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
Richardi Dinothi Normannis Constantinatis De rebus et factis memorabilibus loci communes historici
Richard Dinoth
1580Latin
Rivage de Barbarie
Norman Mailer
1977French
Schola curiositatis, sive, Antidotum melancholiæ
Germanus Warheit
1694Latin
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
Teutschlands Wunder und Warnungs-Spiegel
inc Research Publications
1666German
Traditions tératologiques, ou, Récits de l'antiquité et du moyen age en occident sur quelques points de la fable du merveilleux et de l'histoire naturelle
Jules Berger de Xivrey
1836French
Une histoire naturelle du monde surnaturel
Société de cryptozoologie
2001French
Utilis curiositas de humanae vitae felicitate
Jakob Masen
1672Latin
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
You hui tan cong
Rong Shangguan
1879Chinese
Yowie. Der australische Affenmensch
Ernst Probst
2013German
Yōkai yagyō meguri
2001Japanese
Zakarija ben Muhammed ben Mahmud el-Cazwini's Kosmographie
Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad Qazwīnī
1848Arabic
Zapisnai͡a︡ knizhka li͡u︡bopytnykh zami͡e︡chanïĭ velikoĭ osoby, stranstvovavsheĭ pod imenem dvori͡a︡nina rossïĭskogo posolʹstva v 1697 i 1698 godu
Peter I Emperor of Russia
1788Russian
À la recherche des monstres lacustres
Peter Costello
1977French
À la recherche du monde perdu
Henri Vernes
2004French
前定錄
鍾輅, Duan Chengshi, 羅鄴, Xiong Gu, Yuanyou Chen, Mei Huangfu, Fang Ren, Jun Wu, Zhitui Yan, Du Wang, Mi Li, Zongyuan Liu
1465Chinese