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
Dos jardin do Korassà às profundezas do Loch Ness
Jorge O'Grady de Paiva
1973Portuguese
Etranges bizarreries de la nature
Béatrice Fontanel
2010French
Forêt de Chizé, attention puma !
Frédéric Dumerchat, Philippe Véniel
2005French
Godzilla i Kong
Robert Place Napton, Nikita Kannekanti, Barnaby Legg, Christian Ward, Tyler Smith, Jimmy Betancourt, Richard Starkings
2024Polish
Hominidés inconnus
Mireille Thibault
2015French
Kaijūki
Hideyuki Takano, Kiyoshi Mori
2007Japanese
Kroniki dziwnych bestii =
Ge Yan
2023Polish
Kŭraedo-kŭdŭl-ŭn-sara-itta
Lothar Frenz
2002Korean
L'homme congelé
Marie Voignier, Stefanie Michaela Baumann
2010French
La race oubliée
Christian Le Noël
2002French
Les Bêtes humaines d'Afrique...
Bernard Heuvelmans
1980French
Les Monstres vivants
Linda Gamlin
1981French
Les animaux étranges
Élisabeth Dumont-Le Cornec
2021French
Les derniers dragons d'Afrique...
Bernard Heuvelmans
1978French
Les félins encore inconnus d'Afrique
Bernard Heuvelmans
2007French
Les grands mystères expliqués par la science
Gabriel Joseph-Dezaize, Béatrice Bocard, Jean-François Chaix
2020French
Między człowiekiem a zwierzęciem
Valentin Borisovič Sapunov
2008Polish
Monster
Melvyn J. Willin
2011German
Monstres des lacs et des océans
Richard D. Nolane
1996French
Nguoi Rung. Der vietnamesische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Nisser & trolde og andre glemte dyr
Michael Lycke
2000Danish
On the Track of Unknown Animals (Living Fossils)
Bernard Heuvelmans
1958
Orang Pendek - Der kleine Affenmensch auf Sumatra
Ernst Probst
2013German
Powrót smoków
Hartwig Hausdorf
2004Polish