List of House, M.D. Fanfic & Fanwork Rec Lists (2005-present)

Welcome to the the "Rec List List!"

This is a collection of all the House, M.D. lists I have ever found, inclusive of any and all pairings, genres, tropes, crossovers, and so on. Rec lists featuring fanfic and/or other types of fanworks (vids, art, podfic, etc.) are welcome. Some rec lists are thematically organized, or include descriptions or reviews of each work that may help you find something that piques your interest, so I've noted that in each entry below.

Also included below are some resources to help you find House fic and fanworks, and how to contact and leave comments for author and creators.

Something Missing?

Yes, YOU!

Several visitors to the Rec List List have been inspired to publish their own rec lists. YES, MAKE MORE REC LISTS and describe why those fics and fanworks moved you or glued themselves to your brain! Here's a guide to making a themed rec list. (And please give me the link to your list so I can add it here!) It’s never too late to help fans find recommended works. Your fandom needs you :).

This is a living document, and I update it periodically. It began as a 2013 query on a fic-finding community asking more recent rec lists. Please leave a comment if you know of any rec lists I have missed. I want every corner of House fandom to be represented here. Sometimes on a fic-finding or shipping site, when readers ask for noteworthy examples of specific tropes or topics, several people recommend their favorites, and it turns into a crowd-sourced rec list. Please let me know of any other posts like this, too.

Please also let me know if any links on this page are broken, so I can update them.

Important Instructions for Accessing Recs and House Fandom

• Always read the comments. This fandom was very collaborative on Livejournal and Dreamwidth, and it's very common for readers to post additional recs or reviews in the comments section. If you don't click on the comments, you're missing out on half of this fandom.
• Always leave a comment (even a tiny one) when you read a fic, watch a fanvid, view fanart, etc.. It's never too late to tell authors and creators that you've seen their work. Plus, your contribution to the conversation becomes part of House fandom history for future fans to enjoy. Make this a personal goal in your fannish pursuits.
• Always look at the bottom of each page to see if you've only seen the first of many pages. I've noted below where you should look for links to the next page, and what that link is called.
• Scroll down before you click away. A lot of journals used to have header images, which are now either a mess or blank. It make look like the page is broken, but scroll down and it's likely that all the content is still there.
• Broken links can be unbroken. If a link within a rec list doesn't work, see my Tips for Handling Broken Links to Fics & Other Fanworks.

The Rec Lists

Allaire Mikháil's House Recs
(2006-2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20210106060739/https://allaire.skeeter63.org/favorites/FavHouse.htm
House/Wilson friendship, pre-slash and slash fics. Includes summaries, genres, and reviews. This site also has Allaire Mikháil's rec lists in several other fandoms.

Authors' Self-Recs
(2014)
Part 1: https://cuddyclothes.livejournal.com/170337.html or https://cuddyclothes.dreamwidth.org/159110.html
Part 2: https://cuddyclothes.livejournal.com/172792.html or https://cuddyclothes.dreamwidth.org/160584.html
Authors listed their favorite fic(s) that they have written, with a short fic summary. Categorized by pairing.

Barefootpuddles' Favorites
(2011)
https://barefootpuddles.livejournal.com/11873.html
One reader's 1-2 favorite fics in each category, such as top 3, crossover, hurt/comfort, established relationship, AU, humor, best sequel, and The Fic I Wish I Didn't Read But Am Glad I Did. Includes a summary and review of each one, and additional recs by other readers in the comments section.

Bethbethbeth's Fic-and-Recs Journal
(2010)
https://beth-h.dreamwidth.org/14208.html or https://beth-h.mrks.org/Recs.html#28
Generally House-centric, with a variety of pairings. Each rec has a brief description.

A Biography of Fic Recs
(2006)
House: https://stephantom.livejournal.com/114853.html
Wilson: https://stephantom.livejournal.com/125269.html
Gen fics ordered chronologically, creating a sort of biography for the character.

Bironic's Recs: House
(2006-2011)
https://bironic.livejournal.com/tag/fic%20recs:%20house or https://bironic.dreamwidth.org/tag=fic+recs:+house
Each post has a set of House fic recs. Many posts are based on a theme or House episode, and each rec includes a summary, excerpt, and/or other information about why you should read it. Some posts have additional recs in the comments section. To see the whole set of recs, make sure that at the bottom of each page you click on "Past" (on Livejournal) or "Previous 20" (on Dreamwidth) to view the next page of posts.

