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
Sur la piste des animaux énigmatiques
2017French
À la recherche du Mokélé-Mbembé
Michel Ballot, Comptoir général
2014French
Animali misteriosi
Franco Tassi
2019Italian
Baiser d'ailes bleues
Nicole Viloteau
2009French
Bernard Heuvelmans, un rebelle de la science
Jean-Jacques Barloy
2007French
ツチノコの民俗学
Ryōhei Itō, 伊藤竜平
2008Japanese
- Read free
Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life
Ivan Terence Sanderson
1961
Gef!
Christopher Josiffe
2017
- Read free
Museum Britannicum: Being an Exhibition of a Great Variety of Antiquities and Natural Curiosities, Belonging to That Noble and Magnificent Cabinet, the British Museum
Andreas van Rymsdyk, Jan van Rymsdyk
1778
- Read free
Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts
Rupert Thomas Gould
1928
- Read free
One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed
C. A Bogardus
1907
- Read free
Phlegontis Tralliani Opuscula Graece et Latine
Phlegon, of Tralles|* Phlegon of Tralles
1822Latin
Sasquatch/Bigfoot and the mystery of the Wild Man
Jean-Paul Debenat, Paul H. LeBlond, Christopher Leo Murphy, Christopher Christopher Leo Murphy
2009
- Read free
The Interview: A Companion Volume to "Enquire Within Upon Everything"
Robert Kemp Philp
1857
- Read free
The Spanish Mandevile of Miracles: or, The Garden of Curious Flowers, Wherin Are Handled Sundry Points of Humanity, Philosophy, Divinitie, and Geography, Beautified With Many Strange and Pleasant Histories
Antonio de Torquemada
1600
- Read free
Things Not Generally Known, Familiarly Explained: A Book for Old and Young
John Timbs
1859
Chaos choreography
Seanan McGuire
2016
Cryptid Club
Sarah Andersen
2022
Crypto-Arkansas
Mark Spitzer
2013
In the wake of Bernard Heuvelmans
Michael A. Woodley
2008
It came from Ohio!
James Renner
2012
L'Académie des dames, ou la philosophie dans le boudoir du Grand siècle
Nicolas Chorier, Richard Robinson
1797
Loch Ness and the monster
Nicholas Witchell
1971
Loch Ness revealing its monsters
William Owen
1976