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1,000 PLUS: Extraordinary Fics with Extraordinary Reviews
 * Recommended by serbii
 * This is a community on fanfiction.net, it catalogues every Naruto fic that reaches 1000 reviews, which is only about .01% of the Naruto fics on the site.
 * OK tropers, the discussion here was getting far too long, so let's cover everything. This is a database of popular fics, you may not like them all, there are many deserving fics that aren't in it for various reasons, it is likely some of the fics don't deserve to be there in your opinion. Did I miss anything?
 * User:Red Viking: serbii is right that it can be hit and miss. I recognize some really good reads and some of the more famous stories on that list; the cream of the crop, you could say. But seeing some of the others on there makes me die a little on the inside since I cannot fathom how something so horribly written could get so many reviews. Just keep in mind that 1000+ reviews does not automatically mean a story is good. That said, enjoy.
 * For a more personal list try the Viridian Dreams Recommendation List, put together by the folks at Viridian's forum (author of Team 8 and Harry Potter and the Nightmares of Futures Past).

Doc Destructo
 * Recommended by Revlid
 * I strongly recommend anything by this author, all very funny, very intelligent and well-characterized pieces of fluff, mostly one-shot and mostly NaruSaku or NaruIno, set vaguely after and during the series. Seduce My Wife is a personal favourite.
 * Recommendation for Seduce My Wife! seconded by User:Red Savant... and NaruSaku isn't even my primary ship.
 * Thirded by this nameless troper. NaruSaku IS my OTP (unless you count the OT3s), so I'm not complaining, but... Seriously? God forbid they use a surrogate mother.
 * Fourthed (?) by User:Tina Banina 96. I'm not a NaruSaku shipper but I really enjoyed this fic!
 * You guys! He did Yet Another Christmas Carol, you guys! About ramen, guys! And it didn't suck! -- User:Eddie Current

Toboe Lonewolf
 * Recommended by Servitor_2152
 * Primarily oneshots and drabbles, some AU stuff (ninja cyberpunk!). Mostly focusing on Team Guy, mostly Neji/TenTen shipping. All are highly enjoyable and fun to read, and won't take much time out of your day to finish.

FastForward
 * Recommended by User:Spiri Tsunami
 * Those looking for het pairings should go elsewhere. Those looking for Naruto/Sasuke, Kakashi/Iruka, and Raidou/Genma should look here. Lots of great non-AU oneshots (my personal recommendation among those: All I Want For Christmas Is You), but the AU multis are the best. My favorites are Pyromaniac, Roommates (I swear I hadn't read this yet when I conceived the idea for Conn. A&M, which I admit has a similar premise at the beginning, only gender-swapped), and Blood and Tears (a sequel to Roommates). Follow The Leader will likely join these as soon as I read it, since it is part three of the Roommates trilogy (only recently started). Naru/Sasu forever!
 * On a non-Shipping note, this Naruto/Bleach crossover, a joint effort between FastForward and another author called Poisson d'Avril.

Artful Lounger
 * Recommended by jusenkyoruler
 * A very good author; loves evil/dark Naruto fics and updates relatively quickly.
 * Shadow AI: Author tends to indulge in God Mode Sue a little too much for this troper.
 * User:Akatsuki Daybreak: Eh, his overall attitude about the series and Kishimoto is very off-putting and his treatment of Sasuke and Sakura leaves a lot to be desired. In this troper's opinion it's always better to use the events of the story to make them likable than to bash them relentlessly.

dave-d
 * Recommended by User:Malchus, User:Tina Banina 96
 * A very prolific NaruHina writer with a great writing style and utterly hilarious humor. Hell, just read Birds and Bees, a humorous two-shot involving the males of Naruto's age group talking typical guy talk. It's a great sample of the author's humor style. The author mostly makes one- or two-chapter fics, but also has some longer and more serious stories. All are well worth the read.
 * So many truly truly hilarious stories. His work with NaruHina is remarkable. He keeps everyone very in character and believable. One of my favourite authors.

Lucillia
 * Recommended by User:Tina Banina 96, roflMons
 * A great author with over 200 stories. A lot of hilarious, short oneshots and some longer, darker fics as well. I highly recommend her, as she also writes some amazing Harry Potter fanfic. Time MixUp is simply hilarious, while Without Naruto is a beautiful piece about what life would have been like if Naruto had died in Wave. Has written some great crack fiction as well. Again, this author deserves a read.
 * Writes excellent fics, usually shorts, but the long one above should NOT be ignored.