Crack Van
(2005-2012 House content, on a multifandom site active 2003-2013)
https://crack-van.livejournal.com/tag/house or https://crack-van.dreamwidth.org/tag/house
Fic and fanvid reviews by various contributors, and fandom overviews to help readers enjoy new fandoms. Make sure you click on "Previous 30 Entries" at the bottom of each page to see the next page of posts. It seems there are more posts tagged as House on Dreamwidth than on Livejournal.

A Cup of Comfort
(2013)
https://barefootpuddles.livejournal.com/30355.html
Gentle fics used as stress relievers, with additional recs by other readers in the comments section.

Daisylily's Recs
(works posted 2005-2009)
https://daisylily.livejournal.com/
Recs located in the sidebar. Organized into categories, such as fluff, angst, humor, kidfic, AU setting, pairing, or characters featured. Mostly fic, and some art.

DeepImpact’s Hilson (House/Wilson) Rec List
(2021)
https://deepimpactfic.tumblr.com/post/640264400335486976/hilsonreclist
Recs chosen for quality dialogue and characterization. Each rec includes a short description or review.

Desert Island Fics
(2007-2009)
https://hhow.fr.yuku.com/topic/230 or https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hhowfr/melancholy-without-hope-desert-island-fics-t230.html
A large number of House fic readers posted their answers to this challenge: You are stranded on a desert island, and you can only take 8 pieces of fan fiction and 1 House episode with you.

Dodificus's Recs
(2007-2013)
https://dodificus.livejournal.com/tag/house or https://dodificus.dreamwidth.org/tag/house
Recs of House fic, podfics, and vids on a multifandom recs journal. Each entry includes an exceprt and/or review. To see the whole set of recs, make sure that at the bottom of each page you click on "Previous 10" (on Livejournal) or "Previous 20" (on Dreamwidth) to view the next page of posts.

Electricshocks' Recs
(2007)
https://electricshocks.livejournal.com/20403.html
Organized by length, with a brief description of each fic, and a smut section.

Elite Fanfiction
(2007)
https://litterae-elitum.livejournal.com/tag/house
House fic recs by two readers in their multifandom "library for the very best of fanfiction." Additional rec in the comments. Some recs include a brief summary.

Epic Recs
(2007-2010)
https://epic-recs.livejournal.com/tag/fandom%3A%20house
Specializes in long fics, ~5,000 to 100,000+ words in length. Includes a summary and review of each fic.

Fanfiction.net House, M.D. Communities
(collections established 2005-2017)
https://www.fanfiction.net/communities/tv/House-M-D/
Each "community" is actually a collection of fics, listed together for a variety of reasons, and some collections are rec lists. Each community has a description of what is listed there, and each fic has the author's description blurb. There are currently over House 100 collections at this link, so I encourage you to scroll through and see what interests you.

Fic Me Twice
(2006-2007)
https://fic-me-twice.livejournal.com/tag/house%20md or https://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=fic_me_twice&keyword=House%20MD
Variety of recs by two avid fic readers. Each rec includes a summary, review, and a preview excerpt.

Food-Centric Fics
(2011-2012)
https://hw-reqs.livejournal.com/757418.html or https://house-wilson-ghc-reqs.dreamwidth.org/675233.html
House/Wilson fics that feature cooking and/or food as a central theme, with recs contributed by several readers in the comments.

Fugues Fiction Archive: House Edition
(2007)
https://www.keyofx.org/fiction_house.html
Recs organized into a wide variety of categories, such as classics, medical case files, pain, dreams and introspection, pre-series, humor, AU, external perspectives, and more. This site also includes rec lists for fics and fanvids in other fandoms.

Het Reccers
(2008-2013)
https://het-reccers.livejournal.com/tag/fandom%3A%20house or https://het-reccers.dreamwidth.org/tag/fandom:+house
Recs and reviews of fics with het pairings, and shipper manifestos. The House fandom content is in 25 posts on livejournal, with 24 imported to dreamwidth. The associated het-reccers sites on tumblr and AO3 focus on many fandoms, but don't have any House content.

House_Recs
(2005)
https://house-recs.livejournal.com/2005/05/
Fans listed and discussed some favorite fics in May 2005, toward the end of season 1 airing in the U.S.

House "What-If" Rec List
(2016)
https://house-what-if.livejournal.com/
Stories that range from wildly fantastical (supernatural elements, magical realism, science fiction, etc.) to essentially realistic (life-altering events, recovery fic, alternate history), but all depart significantly from canon reality. Cross-indexed by title, author, category, rec reason, word count, and publication date.

House MD Slash Fic Recs
(date unknown)
https://web.archive.org/web/20200216211142/https://www.recs.paperpilots.net/fandoms/houseslash.htm
Recs are organized by pairing and include brief descriptions. Since this is an archived version of the rec list, it links to archived versions of fics. However, many of the fic links are still live and can be visited directly.

