Tradition 24 of 33
Legendary beings and transformations
Fairies, elementals, vampires, werewolves, and other beings discussed in folklore, occult literature, or anomalous reports.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 1,294
- Earliest
- 1144
- to 2026
- Read free
- 34%
- 442 with public full text
- With covers
- 62%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match996
- Metadata match21
- Query match277
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
- Fiction282
- Vampires246
- Juvenile fiction166
- Fairies152
- Children's fiction122
- Vampir111
- Werewolves111
- Fairy tales91
- Fantasy89
- Vampires, fiction89
- Fantasy fiction66
- Films de vampires57
- Folklore54
- Horror tales42
- Vampyrer42
- Magic40
- Fiction, fantasy, general39
- Fiction, horror36
- Text36
- History35
- Vampires in literature34
- Horror stories33
- Children's stories32
- Dans la littérature32
Top languages
- English744 · 57%
- German287 · 22%
- French63 · 5%
- Japanese31 · 2%
- Dutch29 · 2%
Notable authors
All authors- Andrew Lang16 in this tradition25 books
- Wenzel Müller15 in this tradition17 books
- Harriet Muncaster14 books
- Anne Rice12 in this tradition16 books
- Stephenie Meyer12 in this tradition13 books
- Kristin Cast10 books
- P. C. Cast10 books
- Patricia Briggs10 books
- Robert Lawrence Stine9 in this tradition49 books
- James Matthew Barrie9 in this tradition10 books
- Kelley Armstrong9 in this tradition10 books
- Christoph Martin Wieland7 in this tradition12 books
1,294 books
- Read free
The popular superstitions and festive amusements of the Highlanders of Scotland
William Grant Stewart
Date unknown
- Read free
The secret commonwealth of elves, fauns & fairies
Robert Kirk, Andrew Lang, W. Lockhart Bogle
Date unknown
- Read free
The thing in the woods
Harper Williams
Date unknown
- Read free
The vampire cat
Gerard Van Etten
Date unknown
- Read free
Ulster Folklore
Elizabeth Andrews
Date unknown
- Read free
Vampires of Space
Sewell Peaslee Wright
Date unknown
- Read free
Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf
George George William MacArthur Reynolds
Date unknown
- Read free
Werwolves
Elliott O'Donnell
Date unknown
- Read free
Histoire des vampires et des spectres malfaisans, avec un examen du vampirisme
J.-A.-Jacques-Albin-Simon Collin de Plancy
1820French
- Read free
Li dai shen xian tong jian
Yuqi Cheng, Dao Xu, Jizong Zhang
1700Chinese
- Read free
Diabruras, santidades e prophecias
Augusto Carlos Teixeira de Aragão
1894Portuguese
Living dead in Dallas
Charlaine Harris
2002
- Read free
Varney the vampyre; or, the feast of blood
Thomas Peckett Prest, James Malcolm Rymer
Date unknown
- Read free
Vikram and the Vampire: Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance
Richard Francis Burton, Isabel Burton
Date unknown
- Read free
The Baitâl Pachchisi; Or, The Twenty-Five Tales of a Sprite
John John Thompson Platts, Lallu Lal, Mazhar Ali Khan Vila, Duncan Forbes
Date unknown
Green witchcraft
Aoumiel, Ann Moura
1996
- Read free
The Little White Bird; Or, Adventures in Kensington Gardens
James Matthew Barrie
Date unknown
- Read free
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Date unknown
- Read free
The Vampyre; a Tale
John William Polidori
Date unknown
- Read free
The Crock of Gold
James Stephens
Date unknown
- Read free
The Wolf-Leader
Alexandre Dumas, Frank Adams, Alfred Richard Allinson
Date unknown
- Read free
Clarimonde
Théophile Gautier, Lafcadio Hearn
Date unknown
- Read free
The Princess and the Goblin
George MacDonald
1872
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Magic Fishbone
Charles Dickens
1911