Tradition 21 of 35
Cryptozoology and Forteana
Cryptids, Bigfoot, lake monsters, anomalous animals, Fortean collections, and unexplained phenomena.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,204
- Earliest
- 1101
- to 2026
- Read free
- 42%
- 504 with public full text
- With covers
- 63%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match1,095
- Metadata match10
- Query match99
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
- Curiosities and wonders470
- Cryptozoology134
- Early works to 180095
- Loch Ness monster95
- Monsters85
- Cryptozoologie80
- KRYPTOZOOLOGIE73
- Juvenile literature70
- Dragons61
- History51
- Early works to 190047
- Folklore39
- Cavalerie38
- Fiction37
- Natural history37
- Miscellanea32
- Juvenile fiction26
- Mythical Animals26
- Science26
- Sasquatch25
- Animals22
- Sea monsters20
- Monsters, juvenile literature19
- Zoology19
Top languages
- English558 · 46%
- French271 · 23%
- German153 · 13%
- Latin74 · 6%
- NOT32 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- France158 in this tradition164 books
- Louis XV125 in this tradition126 books
- Louis XVI28 books
- Bernard Heuvelmans11 books
- Ernst Probst8 books
- Loren Coleman8 books
- R. B7 in this tradition14 books
- Seanan McGuire7 in this tradition10 books
- Brad Steiger5 in this tradition19 books
- Louis XIV5 in this tradition7 books
- Pierre Boaistuau5 in this tradition6 books
- Chad Arment5 books
1,204 books
Dr Doodle and the Loch Ness monster
Louise M. Hurd
2005
El chupacabra the bloodsucker and other legendary creatures of Latin America
Craig Boutland
2019
Emma Tupper's diary
Peter Dickinson
1971
Encyclopedia Browns Third Record Book of Weird and Wonderful Facts
Donald J. Sobol
1985
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
Rick Emmer
2010
Loch Ness monster
Mary Ann Hoffman
2006
Loch Ness monster
Lori Hile
2013
Loch Ness monster
Ken Karst
2015
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!
Mary Packard
2001
Ripley's believe it or not!
Geoff Tibballs
2013