The Housefic Meta Library / House Fanfiction Hall of Fame
(2005-2009)
https://housefic-meta.livejournal.com/87779.html
"[A] 'must read' list of House fanfiction stories -- something that appeals to a broad range of readers, is in character, is well written... the kind of stories you can use to introduce new fans to House fanfiction." Includes discussion and analysis of each fic. Wide variety of lengths, genres, and pairings. Note: To see the content on this journal, you need to scroll past the "image is unavailable" part at the top of each page.

House's House of Whining (HHoW) - main fic rec thread
(2007-2012)
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hhowfr/oh-it-s-storytime-let-me-get-my-baba-the-fanfic-re-t11.html
Forum where many readers individually posted links to recommended fics.

Housepiglet Particularly Enjoyed
(2007)
part 1: https://housepiglet.livejournal.com/5093.html
part 2: https://housepiglet.livejournal.com/34067.html
Each fic has a short comment by housepiglet about why it's on the list. Categories include angst and hurt/comfort, humour, vids, pre-slash, slash, other pairings, House with children, and more.

Icegirl99's House Rec List
(2006)
https://icegirl99.livejournal.com/2537.html
The recs are categorized by pairing, and include summaries.

Ikyrian’s Recs
(2006)
https://www.geocities.ws/purple_fiddle/house.html or https://web.archive.org/web/20210105223738/https://www.geocities.ws/purple_fiddle/house.html
Chase-centric, or House/Chase centric, gen and slash fics. Includes brief reviews.

Jezziejay's Recs
(2011)
https://jezziejay.livejournal.com/56533.html
Categorized as general favs, humour, sick Wilson, sick House, unlikely premise done amazingly well, smut, and cross-over. Each rec has a short comment about why jezziejay chose it.

John House Fanfic Recs
(2007)
https://semper-fi-house.livejournal.com/7600.html
Recommended fics featuring House's father, John House. Includes a brief description of each fic.

Lilyleia78’s House Recs
(2009)
https://lilyleia78.dreamwidth.org/35188.html
Almost exclusively House/Wilson slash, all exceptions noted.

Mhalachai's Recs
(2007)
part 1: https://mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com/236984.html or https://mhalachai.dreamwidth.org/194603.html
part 2: https://mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com/238958.html or https://mhalachai.dreamwidth.org/196249.html
Several House recs on a multifandom rec list. Includes brief summaries and reviews.

mog_reads - Fic Recs by Sunsetmog
(2005)
https://mog-reads.livejournal.com/tag/fandom:house
House and House crossover fic recs, with a short review of each one. Note: for better legibility, you may want to turn off background images or use reader mode in your browser.

Nightdog's List o' Recs
(2007-2013)
https://nightdog-barks.livejournal.com/1693300.html or https://nightdog-barks.dreamwidth.org/1733064.html
Fics recommended on Nightdog's journals over the years, and the descriptions used in those recs.

Nomad's Gen Recs
(2008)
https://nomads-gen-recs.livejournal.com/102428.html
House gen fic recs, including a few crossovers. Organized by title, characters, length, and setting. Each rec has a very brief description. This site also includes Nomad's rec lists in several other fandoms.

Off the Beaten Track
(2013)
https://yarroway.dreamwidth.org/27763.html
A list of "great older fics that I don't see mentioned much and that I think may have fallen off fandom's radar," inspired by barefootpuddles' Stories You Might Not Have Heard Of rec list. Generally one fic per writer, and a little more than half of them are gen.

Polyamorous Recommendations
(2012-2016)
https://bifictionalbedlam.slashcity.net/recs/category/house/
(Polyamorous in this case means that the reccers love multiple fandoms at once. Fics are not required to feature polyamory.) Each rec has a short comment about the fic. Recs are further subdivided in the sidebar into gen, het, and slash.

Polyfandom Recs: House Fandom Recs
(2005-2006)
https://polyfandomrecs.livejournal.com/tag/house or https://polyfandomrecs.dreamwidth.org/tag/house
Several readers posted multiple-fandom rec lists, and these include House fic.

Ranrata’s House/Wilson Fic Recs
(2007)
https://ranrata.dreamwidth.org/6843.html
"What do I like [in fic]? Good bad sex, mostly realistic sex, no unnecessary sappiness, writing that makes me green with envy, surprises, good banter, and no Amber-bashing. Among other things."

