Mia Blais-Côté (MiaQc)

When Archive of Our Own (AO3) goes into maintenance mode, it feels like half the internet’s library is gone for a while lol. Luckily, readers and writers have always been resourceful — there are plenty of other platforms to explore in the meantime!

At Bokbi, we know how frustrating it can be when your favourite site is unavailable. That’s why Bokbi exists: to give you a unified online reading tracker and library for all your stories across every platform. Whether it’s AO3, Wattpad, or something more niche, you can add links to Bokbi and keep track of your progress in one place!

Here are some great alternatives to keep your reading going while AO3 takes a mini break:

Fanfiction.net

One of the oldest and largest fanfiction archives online, still active with a huge range of fandoms. While its interface feels dated, its scale makes it a reliable fallback.

Dreamwidth

A blogging and journaling platform often used by fandom communities to host fic and discussion. Many writers cross-post AO3 works here.

Asianfanfics

Focused heavily on K-pop and Asian media fandoms, but includes a wide range of stories. It has a lively community and original works too.

Squidgeworld

AO3-inspired and part of the same fandom-friendly culture. Squidgeworld is smaller, but offers a welcoming archive for fanfiction writers and readers.

Tumblr

Right here, yes! Still one of the most active fandom spaces. Writers often share fics, snippets, and links through tags and reblogs — great for discovering hidden gems.

Booksie.com

This platform leans more toward original writing, but fanfiction is welcome too. A good option if you’re in the mood for something outside your usual fandoms.

Mediaminer.org

An older fanfiction site with a strong anime and manga focus. It’s a classic alternative for long-time fandom readers.

Wattpad

Popular for both original fiction and fanfiction, especially with younger and mature audiences. Wattpad also features community interaction through comments and voting.

AO3 going down is always a reminder of how much fandom relies on shared spaces. But the good news is that fanfiction and serialized stories are everywhere online — and Bokbi helps you keep track of them all.

Instead of losing your place or forgetting where that one story was posted, add your links to Bokbi and build your own personal reading hub. That way, no matter which site is up (or down), your library is always in your hands~!

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As we all know, Archive of our Own is down, and it's unclear when it'll be back up. Now, of course, we could go back to FF.net or Wattpad after this, but I don't think we want to after the experience we got with Ao3. I, therefore, have an alternative solution: there are several fanfic sites out there that aren't FF.net or Wattpad. Now, these sites are pretty small, so they can easily be molded into whatever we want them to be. We can easily turn them into something that can be just as good as Ao3, if we try hard enough.

Anyway, here are links to the sites in question: