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
Era
横濱はなし
Shōhaku
1862Japanese
涼州異物志
Shu Zhang
1821Chinese
異物志
楊孚, 曾釗
1831Chinese
簷曝雜記
Yi Zhao
1850Chinese
雖園漫記
Suiyuanzhuren
1887Chinese
A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, May 19, 1780.
1780
A Few lines composed on the Dark Day, of May 19, 1780.
1780
A Great miracle at sea, or, A perfect relation of a mighty whale
1645
A Monstrous sea serpent, the largest ever seen in America, has just made its appearance in Gloucester Harbour, Cape Ann, and has been seen by hundreds of respectable citizens
1817
A saga of the Sawtooths with Old Man Nick O'the Woods
Hank Senger, Nick Villeneuve
1938
A sketch of the life of Muzzetta Pooktieet Pocahontas, Princess of the Tobas Nation of Mexican Indians
1884
An historical miscellany of the curiosities and rarities in nature and art
1794
Cecil's sixty curious, interesting, and authentic narratives
1825
Chamber's information for the million, or One thousand and one things worth knowing
1890
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
It cannot rain but it pours
1726
Miracles of art and nature, or, A brief description of the several varieties of birds, beasts, fishes, plants, and fruits of other countreys : together with several other remarkable things in the world
R. B
1678
New UFO breakthrough
Brad Steiger, Joan Whritenour
1968
Novelties, inventions, and curiosities in arts and manufactures
1858
On the Dark Day
1810