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
Rivage de Barbarie
Norman Mailer
1977French
Skunk Ape. Der Affenmensch aus Florida
Ernst Probst
2013German
Spektrum Kompakt - Arten am Abgrund
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
2018German
Spuren des Unbekannten
Michael Schneider
2008German
Sur les traces du Yéti et autres créatures clandestines
Richard D. Nolane
1996French
Une histoire naturelle du monde surnaturel
Société de cryptozoologie
2001French
Verborgene Kreaturen
Liam J. Cryptson
2024German
Weird Devon
Jonathan Downes, Graham Inglis, Richard Freeman
2000
Wybrane zagadnienia turystyki i medycyny podróży
Andrzej Urbanik, Maciej Brożyna
2025Polish
Y el cielo era una bestia
Robert Juan-Cantavella
2014Spanish
Yeren. Der chinesische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Yowie. Der australische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Yōkai yagyō meguri
2001Japanese
À la recherche des monstres lacustres
Peter Costello
1977French
À la recherche du monde perdu
Henri Vernes
2004French
A saga of the Sawtooths with Old Man Nick O'the Woods
Hank Senger, Nick Villeneuve
1938
Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
Loren Coleman, Jerome Clark
1999
Destination truth
Josh Gates
2011
Encyclopedia of Cryptozoology: A Global Guide to Hidden Animals and Their Pursuers
Michael A. Newton
2005
Extraordinary animals
Marcus Schneck
1990
Investigating Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, and other cryptids
Heather Moore Niver
2016
New UFO breakthrough
Brad Steiger, Joan Whritenour
1968
Searching for the Loch Ness monster
Jennifer Rivkin
2014
Searching for the Loch Ness monster
Nikki Case
2011