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
Dragon soldiers - a paul and sarah manhart cryptozoological adventurebook t
J. Allan Danelek
2014
Von Drachen, Yetis und Vampiren
Harald Gebhardt, Mario Ludwig, Monika Rössiger, Claus-Peter Lieckfeld
2004German
Cryptids
Tamara Macfarlane
2026
Die Rückkehr der Drachen
Hartwig Hausdorf
2003German
Lemons
Melissa Savage
2017
The Weiser field guide to cryptozoology
Deena West Budd
2010
Darklore Volume IV
Emperor, Greg Taylor, Filip Coppens, Nigel Watson, Blair MacKenzie Blake, Greg McQueen, Neil Arnold, The Emperor, John Higgs, Richard Freeman, Michael Tymn, Robert Schoch, Oana Ghiocel, Theo Paijmans, Robert Bauval, Nick Redfern, John Reppion
2009
Beyond The Fray
G. Michael Hopf, Shannon LeGro
2019
Rätseltiere
Manfred Reitz
2005German
Darwin and the Monsters
Brian Regal
2026
Riesenkraken der Tiefsee
Richard Ellis, Kurt Beginnen
2002
Lumberjanes
Shannon Watters, Kat Leyh, ND Stevenson, Brooklyn Allen, Grace Ellis
2019
The Boggart and the monster
Susan Cooper
1997
Ghosts' Trip to Loch Ness
Jacques Duquennoy
1996
Gods, Goddesses, And Monsters
Sheila Keenan
2000
Giants Don't Go Snowboarding
Debbie Dadey
1997
Nessie the Loch Ness Monster
Richard Brassley
2003
- Read free
Handy-book of literary curiosities
William Shepard Walsh
1892
Guide des animaux cachés
Philippe Coudray
2009French
Nessie, Yeti & Co.
Corinna Harder, Bernhard Speh, Jens Schumacher
2006German
The Torchbearers
Ally Condie, Brendan Reichs
2020
A natural history of the unnatural world
Joel Levy, Cryptozoological, David Gould, Cryptozoological Society of London
1999
Bigfoot
Joshua Blu Buhs
2009
Cryptozoology
Chad Arment
2004