kaotic312
 * Recommended by User:Tina Banina 96
 * A fantastic author. Longer stories, but some humorous (and I mean, laugh out loud)oneshots. Specializes in crack/unusual pairings but has the ability to make these pairings believable, keep everybody in character and just bring the reader into their take on Naruto's world. The fic Three Months has already been recommended on a different page, and is absolutely beautiful. Another must read is Marry My Father Please? which features the unusual pairing of Kankurou/Hinata. A seriously amazing author. If you love absolutely hilarious fics with believable pairings, than this is definitely an author you will like.

lord of the land of fire
 * Recommended by User:The Dog Sage, User:Hiraku Joutei
 * A very prolific NaruHina and ShikaTema writer. He writes mainly in the drama/romance department, and most of his fics are For Want of A Nail, with a couple of comedy and tragedy thrown in. He also has a number of crossovers, from Rosario+Vampire and Sekirei. The fanfic that puts this author on the map is A Mother's Love This fic is set in a world where Kushina Uzumaki survived the Kyuubi's attack, and raises her son in Konoha. In the ShikaTema department, read Invitation and its sequels. His stories A Better Time and A Different End In The Valley show two different reactions from Hinata concerning Naruto's death. And to get out of the funk those fics might put you in, read Play With Me, which the humorous tale of Naruto and Hinata's first time.
 * This troper strongly recommends The Paths We Choose -- an awesome For Want of a Nail fic where Iruka's untimely death in the first episode leads Naruto down the path of evil, and leaves Sasuke in the role of the redeemer.
 * He's also prone to making Hiruzen out to be an incompetent fool, which is a great plot device. "Hokage, The Great And Terrible" explores what would happen if Orochimaru had been named Fourth Hokage instead of Minato, while "The Paths We Choose" and "A Sacrifice For Naruto" consist of Hiruzen making major breaches of justice for want of good judgment. In the former, he's too political, while in the latter, he's too legalistic. Then again, there is canon support for this position, to some degree.
 * I'm sorry, I can't see how that is a 'plus' for Lord of the Land of Fire at all. Making Hiruzen, the Cool Old Guy and Badass Grandpa from Part I into an incompetent fool a great plot device? Despite ruling Konoha for nearly five decades? Yeah, that's not a good plot point at all.
 * Better an incompetent fool than an evil scheming tyrant who allows naruto to be abused to create a loyal weapon, a la Danzo.
 * Danzo was NEVER a evil scheming tyrant. He did everything for Konoha. At worst, he's a Well-Intentioned Extremist. Which many Fanfic Authors don't get.
 * This troper strongly recommends That Look. It is a Anko/Naruto fic that looks at the similarities between Orochimaru and Naruto, as well as how the story would change if Naruto had someone intervene with his childhood.

Asuka Kureru
 * Recommended by User:Shiruvi
 * If your OT 3 happens to be Team 7/NaruSasuSaku, look no further than the Teamwork series. While it veers heavily from canon post VoTE, it doesn't matter to the quality of the story and of the characters. Also check out the NaruSasu 'Saki-chan' universe - her livejournal contains contributions from other authors in this universe (I especially like the Origin of Saki-chan fic by YamiTenshi) adding and expanding the original three-chapter fic Lace and Strawberries. Obviously, these stories contain mature scenes of het, yaoi and even some yuri. If you hate Sasuke, Sakura or Naruto, then obviously stay away.

Quill of Molliemon
 * Recommended by Catt
 * A very good Minato/Kushina writer, mostly humorous, but good at emotional scenes as well. Mainly AU one-shots and short stories featuring scences from their lives as they meet and grow closer. Also recommended are the Pokemon crossover stories, the only good ones I've seen so far, even if Vulpix is the starter, he starts out very rebellious. Also a must see is Seal Shatter, where Kushina is the Hokage's assistant, and deals with an amnesiac Minato as she raises their son. Starts in the Chuunin exam arc.
 * He also puts out numerous short fics set in a Naruto/Pokemon crossover verse. The idea sounds kind of stupid at first, but they're really good. I wholeheartedly recommend them to anyone who's a fan of either series.

Legendary Legacy
 * Recommended by Kamakazikid8
 * A great mockfic writer who just makes fun of over used fanfiction ideas, most of which are usually delivered badly. Has so far mocked: "Yaoi, Mary Sues, Super-Narutos, Female Kyubis, Self Inserts, High school, Time Travel, Ask (Character), Kitten, and Sakura-beats-the-shit-out-of-Naruto-after-bringing-back-Sasuke (there's gotta be a shorter name for that) fics." Other than mockfics, he also writes very good humor stories.

The Original Naruto Fanfiction Archive (TONFA)
 * Recommended by Smoodle-Fshoodle
 * It's a good site aside from fanfiction.net where you can find lots of Naruto fanfiction. It has an especially nice award category where the best of the best are chosen and cycled through on a regular basis. The site is nice if you don't want to sift through 250,000 fanfictions to find a few that you like, it only has a only few thousand available. It's fairly easy to navigate, too.

