The Zutara Summer Reading List.
Well ok. I finally got around to doing this! Well here you go, A Zutara Fanfiction Recommendation list. Gotta spread the love around.
The Somewhere In Between Universe:
Somewhere in Between - This one is just, AGH, so so angsty. It will break you heart. Summary: Set in the future. After the end of the war, the Fire Nation is in crisis and to mend the broken land, Katara is put in a position she never expected to be in: Fire Lady. The first in a series.
Tales from An Ice Cube - Summary: Follows ‘Somewhere in Between’. A series of oneshots from the different perspectives of Aang, Zuko, Lu Zuo, Sokka, Katara & Toph, and Azula.
Out of the Gray & Into the Black - Summary: The sequel to ‘Somewhere in Between’. The Princess Azula has become a fugitive from the Fire Nation. In opposite ends of the world, Zuko and Sokka must act quickly to stop her from bringing an end to her brother’s reign. ZukoKatara, SokkaToph
Firsts - Summary :A series of drabbles set in the universe of my fic, Somewhere in Between. Zuko and Katara settle into married life with not a few bumps along the way.
He Stares at the Water and And She Watches the Fire - MUST READ. Are enough to leave me on the floor crying, POR QUE POR QUEEE. First one is through a Mai point of view. And the second is through a Zutara lovechild view point.
The Chase - A MUST READ, SMUTTASTIC and really well written. Zuko goes and looks for his mom with Katara. Summary: It didn’t matter how much information Ozai was not willing to give up about Ursa, Zuko would find other ways. Three years later, he hoped that finally, maybe, this time, his search could end.
Finding My Way Home - Sequel to The Chase. Hurts my heart just thinking of these two fics. Summary: Amidst the first major crises after the war, Katara tries to keep a promise she made five years ago. Along the way, she finds that home isn’t quite where she thought it was. Part 2 of The Chase.
Various other oneshots including Two Steps Forward, To Soothe Away Your Ache (adorable), . When We Were Young, to name a few.
Tempest in a Teacup - Hilariously written. MUST READ. Summary: Fate puts Katara in the Fire Nation to grow up in the company of a Dragon, a prince, and a lot of good tea. AU Zutara…of a sort.
The Slow Path - This is honestly what happens in my head after the season finale. A MUST READ. Mixes political and romantic elements really well. Summary: Eight years after the fall of Ozai, Aang returns to the friends he left behind - Taang, Zutara, Sukka. Complete.
The Long Game - The sequel to the one above^. Hasn’t updated in a while though. Summary: The group stands divided over upheaval in the Fire Nation as something dark and ancient rises from the Spirit World - Sequel to The Slow Path; Taang, Zutara, Sukka.
Another Brother - Heartwrenching, and really funny. Won’t be updated until the author finishes another other story, but stops a point with reasonable closure. A MUST READ. Summary: It was a mission of revenge. There weren’t supposed to be any survivors, but Chief Hakoda couldn’t bring himself to kill the Fire Nation boy. Against his better judgment, he brought him home. A Zuko joins the Water Tribe story.
Mrs Pettyfer~ She also The Mortal Instruments fanfictions too! ^.^
The Black Games - AU. If you haven’t read this, drop everything and do so now. ATLA with a Hunger Games scenario. You do not see anything coming with this one. Read this with five boxes of multi-ply tissues. Summary: Once bound by ice, now bound by fire. 12 provinces. 24 tributes. 1 winner. Let the games begin. Complete
The Rise of One - The sequel to that one^, In-progress. Summary: It began with twelve. Now it’s up to one. Sequel to The Black Games.
This Is My Idea - The cutest thing. Summary: "I don’t care what you say mother, she’s not coming! She won’t be allowed near the palace. She won’t even be allowed to reach within twenty feet of it!“ Slightly AU. Based on The Swan Princess.
What I Don’t Like About You - A collab with Artsyelric. Summary:A prince struggles to change his destiny. An unforgiving waterbender tries to see past the betrayal. Fate has decreed them to be enemies from the start but the heart cares not for the laws of the universe. AU ZUTARA starting from the Boiling Rock.
The Stalking Zuko Trilogy:
Stalking Zuko - Warning, you may die of laughter from reading this fic. Must read. Summary: Katara has developed a new hobby. At the Western Air Temple she takes to stalking Zuko. Much silliness and shenanigans follow. In chapter 20: Katara and Zuko return home to the others. Katara hates the F word and she comes to a decision regarding Zuko. Complete.
