Tradition 21 of 33
Cryptozoology and Forteana
Cryptids, Bigfoot, lake monsters, anomalous animals, Fortean collections, and unexplained phenomena.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 482
- Earliest
- 1836
- to 2026
- Read free
- 6%
- 27 with public full text
- With covers
- 60%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match475
- Metadata match6
- Query match1
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- Cryptozoology130
- Curiosities and wonders128
- Loch Ness monster95
- Cryptozoologie80
- KRYPTOZOOLOGIE73
- Monsters68
- Juvenile literature48
- Fiction37
- Folklore32
- History25
- Mythical animals25
- Sasquatch24
- Juvenile fiction19
- Monsters, juvenile literature19
- Sea monsters19
- Social Sciences18
- Ungeheuer18
- Zoology18
- Curiosities and wonders, juvenile literature17
- Bigfoot16
- Children's fiction16
- Animals15
- Animals, Mythical15
- Text15
Top languages
- English329 · 68%
- French58 · 12%
- German27 · 6%
- Czech9 · 2%
- Polish8 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Bernard Heuvelmans11 books
- Ernst Probst8 books
- Loren Coleman8 books
- Seanan McGuire6 in this tradition8 books
- Brad Steiger5 in this tradition18 books
- Chad Arment5 books
- Joel Levy4 in this tradition9 books
- Michael Newton4 in this tradition8 books
- Frank Edwards4 in this tradition7 books
- Hartwig Hausdorf4 in this tradition7 books
- Michael Shermer4 in this tradition6 books
- Paul Lester4 books
482 books
- Read free
The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
Andrew Lang, Traugott Konstantin Oesterreich
1897
- Read free
New Lands
Charles Fort, Booth Tarkington
1923
- Read free
Wild talents
Charles Fort
1932
Abominable science!
Daniel Loxton, Donald R. Prothero, Daniel, Donald R, Michael Shermer
2013
Mysterious Creatures
George M. Eberhart, George M. Eberhαrt
2002
Sur la piste des bêtes ignorées
Bernard Heuvelmans
1955
The history of spiritualism
Arthur Conan Doyle
1926
Hidden animals
Michael Newton, Michael Dawn Newton
2009
- Read free
The Dung Ball Chronicle
Wayne V. Miller
2014
- Read free
The Flying Death
Samuel Hopkins Adams
1908
Imaginary animals
Boria Sax
2013
The Mothman Prophecies
John A. Keel
1975
- Read free
The book of the damned
Charles Fort
1919
Encyclopedia of cryptozoology
Michael Newton, Michael Dawn Newton
2005
- Read free
Believe it or not! [1929]
Robert Robert LeRoy Ripley
Date unknown
- Read free
Bigfoot Joe, and Others: Figments of Fancy
Henry Bedford-Jones
Date unknown
- Read free
Curiosities of Olden Times
Sabine Baring-Gould
Date unknown
- Read free
Curious, if True
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Date unknown
- Read free
Greatest wonders of the world, as seen and described by famous writers
Esther Singleton
Date unknown
- Read free
Magic, Pretended Miracles, and Remarkable Natural Phenomena
Anonymous
Date unknown
- Read free
Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life
Catherine Cooper Hopley
Date unknown
- Read free
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things
Edmund Fillingham King
Date unknown
- Read free
The book of wonders
Rudolph Rudolph John Bodmer
Date unknown
- Read free
The wonders of the world
John Loraine Abbott
Date unknown