Mythical Monsters of the World

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From the Loch Ness Monster to the Jersey Devil, the Japanese demon Oni to the Inuit ogress Amautalik—the world is full of mythical monsters. Our List of the Month this October is devoted to their stories. Each participant may vote on ten titles. Please only downvote titles if they do not fit the theme.
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Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
42,578 membres
709 ressenyes
3.8
20 Members
karenb, hipdeep, conceptDawg, lquilter, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, dougb56586, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Charon07, DoomLuz, loulourevisited, Thelamon1, pstgeorge2, awerling, ,yoyogod
Explicacions
elahrairah: reminds us that monsters are mostly made by man.
2
Dràcula
de Bram Stoker
35,365 membres
624 ressenyes
4
17 Members
hipdeep, conceptDawg, anglemark, deckla, kleo, malloyd, Cecrow, Heather39, sturlington, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, Thelamon1, awerling
Explicacions
Boand: The original classic tale of a vampire which is the source material for many subsequent modern stories.
3
Beowulf
de Beowulf Poet
25,327 membres
333 ressenyes
3.8
17 Members
anglemark, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, amanda4242, elenchus, Heather39, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, tnilsson, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, AmbientSpiritLamb,Kesterbird
Explicacions
Boand: One of the oldest monster stories in existence
4
El Hòbbit, o viatge d'anada i tornada
de J. R. R. Tolkien
94,215 membres
1,187 ressenyes
½ 4.3
10 Members
hipdeep, deckla, malloyd, FAMeulstee, al.vick, ahef1963, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, awerling, AmbientSpiritLamb,conceptDawg , ,elahrairah
Explicacions
malloyd: More than anything else, I think this book resurrected the dragon as a legitimate monster, not just an allegory for Satan.
elahrairah : great book but not our world!
5
Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned
de Anne Rice
1,466 membres
13 ressenyes
4.1
8 Members
hipdeep, lquilter, kleo, Cecrow, tina1969, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963
6
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,044 membres
107 ressenyes
3.8
8 Members
anglemark, deckla, sturlington, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, ahef1963, Charon07, AmbientSpiritLamb
7
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
de Gawain Poet
7,844 membres
104 ressenyes
3.8
7 Members
deckla, abbottthomas, sinki, tnilsson, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, AmbientSpiritLamb
Explicacions
abbottthomas: The Green Knight is usually portrayed as very human-looking but he is green and can carry his lopped off head around so I guess he qualifies as monstrous.
8
The Last Unicorn
de Peter S. Beagle
7,511 membres
191 ressenyes
4.2
6 Members
Cecrow, Heather39, jsebrasky, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07, DoomLuz
9
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
de H. P. Lovecraft
3,396 membres
61 ressenyes
4
7 Members
malloyd, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer, DoomLuz, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, ForAttentionPress
10
American Gods {original}
de Neil Gaiman
33,591 membres
931 ressenyes
4.1
7 Members
deckla, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Yuki-Onna, Thelamon1, AmbientSpiritLamb,
Explicacions
elahrairah: All of the myths, all at once.
11
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
de Max Brooks
15,454 membres
713 ressenyes
4
6 Members
conceptDawg, Morphidae, vwinsloe, elahrairah, DoomLuz, Thelamon1,ahef1963
Explicacions
elahrairah: i really enjoyed the zombie-apocalypse-as-sunday-supplement style of this. it turned an otherwise run-of-the-mill story into something special.
12
The Monster at the End of This Book
de Jon Stone
5,135 membres
105 ressenyes
½ 4.5
7 Members
terran, Cecrow, EMS_24, ahef1963, jsebrasky, ManWithAnAgenda, awerling, ,yoyogod
Explicacions
: I'd vote for this in a heartbeat for metafiction, but while Grover is undoubtedly a monster he is not mythical.
13
A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore
de Claire Booss
504 membres
4
5 Members
hipdeep, stealth.librarian, EMS_24, Elyssa523, Book-Man-CMA,ahef1963
Explicacions
hipdeep: Banshees and fairies and selkies, oh my!