Not Stalking Zuko - The sequel to above fic^. Summary:Katara keeps a journal of all the shenanigans that the Gaang run into. Chapter 49: there is much talk about the future - now that the war is over and everything is changing. Hakoda and Zuko talk. Katara decides that some things in life are worth the risk.Complete
Not Stalking Firelord Zuko - The most recent addition. In Progress. Summary:The immediate postwar period from Katara’s ranty POV. shenanigans abound. chap 2: There are two arguments. One about women’s rights and one about how Aang is a flake from flaketown, flakemania. Katara is upset and storms off and talks to Zuko. Hugs ensue
LikeADove~ Really ANY thing of hers because she is quality in its purest form, so I’ll add a few I love, but really, check them all out.
Forty Weeks - I haven’t read this one yet, time management, but I hear lovely things about it, so check it out. Summary: Katara shows up at the Fire Lord’s with a bit of a…predicament. Post-series. Arguably Korra-canon compliant.
In The Same Candlelight - Hilarious, and fluffy and angsty. Has some Sokka/Azula. Aang makes an apperance!Summary:In a world where there is no war, Zuko and Katara spend their summers together. Growing up is messy, embarrassing, and at times sad, but they think it might be okay because they have each other.
I Was Not Magnificent - Heartwrenching, AU, and In-Progress.
ALL her one-shots, like The Date Clause , I’m Always In This Twilight, and Drink Your Tears, to name a few.
Beginning in a Bar - Adorbale, Drunk!Katara and a comforting Zuko. Summary:Their romance, considering their circumstances, should have been the stuff of Earth Kingdom bedtime stories. Their story, however, is not form those tales: they fell in love in a bar. Zutara
Forgiveness - Oneshot, Summary: You want to ask forgiveness?” “I’m already doing that on behalf of the Fire Nation.” She doesn’t question. Zutara
In Which They Argue - Oneshot, Summary:Zuko poked at his food for little before he pushed it away and stormed off to bed. He didn’t need her telling him what to do. He ran a whole country; he could easily take care of himself. Zutara
chromeknickers~ The same author who brought LOK the Blackbird fic, and Lost In Translation. Its like someone sprinkled brilliance over this author.
Unrequited - Summary:Love unrequited is the same as love returned, for love is measured by its fullness and its purity, not by its acceptance. - A collection of Zutara drabbles and ficlets.
The Fifth Column - MUST READ. RATED M FOR REALLY REALLY MATURE. and really dark. Trigger warning. In Progress. Summary: Katara’s been kidnapped by the Fifth Column, a clandestine group that plots to overthrow Fire Lord Zuko’s regime. What the society doesn’t know is that Zuko’s been infiltrating them for years. Can he find Katara? Will he be able to save her and himself?
A Matter of Appearances - Old ladies just love grabbing Zuko’s ass. Oneshot. Summary: Iroh has Zuko and Katara serve tea at his shop, which consequently leads to Zuko and Katara getting shamelessly hit on. Their solution to their pervert woes? Pretend to be a jealous couple in order to scare off the grab-happy folks of Ba Sing Se.
The Dangers of Drinking Cactus Juice - Hilarious Oneshot. Drinking ensues. Summary: A humorous tale in which Sokka plays a jug, Momo is accused of mutiny, and Zuko busts out some hot square dancing moves. There’s laughter and tears, mostly Momo’s and Sokka’s, and maybe a little bit of romance. It’s a night Team Avatar won’t soon forget.
Twist of Fate - AU. Complete. AU. Summary: Lu Ten survived the Siege of Ba Sing Se, and the Earth Kingdom fell. Iroh rules the Fire Nation, but his reign does not go unquestioned. Meanwhile, a new Avatar is found in the South… and Princess Azula’s idea of a prank changes everything. Zutara.
Half Asleep - Katara gets to be all badass in this one! Reminds me of that Inuyasha episode where that other guy entraps him in a cacoon… Summary: Five years after the Hundred-Year War, Fire Lord Zuko is hit with an assassin’s dart, and falls into a coma from which he cannot wake. A week passes, and his prognosis is grim. But Katara could swear she hears him in her dreams…
Various oneshots like Onigiri, Our Mothers’ Names, Her Name, to name a few.
**Summaries belong to their respective authors
All of these are incredible quality, and most authors have many more fics, but I couldn’t include them all in here, so GO CHECK THOSE OUT TOO!
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gummygunk
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