🏷️ Redemption Arc
16 entries tagged with this trope
Circe
Madeline Miller · 2018
The witch of Greek mythology gets her own story. Circe isn't powerful or beautiful like other gods. But she finds her own magic, on her own terms. Quietly devastating.
The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson · 2010
1000 pages. Three storylines. A magic system based on storms. Sanderson builds worlds like nobody else. The Sanderlanche (last 200 pages) will ruin your sleep schedule.
The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang · 2018
Starts as a school story. Ends in genocide. Rin is a war orphan who discovers shamanic powers. Inspired by 20th century Chinese history. One of the most brutal and brilliant fantasy trilogies ever written.
Red Rising
Pierce Brown · 2014
Darrow is a miner on Mars. He discovers his whole life is a lie — he's a slave in a color-coded caste system. He infiltrates the ruling class to destroy it from within. Hunger Games for adults, but better.
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt · 2013
Theo survives a museum bombing that kills his mother. He steals a painting. His life spirals through grief, addiction, crime, and a search for meaning. Tartt's prose is cocaine for your brain.
Heir of Fire
Sarah J. Maas · 2014
Celaena travels across the sea to train with the Fae. Broken and alone, she must confront her past and embrace her power. Meanwhile, new threats rise and unlikely alliances form.
Tower of Dawn
Sarah J. Maas · 2017
Chaol Westfall journeys south to the healers of the Torre Cesme. Broken in body and spirit, he finds an unlikely ally in Yrene Towers — who has every reason to hate him. A love story wrapped in politics and war.
A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas · 2021
Nesta Archeron is drowning in rage, alcohol, and self-destruction. Cassian is the only one stubborn enough to stay. Their story is a brutal, spicy, deeply emotional redemption arc. The spiciest SJM book by far.
Waifs and Strays
kyonomiko · 2020
Post-war. Draco is released from Azkaban with nothing. Hermione finds him on her doorstep with a stray cat. A quiet, domestic Dramione that takes its time and earns every moment of tenderness.
The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy
speechwriter · 2020
What if Draco joined the Order? A Deathly Hallows rewrite where Draco is on the Horcrux hunt. It reads like it could be canon. Speechwriter's characterization is so good it's scary.
Wait and Hope
mightbewriting · 2020
Post-war Dramione. Draco is trying to atone. Hermione is trying to heal. A soft, tender slow burn that lets both characters breathe and grow. Mightbewriting captures the quiet intimacy of two people learning to trust each other after everything fell apart.
Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover · 2022
Kenna just got out of prison. She wants to see her daughter. The whole town hates her for what she did. Ledger is the only one willing to see past it. The most emotionally devastating CoHo — and that's saying something.
Devil in Winter
Lisa Kleypas · 2006
Evangeline, a shy wallflower with a stutter, proposes a marriage of convenience to Sebastian, the most debauched rake in London. He agrees for the money. Then falls utterly, devastatingly in love. THE historical romance to convert skeptics.
Manacled
SenLinYu · 2018
The war is lost. Hermione is a prisoner, her memories gone. Draco Malfoy is assigned as her handler. What follows is one of the most devastating, beautifully written slow burns in all of fanfiction. This fic broke an entire fandom.
Remain Nameless
HeyJude19 · 2020
Post-war. Ministry coworkers. Draco is trying to be better. Hermione doesn't trust him yet. The banter in this fic is *chef's kiss*. Fluffy with just enough angst to keep you hooked.
The Debt of Time
ShayaLonnie · 2015
Hermione is thrown back in time to the Marauders era. It's 730K words of pure epic storytelling — time travel, war, love across timelines, and consequences that ripple through decades.