco
Summary: P-n-W Flying Motor Works relies on Slug and Jiggers for certain
vehicular potions—after all, that Muggle oil is rubbish, really. (Don't
even get Harry started on the antifreeze.) When Jiggers goes on
sabbatical, Harry learns that Snape isn't dead, knows a bit of Italian,
and gives a really good blow-job.
**This is funny stuff, but there's great characterization and innovative magic and beautiful writing.
Bound Skerry by Frayach (art by Jinn)
Rating/Type: R
Warnings: EWE, subtle breathplay and bondage
Characters: Harry/Draco
Summary: Harry has a secret hidden away on the remotest of the Shetland Islands.
**Written for the Beltane fest, this is a stunning characterization of a sort of dark and brooding!Harry, who visits a war-defeated Draco once a year. There is art interspersed within the text, but it's not over-powering, and adds to the haunting quality of the story. Heed the warnings!
The Pond by Valis2
Rating: PG
Characters: Hermione Granger, Severus Snape
Warnings: You should avoid this fic if you are claustrophobic. This is not a romantic pairing.
Summary: Severus Snape expects death after the snakebite, but discovers that Fate has other plans for him.**Won't find me rec-ing many Hermione with Snape stories, and as the warning states, this isn't exactly a 'pairing' fic. It's got an odd twist to it that won't let go of you as you read. The author admits that she dreamt this; I'm not sure--'nightnmared' it is more apt, but once you start to read, you're a goner.
The (Un)Professional by Amand_r
Rating/Type: Rated R for graphic violence, and sex.
Characters: Harry/Severus, Ron, Hermione, Angelina Johnson, Draco, and one huge surprise!
Warning: Some canonically dead people are not so very much dead. Is that a warning?
Summary: "Sir, it's out of my hands. The gods want you to go to your Hogwarts
reunion, and they want you to delete someone while you're there." This is a "frusion" of Harry Potter and the film Grosse Point Blank.
One need not have seen the film to read the story, but if you have, you
will note key similarities and some cribbed dialogue.**This was written for the 2008 Snarry Games, Team Dragon, and is a delightfully witty and humorous take on the movie mentioned; AU, of course, but even though Harry is a gun-toting assassin, he's still Harry. I was fascinated to see how the canon characters took on the movie personas and still were IC.