Ratecreature's Crossover Recs
(2007-2010)
https://ratcreature.livejournal.com/tag/recs%3A%20house or https://ratcreature.dreamwidth.org/tag/recs:+house or http://www.ratcreature.net/fannish_stuff/crossover_recs.php
Multifandom rec lists that include 4 House crossover fics. Each one includes a short, descriptive review.

Rec Room
(2005-2008)
https://rec-room.livejournal.com/tag/house
Each fic has a short "why you should read this" section. Multifandom rec journal with about 40 House recs.

Rec50
(2005-2009)
House posts in LJ memories: https://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=rec50&keyword=Fandom:%20House&filter=all
General Series tag: https://rec50.livejournal.com/tag/house%3A%20general%20series or https://rec50.dreamwidth.org/tag/house:+general+series
House/Wilson tag: https://rec50.livejournal.com/tag/house%3A%20house%2Fwilson or https://rec50.dreamwidth.org/?tag=house:+house/wilson
The goal was for each person to post 50 recs, typically in 2 recs per post. Each rec includes a brief summary/review. To see the whole set of recs, make sure that at the bottom of each page you click on "go earlier" (on Livejournal) or "Previous 20" (on Dreamwidth) to view the next page of posts.

Recs_Fics
(2006)
https://recs-fics.livejournal.com/tag/house
Each fic has a summary and a review.

Sandrine's List of House/Chase
(2005)
https://fic-hunt.livejournal.com/1261.html
A running list of House/Chase fics available early on in the fandom, with personal favorites marked. Includes titles and authors, but no descriptions. (Note: You may want to turn off background images or use reader mode in your browser for better legibility.)

Sekhmet Recs
(2006-2008)
https://sekhmet-ficrecs.livejournal.com/tag/house or https://www.diigo.com/profile/Mir8lle?query=%23house
House recs, many of which are crossovers. Each rec includes a brief description.

Sick!House Recs
(2007-2009)
ficrec tag: (16 posts) https://sick-house.livejournal.com/tag/ficrec
rec tag: (1 post) https://sick-house.livejournal.com/tag/rec
Lists of sick!House recs posted by various readers. Some lists are categorized, such as by diagnosis, title, or deathfic. At the bottom of each post, make sure you click on "House has swallowed __ Vicodin" to view the comments, where many of the recs are posted and discussed.

Sick!Kutner Recs
(2009)
part 1: https://sick-kutner.livejournal.com/1231.html
part 2: https://sick-kutner.livejournal.com/3316.html
A few sick!Kutner fic recs, with links to Fanfiction.net. Includes a brief description and Kutner's diagnoses for each fic.

Sick!Wilson Fics for a Cheer-Up
(2011)
https://sick-wilson.livejournal.com/409596.html or https://sick-wilson.dreamwidth.org/387920.html
In response to a query on the Sick!Wilson comm, people posted links to fics they re-read when they need to cheer up.

Silja-b's Recs
(2008)
https://silja-b.livejournal.com/14416.html
Fics organized into categories that each represent a type story or creative challenge, chosen for how well they elicit an emotional response in the reader.

Stories You Might Not Have Heard Of
(2013)
https://barefootpuddles.livejournal.com/31722.html
Older or lesser-known fics for people who joined this fandom in later seasons, or are interested in revisiting fics they may have forgotten about. Includes a summary and review of each one, and additional recs by other readers in the comments section.

Tani Recs
(2007-2009, but ends in 2008 on Livejournal)
https://tani-recs.livejournal.com/tag/house or https://tani-recs.dreamwidth.org/tag/fandom:+house
Each entry has a summary and review. In the journal profile, it says Tani tends to rec complete fics in a variety of fandoms focusing on character development, AUs, crossovers, and weird pairings.

Television Without Pity (TWoP) - House fic rec thread
(2006-2012)
https://web.archive.org/web/20140407101500/https://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3137197-the-fanfic-recommendation-thread/
Forum where many readers individually posted links to recommended fics.

Threerings' Multifandom Recs
(2007)
https://threerings-recs.livejournal.com/tag/house
Three rec lists: House/Doctor Who crossovers; a variety of House fics; threesome smut. Each rec includes a short review.

Top Ten House M.D. Crossovers
(2008)
https://polyfandomrecs.livejournal.com/78809.html or https://polyfandomrecs.dreamwidth.org/75745.html
Subtitled "Hey, You Got Your Sci-Fi Opus in My Bantery Medical Drama Again." Each rec has a brief excerpt and short review.

Topaz_eyes' Rec List
(2006-2009)
https://topaz-eyes.dreamwidth.org/167222.html
1,200 fics listed by pairing, but with no descriptions or reviews.

