Tradition 21 of 33
Cryptozoology and Forteana
Cryptids, Bigfoot, lake monsters, anomalous animals, Fortean collections, and unexplained phenomena.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 665
- Earliest
- 1101
- to 2026
- Read free
- 30%
- 201 with public full text
- With covers
- 69%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match558
- Metadata match9
- Query match98
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
- Cryptozoology131
- Curiosities and wonders131
- 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
- English335 · 50%
- German121 · 18%
- French58 · 9%
- Latin45 · 7%
- NOT32 · 5%
Notable authors
All authors- Bernard Heuvelmans11 books
- Ernst Probst8 books
- Loren Coleman8 books
- Seanan McGuire7 in this tradition9 books
- Brad Steiger5 in this tradition18 books
- Chad Arment5 books
- Christian Oeser5 books
- Joel Levy4 in this tradition9 books
- Frank Edwards4 in this tradition8 books
- Michael Newton4 in this tradition8 books
- Hartwig Hausdorf4 in this tradition7 books
- Michael Shermer4 in this tradition6 books
665 books
Girls miscellany
Lottie Stride
2013
Graphic Mysteries
Gary Jeffrey
2005
I wish i knew that
Steve Martin, Mike Goldsmith, Marianne Taylor
2011
Is there a Loch Ness Monster?
Gerald S. Snyder
1977
Katie In Scotland
James Mayhew
2012
Loch Ness Monster
Jean Flitcroft
2014
Loch Ness monster
Mary Ann Hoffman
2006
Loch Ness monster
Lori Hile
2013
Loch Ness monster
Ken Karst
2015
Loch Ness monster
Rick Emmer
2010
Monster at Loch Ness
Sally Berke
1977
Monster wheels
William G. Holder, Bill Holder, Harry Dunn
1987
Mysteries of mind, space & time
1992
National Geographic Kids Almanac
National Geographic, National Geographic Kids, National Geographic Society, National Geographic Kids Staff
2009
Nessie needs new glasses
A. K. Paterson
2009
Nessie the Loch Ness monster
Richard Brassey
2010
Nessie the Mannerless Monster
Ted Hughes
2011
Riesenkraken und Tigerwölfe
Lothar Frenz, Jane Goodall
2000German
Ripley's believe it or not!
Geoff Tibballs
2013
Ripley's believe it or not!
Mary Packard
2001
Stink it up!
Megan McDonald
2013
Strange animals
Rupert Matthews
2010
Tales of the Cryptids
Kelly Milner Halls
2006
Tentacles
Roland Smith
2009