14
Sóc llegenda
de Richard Matheson
4,825 membres
189 ressenyes
4
5 Members
lquilter, kleo, rrjchristopher, tnilsson, jsebrasky
16
The Lore of the Unicorn
de Odell Shepard
473 membres
½ 3.6
4 Members
stealth.librarian, Heather39, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston
17
Kurangaituku
de Whiti Hereaka
20 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.5
3 Members
Aquila, EMS_24, Kesterbird
Explicacions
Aquila: Kurangaituku is the bird woman in the tale of Hatupatu and the Birdwoman from Aotearoa
18
The Devil Is Dead
de R. A. Lafferty
188 membres
4 ressenyes
½ 4.3
4 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, rrjchristopher, Elyssa523,ahef1963
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: "the old race throwing angry primordials": a heady brew that makes you wonder what monsters are and whether you know any
elenchus: A monster from prehistoric times is found to be much closer than you might ... think.
19
Good Omens
de Terry Pratchett
34,735 membres
787 ressenyes
½ 4.3
5 Members
lquilter, jsebrasky, Boand, sarahkhl, AmbientSpiritLamb,yoyogod
Explicacions
Boand: The devil and an archangel toy with humans in this fun loving romp
20
The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yōkai
de Matthew Meyer
108 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 4.5
4 Members
stealth.librarian, elenchus, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna
22
Odissea
de Homer
52,980 membres
473 ressenyes
4
4 Members
CtrSacredSciences, Patricia.Ralston, elahrairah, Thelamon1
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El Gos dels Baskerville
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,313 membres
298 ressenyes
3.9
4 Members
Rommert, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston, Thelamon1,ahef1963
24
Kwaidan: Ghost Stories of Lafcadio Hearn
de Lafcadio Hearn
5 membres
4 Members
Cecrow, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna, Book-Man-CMA
25
Something Under the Bed Is Drooling
de Bill Watterson
4,076 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 4.6
4 Members
cpg, rrjchristopher, Book-Man-CMA, awerling,
26
Epopeia de Guilgameix
de Gilgamesh Poet
9,862 membres
119 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
Cecrow, FAMeulstee, Michael.Rimmer
27
L'ase d'or
de Apuleius
4,772 membres
75 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, maschi
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: The centerpiece of this late-antique romp is the fable of Cupid and Psyche, which is the germ of later monsters like Bluebeard and the Beast of Beauty and the Beast. (Yes, Eros is a monster of myth!)
28
Sunshine
de Robin McKinley
5,637 membres
243 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
stealth.librarian, nrmay, slimikin
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Monstress, volume 1: Awakening
de Marjorie M. Liu
2,250 membres
138 ressenyes
4
3 Members
karenb, Morphidae, stealth.librarian
30
Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages
de Dyan Elliott
57 membres
1 ressenya
3.9
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, deckla, stealth.librarian
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: Current scholarship on Medieval demonology
31
Ozma of Oz
de L. Frank Baum
3,107 membres
53 ressenyes
3.9
3 Members
dougb56586, rrjchristopher, ForAttentionPress
Explicacions
ForAttentionPress: The Wheelers and Princess Langwidere
32
Troll: A Love Story
de Johanna Sinisalo
973 membres
31 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
anglemark, lquilter, ahef1963
Explicacions
lquilter: Lovely story about trolls.
33
Advanced Dungeon & Dragons Monster Manual
de Gary Gygax
1,022 membres
3 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, Morphidae, malloyd
Explicacions
malloyd: The deep influence of D&D on the video game industry, and hence modern media in general, gives even the inauthentic monsters here a shot at immortality...
34
Lilith
de George MacDonald
1,793 membres
16 ressenyes
½ 3.7
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, Patricia.Ralston
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: An adult fantasy that draws on biblical and other ancient Hebrew myths
35
The Book of Dragons
de E. Nesbit
1,190 membres
18 ressenyes
3.8
3 Members
deckla, Heather39, Patricia.Ralston
36
The Unicorn
de Nancy Hathaway
391 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.6
3 Members
Heather39, Chrisethier, Patricia.Ralston
38
Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons
de Bill Watterson
4,004 membres
34 ressenyes
½ 4.6
3 Members
cpg, dougb56586, rrjchristopher,
39
The Golem and the Jinni
de Helene Wecker
5,416 membres
359 ressenyes
4.1
3 Members
vwinsloe, CtrSacredSciences, Charon07
40
Jaws
de Peter Benchley
4,011 membres
145 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
terran, tnilsson
41
Guilty Pleasures
de Laurell K. Hamilton
8,618 membres
225 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
dewasus1, rrjchristopher
42
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
de Deborah Howe
7,000 membres
158 ressenyes
4
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, stealth.librarian
Explicacions
EerierIdyllMeme: A fun take on the vampire myth.