Trauma Recovery Fic Recs
(2010)
https://trauma-rec-fic.livejournal.com/tag/fandom:%20house%20md
Hurt/comfort fics that deal with the recovery from trauma and the effects of PTSD. Each rec includes content warnings, summaries, and reviews.

TV Tropes
(date unknown)
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FanficRecs/House
Recommended House fandom resource sites, and fics organized into categories: gen, shipping, crossovers. Some are also tagged by trope or have a review.

Volakis/Wilson Fic Archive and Rec List
(2008)
https://volakis-wilson.livejournal.com/2865.html
Fiction about Wilson/Amber and how the ship affects House/Wilson. Some are specifically season 4 post-ep fics, and all include Wilson, Amber, and/or House in some configuration.

When You Need a Good Cry: Death Fic Rec List
(2011)
https://srsly-yes.livejournal.com/180381.html or https://srsly-yes.dreamwidth.org/245293.html
A short list of one-shot and multi-chapter fics dealing with the death of House, Wilson, or both.

Whispered Words: Slash Recommendations Database
(date unknown)
https://web.archive.org/web/20141012031614/https://fictionresource.com/slash/recs.php?serie=house
Recs posted by multiple people. Includes title, author, pairing, and some entries also have a short review.

Additional Resources

Where to Look for House Fic and Fanworks

Here are some sites where you can dive into a House time capsule to find old favorites, new-to-you stories, meet new fandom friends, or post fic-finding queries.

• House/Wilson Requests and Recs - Although it was established by House/Wilson fans, lots of fics discussed there are H/W friendship, any and all other pairings, or gen/no pairing. Amazing tagging system makes it easy to browse and is well tended by the mods. People post looking for specific fics or themes, and knowledgeable fans reply and discuss them.
• House MD Fic Finder - Another place where people ask for fics or topics they're looking to read. No tagging system, so you can either scroll through to see what catches your interest, or use a search engine like google to search for specific words or phrases (titles, authors, character names, etc.). Type this in the search bar, with this exact spelling, spacing, punctuation, and word order:
  "word or phrase" site:hmd-finders.livejournal.com
• House MD entry on Fanlore - An article about the show and its fandom. Includes a partial list of House Livejournal communities, some of which later migrated to Dreamwidth.
• House Fan Fiction Archive on Squidge - This especially has a lot of older works. You can search by author, title, and other parameters.
• All House fics posted on Fanfiction.net This is the link that includes all ratings, sorted by update date. By default, FF.net only shows ratings K-T (up to teen) when you do searches, so look at the filter options if you want to include the rated-M (mature) stuff.
• House Podfics on Jinjurly.com - You can browse by fandom, relationship, podfic reader, author, ets. Two warnings about this site: 1) the search function is buggy so you just need to click on one of the "browse by" links and then look on that list for what you're looking for. 2) It is not a secure site (doesn't work with https), so you may not want to actually download files from here. There are other sites that host podfic. AO3 has some. But this can tell you whether podfics exist, and who recorded them.
• All House works posted on AO3 - Sorted by date updated. House fandom didn't have the same tagging culture that post-Tumblr fandoms use, but you can still make use of the search features of AO3 to find some good stuff.

How to Contact Creators & Leave Comments

Many House fic readers and writers these days are thrilled to talk about House fandom, when opportunity arises. And it’s never too late to let authors, vidders, and artists know you’re exploring their work, no matter when it was originally published.

I encourage you to read and comment on the platforms where the work was first posted (often Livejournal or Dreamwidth in this fandom), so you can take advantage of reading and adding to the community discussions about those works.

You can also contact authors or leave comments on any platform where you spot them. For a sampling of platforms where fannish things happen these days, see copperbadge’s Tumblr "Find Me" Directory.

Here are some tips on leaving feedback, small or large, for authors:

• Maeg’s Guide to Leaving Feedback
• 101 Comment Starters
• Long Live Feedback (LLF) Comment Builder
• Zero Comment Challenge
• Fanfic Writer Appreciation Day
• The OTPodcast episode: "How to Appreciate Your Authors"

Technical Difficulties: "Broken" links and legibility

If you encounter broken links within the rec lists, see my Tips for Handling Broken Links to Fics and Fanworks. Sometimes a link is not really broken, and sometimes content is available elsewhere if you know how and where to look.

This guide will also help you deal with legibility issues on the sites you reach. Older sites may have colors, fonts, or background images that you can easily whisk away so you can binge in peace. :)

Happy reading! Happy viewing! Happy commenting! Happy rec list making! YOU are what helps keep this fandom going. Let me know if there’s anything you feel I could add to this resource. Thanks!