Recommended Reads
by DataByte
3,643,458 Combined Words
789 Combined Chapters
To read all of these stories, it would take you:
17 Days, 5 Hours
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Gilda-centric retelling of "Griffon the Brush Off"
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The body language of wings.
Review: This fic had me in stitches
Twilight's naiveté is adorable
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A changeling attempts to learn about friendship in Ponyville.
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Each night I’m trapped in the dark, immobilized. I hear whispers as they operate on me: they say I shouldn’t be alive. Twilight refuses to tell me about the operation. Sometimes she can’t look me in the eye. What did they do to me?
Review: This one took me by the gut and threw me for a loop.
Wow.
Just when you think you've got the story figured out, it warps again.
Loved it.
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Every night, in a little stable just outside of town, an old mare lays down to sleep. Every night she has the same dream of rainbows and open sky...
Review: This broke my heart.
I sat back from my kindle reader, and could not touch it again for hours, although I had naught else to do for that span of time.
My eyes rebelled from their chains of control and poured out their misery onto my cheeks, whilst I fought to mitigate the damages and rein back the waves.
This reminds me so much of "Black Beauty"
This is probably the shortest story to make it onto my top favorites list
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Dimension travelling with Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash
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Equestria's first interstellar journey
Review: Sequel to "The Dread Chitin," and my favorite of the two :)
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“It's a rare man who is taken for what he truly is.”
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Twilight and co. journey to find the legendary Tears of Gaia. Little do they know what awaits them
Review: Truly Epic.
Griffons, Deer, Dragons, Gods, Eldritch Abominations, this fic is incredible :)
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Alone, a young timberwolf must try to survive in the wilderness. Survival above all else.
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Lyra is determined to find out the truth behind the mysterious legends of humans.
Review: Lyra is adorable!
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As a fan of the show, I always loved Rainbow Dash and her cutie mark, but I never wanted it to appear on my leg! Now that it has, all sorts of things are getting weird around here. I'm a guy, not a mare! Cartoon ponies aren't real... right?
Review: I can no longer look at ponies again without this fic invading my thoughts.
A captivating and intriguing story.
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In the highest spire of the highest tower in Canterlot, Princess Luna dreamed of nightmares....
Review: Nocturne 1
First of the "Nocturne" series (That's what I've been calling it, anyway)
Most of these can be read out of order, but they're all in the same universe, and make sense in this order ;)
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The Royal Equestrian Courier Service visits Ponyville, but packages are only half of the job
Review: Nocturne 2
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A trip to Ponyville turns into adventures in fashion, love, and romance that unfold like a kick to the head with the two most hapless Night Pegasi ever to work for Princess Luna.
Review: Nocturne 3
This one is amazing!
A wonderfully sad look into what Gilda may have been going through.