43
Into the Drowning Deep
de Mira Grant
1,240 membres
99 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
lquilter, gypsysmom
Explicacions
lquilter: Into the Drowning Deep features a discovery of mermaids - who are not the creatures of yore.
44
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,366 membres
476 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
vwinsloe, AmbientSpiritLamb
45
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
de Emil Ferris
1,102 membres
72 ressenyes
½ 4.3
2 Members
conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
Explicacions
EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
46
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
936 membres
70 ressenyes
½ 3.4
3 Members
kleo, Boand, Patricia.Ralston,pstgeorge2
Explicacions
Boand: A modern take on an ancient mythic monster
47
Magic Bites
de Ilona Andrews
4,137 membres
237 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Morphidae, dewasus1
48
The Forgotten Taniwha
de Robyn Kahukiwa
5 membres
2 Members
Aquila, Kesterbird
Explicacions
Aquila: Taniwha from Aotearoa
49
The Owl Service
de Alan Garner
1,951 membres
46 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Boand
Explicacions
Boand: A modern fairy tale based on characters from the ancient Welsh book The Mabinogion
50
The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation from a Latin Bestiary of the Twelfth Century
de T. H. White
687 membres
5 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
malloyd, Patricia.Ralston
52
Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things
de Lafcadio Hearn
1,060 membres
11 ressenyes
4
2 Members
malloyd, stealth.librarian
53
The Worm Ouroboros
de E. R. Eddison
2,302 membres
46 ressenyes
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, Patricia.Ralston
54
Cycle of the Werewolf
de Stephen King
3,217 membres
73 ressenyes
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, DoomLuz
55
A Monster Calls
de Patrick Ness
5,715 membres
459 ressenyes
½ 4.4
2 Members
CtrSacredSciences, sarahkhl
56
L'historiador
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,429 membres
756 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
stealth.librarian, tnilsson
57
Mythology
de Edith Hamilton
14,818 membres
93 ressenyes
3.9
2 Members
Morphidae, malloyd
Explicacions
malloyd: My first (long ago elementary school) exposure to the monsters of Greek myth.
58
Wild Life
de Molly Gloss
392 membres
19 ressenyes
½ 3.7
2 Members
lquilter, vwinsloe
Explicacions
lquilter: A wonderful story of a 19th century woman and her cryptozoological adventure ....
vwinsloe: Featuring Bigfoot, or Bigfeet, or Sasquatches?
59
The Spirit (Paperbacks from Hell)
de Thomas Page
86 membres
4 ressenyes
3.2
2 Members
yoyogod, sturlington
Explicacions
yoyogod: A "classic" 70s horror novel about a killer bigfoot.
60
Those That Cause Fear
de Neil Christopher
17 membres
1 ressenya
½ 3.7
2 Members
AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird
61
Tintin Al Tibet (Catalan) for Construction Play
de Hergé
2,254 membres
17 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
EMS_24, Book-Man-CMA
Explicacions
EMS_24: Will they find the owner of these big paw marks?
62
Things in Jars
de Jess Kidd
961 membres
42 ressenyes
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
63
Neverwhere
de Neil Gaiman
24,907 membres
576 ressenyes
4.1
2 Members
elahrairah, AmbientSpiritLamb
Explicacions
elahrairah: monsters of london below
65
Mythic Creatures and the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them
de Laurel Kendall
37 membres
1 ressenya
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, Ciarda
66
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
de Jacob Grimm
14,320 membres
111 ressenyes
4.2
Member
malloyd
67
The Book of Imaginary Beings
de Jorge Luis Borges
2,694 membres
30 ressenyes
4
Member
Ciarda
68
Monster
de Frank Peretti
1,954 membres
28 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
RaeCreated
Explicacions
RaeCreated: Death and terror in the woods and Bigfoot may be the cause.
69
The Kraken Wakes
de John Wyndham
1,825 membres
51 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
dewasus1
70
Dragon Keeper
de Carole Wilkinson
1,347 membres
35 ressenyes
3.9
Member
FAMeulstee
71
Frankenstein in Baghdad
de Ahmed Saadawi
788 membres
32 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
noveltea
72
Mrs. Caliban
de Rachel Ingalls
695 membres
34 ressenyes
3.8
Member
ForAttentionPress
73
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
de Jonathan Auxier
619 membres
27 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
nrmay
74
Night Calls
de Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
128 membres
9 ressenyes
½ 4.3
Member
slimikin
75
The Jersey Devil
de James F. McCloy
113 membres
3 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
AbigailAdams26
76
How to Care for Your Monster
de Norman Bridwell
106 membres
1 ressenya
3.8
Member
ohwowbooks
77
Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism
de David McNally
71 membres
2 ressenyes
4.2
Member
elahrairah
Explicacions
elahrairah: sometimes the monsters are us.
