AU Recs

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Well, this has been fun. I love the what-if variety of AU, and this has given me a chance to go back and reread lots of them. This is my rec list...
WARNING: Some of these stories are very dark. I don't warn here, so if you don't want to be surprised, check out the author's warnings before reading.

AU for Cyberwoman. These stories take things in an amazing number of different directions, some back to events in POTW (Canary Wharf). Some are very dark. Others aren't...
We held gold dust in our hands by amand-r
Permutations by aeshna-uk
Retcon by misswinterhill
Afore the Dawning of the Day by aeshna-uk
A Man of Goodwill by soera
Five Stages by shadowfiction
Made This Bed by valderysTake It Like a Man? Well Fuck That by paperclipbitch
Long Game by adina-atl
Hunting Song by neifile7
Love's Labour's Lost by demotu

The first story isn't AU, but it's the setup for the subsequent End of Days story where Gwen was killed by Abbadon, and what follows on that.
Disambiguation by invisible-lift
Disambiguation - In These Stones by invisible-lift

Other S1/S2 recs. Stories that work off events in S1/S2. I've put them roughly in order, but since some range over time or are quite AU, that's iffy...
Try Your Best (Think About It Later) by out-there
Counting Stars by soera
The Waters and the Wild by soera
Random Gloves by dune-drd
The Slow Path by stolendreams
The Velocity of a Kebab by robling_t
But He'll Get Me by paperclipbitch
Flyboy (10 Flights) by blue-fjords
A Year Out of Time by the-silver-sun
Left Unsaid by dune-drd
Inversion by ceefax-the-same
Baron Saturday Visits Cardiff by thaddeusfavour
Happy Endings by ceefax-the-sane
Overwritten by edibleflowers
Make A Beginning by dsudis

These 3 are a series. Post S2
Ghost of a Kiss by lilithbint
You Are Here by lilithbint
Coda by lilithbint

Post S2. Mostly, they continue TW in various ways, any of which I'd prefer to what we got...
Recruitment Policy by palmface
Miss Osterhagen Regrets by paperclipbitch (Post Journey's End)
Lie Back and Think of Cardiff by laligin
Price by sam-storyteller

Vitual Season 3 -----
These are post S2, but are entire series of stories that include building a new team, and episode-like, long, plotty stories. I've you've missed these, I envy you the discovery.

1. A full AU Season Three, written by some of the best writers in TW fandom. It starts with a Captain's Blog for the radio play Lost Souls and goes on from there, with episodes, blogs, memos... It's brilliant.
You should absolutely read these in order, so I linked to the oldest page - scroll to the bottom to start.
Torchwood Virtual Series 3

2. beesandbrews New Team TW stories. This link brings you to a masterlist - just start at the top...
New Team Torchwood Series by beesandbrews
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These are AU because the Doctor is involved, and we know from Journey's End that Ianto and Gwen never met him. Other than that, they could have happened. Mostly.
Autumn by elfin
Worse Than the Disease by Autumnburn
All the Dishes Rattle In the Cupboards When the Elephants Arrive by out-there
Flowers Series by DameRuth I'm hesitant to tag this one because the series is largely Jack/Doctor centric. However... there's a fair amount of TW crossover (esp with Ianto) in some stories, and it features a Jack who wants to be there, not one who's pining after the Doctor.

Unclassified. AU stories that don't fit amy particular category. Most of these go very AU, in various ways.
The Day the Dragons Came by nancybrown
Changing Times by darthneko
The Road Back Home Again
Masks by libraryofsol
Made My Own Pretty Hate Machine by paperclipbitch
Get Loved, Make More, Try to Stay Alive by dsudis
Postcards From the Other Side by joking
Time Doesn't Stop for the World's Ending by black-eyedgirl
It Will Bleed You Dry by paperclipbitch
Last One Out by joonscribble
And yeah, there are lots more I've missed. But I have to stop sometime... Enjoy.