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
The British Apollo
1711
The Pictorial cabinet of marvels
Harrison Weir
1891
The Wonderful and scientific museum
1803
The Wonderful recompense of faith, or, Strange news from Dursley in Gloucester-shire
1675
The Wonders of nature and art
1839
The astrologer of the nineteenth century, or, The master key of futurity and guide to ancient mysteries
1825
The great wonders of the world
Arthur Cleveland Wigan
1856
The miserable estate of the citie of Paris at this present
1590
The museum
Jacob Abbott
1856
The protestants and Iesuites vp in armes in Gulicke-land
1611
The rival kings, or, Overbearing
Annie Keary
1864
The seven wonders of the world
Samuel Wood & Sons
1816
The seven wonders of the world
Samuel S. Wood & Co
1819
To the curious.
1780
Two remarkable and true histories, which hapned this present yeare, 1619
1620
Woodworth's American miscellany of entertaining knowledge
Francis C. Woodworth, D. Austin Woodworth
1852
Woodworth's youth's cabinet
Francis C. Woodworth
1853
[Parley's story book]
James Northcote
1858
Yōkai yagyō meguri
Date unknown
3
1899Italian
Ausführlicher Bericht von allerhand neuen Büchern und anderen Dingen
1708German
Deliciarum manipulus
1703German
Discours veritable, d'vne femme accouchée de quatre enfans masles
1609French
Merkwürdigkeiten der Welt
1805German