78
Last of the Albatwitches
de Brian Keene
41 membres
2 ressenyes
4.2
Member
yoyogod
Explicacions
yoyogod: The albatwitch is a cryptid said to be native to my area of Pennsylvania. It is essentially a small bigfoot that throws apples at people.
79
Juan and the Asuangs: A Tale of Philippine Ghosts and Spirits
de Jose Aruego
21 membres
2 ressenyes
4
Member
amanda4242
80
Mysterious Sea Monsters of California's Central Coast
de Randall A. Reinstedt
18 membres
3
Member
SLVMuseum
81
Giants in Those Days: Folklore, Ancient History, and Nationalism
de Walter Stephens
12 membres
1 ressenya
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explicacions
paradoxosalpha: Insightful scholarship concerning Rabelaisian giants and their conceptual forebears
82
Mythical Monsters
de James Cornell
10 membres
1 ressenya
4
Member
JalenV
Explicacions
JalenV: This is an illustrated (cartoon style) guide to mythical monsters of many countries, most of which I had not heard of before.
84
Ancient India as Described by Ktesias the Knidian: Being a Translation of the Abridgement of His Indika by Photios, and of the Fragments of That WOR
de Ctesias Ctesias
1 membre
Member
timspalding
Explicacions
timspalding: Ctesias was the first author to describe the "Manticore," among other criters.
85
Entrevista amb el vampir : cròniques vampíriques
de Anne Rice
22,892 membres
332 ressenyes
3.8
Member
gypsysmom
86
‘Salem's Lot
de Stephen King
16,272 membres
295 ressenyes
3.9
Member
tina1969
87
Discount Armageddon
de Seanan McGuire
1,499 membres
113 ressenyes
3.9
Member
Morphidae
Explicacions
Morphidae: (Ignore the cover. It's atrocious.) Whenever I hear "monsters", I think of Verity Price, who has been raised to be a cryptologist (monster hunter) since she was old enough to hold a knife in her tiny fist. What she wants to do, however, is to be a professional ball room dancer. Now if those pesky monsters would simply stay out of her way...
88
Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
de Holly Black
1,028 membres
12 ressenyes
½ 4.4
Member
Heather39
89
The Mothman Prophecies
de John A. Keel
866 membres
22 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
yoyogod
90
Hide
de Kiersten White
604 membres
27 ressenyes
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: An abandoned amusement park that is a labyrinth, a monster at the middle of it, and a sacrifice.
91
No Gods, No Monsters
de Cadwell Turnbull
418 membres
16 ressenyes
½ 3.4
Member
karenb
92
The Vampire
de Montague Summers
408 membres
2 ressenyes
½ 3.6
Member
JalenV
Explicacions
JalenV: It's very scholarly, even if the author made a habit of quoting in original languages without always translating them.
93
The Ogress and the Orphans
de Kelly Barnhill
338 membres
14 ressenyes
4.1
Member
nrmay
94
Snow, Glass, Apples [short story]
de Neil Gaiman
262 membres
15 ressenyes
4.2
Member
EerierIdyllMeme
Explicacions
EerierIdyllMeme: One of my favourite surprise appearances of this mythical creature.
95
Spirits Abroad {expanded edition}
de Zen Cho
96 membres
11 ressenyes
4
Member
slimikin
96
Mermaid and Other Water Spirit Tales From Around the World
de Heidi Anne Heiner
24 membres
5
Member
Chrisethier
97
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
de Ransom Riggs
19,239 membres
1,134 ressenyes
½ 3.7
Member
terran
98
Cor de tinta
de Cornelia Funke
17,961 membres
517 ressenyes
3.9
Member
sarahkhl
99
El rastre del llamp
de Rebecca Roanhorse
1,637 membres
101 ressenyes
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
100
The Changeling
de Victor LaValle
1,333 membres
77 ressenyes
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explicacions
sturlington: A troll living in a cave in the heart of Queens.