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Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books About Animals
1,840 books — 1,852 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyIt by Stephen KingDracula by Bram Stoker’Salem’s Lot by Stephen KingJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Monster Books!
575 books — 521 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonBlack Beauty by Anna SewellAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
Through Another's Eyes: Xenofiction
432 books — 232 voters
Ancestors & Angels by Jane L. CranmerWeird U.S. by Mark MoranMysterious America by Loren ColemanSeducing the Myth by Lucy FelthouseHaunted Heartland by Michael Norman
Books With True Ghost Stories, Hauntings, Legends, Myths, Strange Happenings, UFOs, Strange Creatures And More
275 books — 88 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJaws by Peter BenchleyRelic by Douglas PrestonThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Mist by Stephen King
Best Creature Feature Reads
159 books — 34 voters
The Beast of Buckingham Palace by David WalliamsArchie Wilson & The Beasts of Loch Ness by Mark A. CooperFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter by British LibraryArchie Wilson & The Beasts of Loch Ness by Mark A. Cooper
Best children's BEAST books
135 books — 34 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJaws by Peter BenchleyThe Lost World by Michael CrichtonMeg by Steve AltenCujo by Stephen King
Creature/Monster Fiction
150 books — 33 voters
Camp Cryptid by Chick ChapmanHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Ten Riddles of Eartha Quicksmith by Loris OwenHot Water Bottle Hill by Kelvin SmithTales of Virtuous Stepmothers by Georgina Warren
Fantastic Middle Grade Creatures
37 books — 31 voters

The Cruel Prince by Holly BlackSix of Crows by Leigh BardugoThrone of Glass by Sarah J. MaasGodly Heathens by H.E. EdgmonPoison Study by Maria V. Snyder
YA Fantasy
277 books — 26 voters
All Tomorrows by Nemo RamjetBarlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials by Wayne BarloweMan After Man by Dougal DixonAfter Man by Dougal DixonExpedition by Wayne Barlowe
Xenobiology, Speculative Evolution, and Field guides of fictional creatures
52 books — 18 voters

Explorer's Guide to Wildlife Adventures by J.Z. HuntThe Animal Dialogues by Craig ChildsWhen Elephants Weep by Jeffrey Moussaieff MassonOnce & Future Giants by Sharon LevyHorseshoe Crabs and Velvet Worms by Richard Fortey
Wild Animals
42 books — 13 voters
Six of Crows by Leigh BardugoThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisFor the Wolf by Hannah F. WhittenWill My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals ... by Caitlin DoughtySerpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Buzzwordathon 2022 | Animals & Creatures
267 books — 11 voters

Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerThe Cruel Prince by Holly Black
The 52 Book Club October 2025 Mini - Pick Your Costume - Mythological
91 books — 11 voters
Encyclopedia of Fairies by Katharine M. BriggsCabello by Grea AlexanderThe Pack by Grea AlexanderMiael by Grea AlexanderStrange Creatures Seldom Seen by John Warms
Creattle
188 books — 9 voters

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisBear the Burn by T.S. JoycePride Mates by Jennifer AshleyGoing Under by Lauren DaneCody's Dragon by K.M. Mahoney
Coming Out of the Coffin - Paranormals Reveal Themselves to all of Humanity
48 books — 8 voters
The Door to the Lost by Jaleigh JohnsonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienSky Raiders by Brandon MullFablehaven by Brandon MullThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Strange Lands of Middle Grade
32 books — 7 voters

The Maracot Deep by Arthur Conan DoyleNight of the Crabs by Guy N. SmithCry for the Demon by Julia GriceInto the Drowning Deep by Mira GrantOrca by Arthur Herzog III
Underwater Creature Features
43 books — 7 voters
The Arrival by Shaun TanBeasts! by Jacob CoveySwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan MooreMike Mignola's The Amazing Screw-On Head & Other Curious Obje... by Mike MignolaBlack Hole by Charles Burns
Monster Masters! Artbooks & Comics by the Maestros of Creature Creation, Demonic Design & Inhuman Imagineering
206 books — 6 voters

The Copper Gauntlet by Holly BlackThe Starlight Barking by Dodie SmithEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Dark Hills Divide by Patrick CarmanCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
MG Books with Unusual Pets
28 books — 5 voters
Lemons by Melissa SavageThe Bigfoot Files by Lindsay EagarLoch by Paul ZindelNessie Quest by Melissa SavageSweep by Jonathan Auxier
#MGCarousel - Books About Cryptids
30 books — 5 voters

Deep Wizardry by Diane DuaneThe Aware by Glenda LarkeOnce Upon a Winter's Night by Dennis L. McKiernanJani and the Greater Game (1) by Eric BrownCatalyst by Sarah Beth Durst
Riding on a land or water creature (covers)
96 books — 4 voters
Creatures by A.K. MichaelsWiccan Wars by Heather Marie AdkinsThe Fifth Moon's Wolf by Monica La PortaVampyre Doll by Shelique LizeThe Reluctant Alpha by A.K. Michaels
AWC Discover the Authors: Creatures Boxed Set
24 books — 2 voters

Water Keep by J. Scott SavageSurviving Moose Lake by Karl SteamAnni Moon & The Elemental Artifact by Melanie AbedSurviving Desert View by Karl SteamThe Emerald Tablet by Dan Jolley
Elemental stories
9 books — 2 voters
The Black Cloud by Fred HoyleSolaris by Stanisław LemStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftWho Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr.
Non-anthropomorphic Intelligences in Fiction
69 books — 2 voters

House of Slaughter, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IVSomething is Killing the Children, Book One by James Tynion IVMidnight, Mass by John RozumHellblazer by Jamie DelanoHellboy by Mike Mignola
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part I
100 books — 2 voters
Dinotopia by James GurneyDinotopia by James GurneyDinotopia by James GurneyDinotopia by James GurneyMouse Guard by David Petersen
Illustrated Worlds
14 books — 1 voter

Little Fuzzy by H. Beam PiperAl Clark by Jonathan G. MeyerSpaceship Medic by Harry HarrisonDeathworld 1 by Harry HarrisonDavid Starr, Space Ranger by Paul French
Space with aliens or viruses. Thriller and horror.
58 books — 1 voter
Cryptid Classics #1 by Jeffrey B. MileyBunyip by A.J. LlewellynBunyips & bigfoots by Malcolm SmithEvangeline and the Bunyip by Madeleine D'EsteBunyips and Billabongs by Amy Hopkins
Australian Monsters in Adult Horror and Fiction
12 books — 1 voter

Nevermoor by Jessica TownsendThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovHowl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesRanma ½, Vol. 1 (Ranma ½ by Rumiko TakahashiThe Mark of Athena by Rick Riordan
Cursed People, Beings and Creatures in Fiction
61 books — 1 voter
Killadelphia, Vol. 1 by Rodney BarnesNita Hawes' Nightmare Blog, vol. 2 by Rodney BarnesKolchak Night Stalker by Stuart M. KaminskyThe Dylan Dog Case Files by Tiziano SclaviDampyr #1 by Mauro Boselli
Monster Hunters, Vampire Killers and Dragon Slayers In Comics Part II
100 books — 1 voter

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