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
The Loch Ness animal
A. C. Oudemans
1934
The feejee mermaid and other essays in natural and unnatural history
Jan Bondeson
1999
The ghost with trembling wings
Scott Weidensaul
2002
The kraken and the colossal octopus
Bernard Heuvelmans
2003
The magic zoo
Peter Costello
1979
Yale & the strange story of Jacko the ape-boy
Christopher L. Murphy, Barry G. Blount
2011
Traditions tératologiques, ou Récits de lʹantiquité et du moyen age en Occident sur quelques points de la fable, du merveilleux et de lʹhistoire naturelle
Jules Berger de Xivrey
1836French
A la chasse aux animaux mystérieux
Christian Vignol
2024French
Agatha Windig und Nessie
Roswitha Fröhlich, Birgit Schössow
1997
Alma. Ein Affenmensch in Eurasien
Ernst Probst
2013German
Animaux mystérieux
Jean-Paul Ronecker
2000French
Animaux étranges
Catherine Le Troquier, Nicole Claveloux
1993French
Auf der Spur des Unbekannten
Michael Schneider
2015German
Autres "bestes" étranges
Dominique Sallanon
2013French
Bazyliszek
Graham Masterton
2009Polish
Bernard Heuvelmans
Michel Ballot
2024French
Bigfoot
Mireille Thibault
2018French
Bizarre mais vrai !
Catherine Le Troquier, Nicole Claveloux
1993French
Blob et espèces étonnantes
Manon Ternois
2023French
Chuchunaa. Der sibirische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Criptidi della Puglia
Marco Lamacchia
2025Italian
Cryptozoologie
Mireille Thibault
2023French
Curiosités animales
Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
2010French
Czy prehistoryczne zwierzęta przetrwały?
Karl P. N Shuker
2018Polish