Sarah1281
 * Recommended by Sanzano, User:Unclouded TJ, roflMons2
 * It's difficult not to recommend this prolific author. She usually makes one-shots based in some plot hole of the canon and tries to gives them sense in a hilarious way. You really have to read some of her stories. One-shot's aside, her longer works are also quite amusing.

Kenchi618
 * Recommended by templar627, User:Unclouded TJ, Shotgun Willy
 * Great author who has a good selection of relatively long fanfictions that are well written and long with good grammar and plot.
 * Shotgun Willy: I personally really like this guy's work; he writes well, he's not a slow writer by any means, and he writes long, all of which combine to be a good thing. However, I could also list quite a few people I know who strongly disagree.
 * This troper would like to point out some stuff. First of all, he ONLY writes stories about Naruto, centered around him, with the entire world revolving around him. This Naruto is both OOC, and the same throughout every single fic. His Naruto is also a prime example of (some trope I don't acutally know the name for. Basically, Naruto does what the author WANTS him to do, rather then what would make sense in character.), and usually is a God Mode Stu. Please note that the above troper is 100% correct. He has good grammar, fast updates, long updates. His OC's are well written, and usually fit in. The plot is mostly good, but very stale, as if you read one of his fics, you basically read all of them. Also, I personally hate how fast random girls join his harem, and turn OOC, and the fact that he adds to the fic's main group many char's, none of whom acutally accomplish anything.
 * SEESWildCard: I myself am a great fan of his work. While the above troper is correct in that most of his stories do revolve around Naruto, I disagree with his God Mode Stu comment. While his Naruto is obviously OOC and much stronger than his canon counterpart I do not find him overpowered. Like what Shotgun Willy said he writes long stories and good plots. If he has any delay in his updates it is usually reasonable. I recommend his For Want of a Nail fic Better Left Unsaid.
 * Lustheron: While Naruto does tend to be extremely powerful (particularly in the One Piece and Bleach crossovers where he's had 100 and 2,000 years respectively to grow stronger), there are always people who are either roughly his equal or who will punt him around like a football. Case in point: in The Sealed Kunai, Naruto fights Jiraiya to train/prove how skilled he is. He promptly recieves a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. Likewise in Shinobi of the High Seas, he beats Kizaru on a technicality (turning into a mirror and reflecting his attack) and barely beats Aokiji (Chopper noted that he should be dead with his injuries).
 * Above is barely right. There are people that should be like 1000 times better, that are merely equal. In the fight you stated, him vs Jiraiya, that was SAGE MODE. Do you know how insanely powerful he is like that? Pein even said it, with the knowledge of the bodies, Jiraiya would have won. And Naruto fights that evenly. Say what you want about his writing, but the Naruto is always at the least a Boring Invincible Hero...
 * Sorry for my long rants. Finally found the term. In every single fic, Naruto is a Possesion Sue.
 * This troper was actually referring to the first fight. Before learning Sage Mode, Naruto took on Jiraiya and got curb-stomped.
 * rageofkyubii: In regards to Shinobi of the High Seas, Now has its own trope page

ncfan
 * Recommended by Gryfo
 * With over a thousand fics,ncfan is a writer who's well worth a look.If you love crack pairings, a more cynical view of Konoha and the shinobi lifestyle in general, minor characters and Sunagakure, you really don't want to miss this author.

demonicnargles
 * Recommended by BlueFox
 * Wrote lots of one-shots of the For Want of a Nail kind, including quite a few about the rather obscure Naruto/Tayuya pairing, all done in a very compelling way. Some are very dark.

randomsomeone ""In our youth and in our insanity, we may forget the simple pleasure of another's touch.""
 * Recommended by Saro
 * Primarily an author of GaaSaku, random's works span from the hilarious to the heartwarming to the heartbreaking. I recommend you at least give one or two of her fics a try. My personal favorite work of hers (and my favorite romance work of all time) is How & Why.

SilverShine
 * Recommended by wanderingbark
 * An amazing author who writes beautifully. She has several longer stories that are mostly Kakashi/Sakura that are such refreshing reads. Highly recommended!

Advent of Shadows
 * Recommended by SEESWildCard
 * A great fanfic author who has also written an original fiction. At first wrote regular(non crossover) Naruto fanfiction he has recently started writing crossovers, mainly with Fairy Tail. His newest story is a One Piece/Naruto crossover. I highly recommend this author if what you enjoy are crossovers.

QuartzApple
 * Recommended by Springminera
 * An excellent author who writes mostly romance, among her work is a 60k ItaSasu story that is highly recommended for an interesting spin on the usual incest story, and an intensely funny and cute KakaIru story, still ongoing and provides a great introduction to the pairing... Has a pretty rapid chapter turnover if you don't like waiting.