Mythical Monsters of the World

Description
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
42,633 membres
709 critiques
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
Explications
elahrairah: reminds us that monsters are mostly made by man.
2
Dracula
de Bram Stoker
35,418 membres
624 critiques
4
17 Members
hipdeep, conceptDawg, anglemark, deckla, kleo, malloyd, Cecrow, Heather39, sturlington, gypsysmom, al.vick, ahef1963, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, Thelamon1, awerling
Explications
Boand: The original classic tale of a vampire which is the source material for many subsequent modern stories.
3
Beowulf
de Beowulf Poet
25,367 membres
334 critiques
3.8
17 Members
anglemark, deckla, kleo, Cecrow, amanda4242, elenchus, Heather39, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, tnilsson, al.vick, ahef1963, Michael.Rimmer, Boand, Charon07, DoomLuz, AmbientSpiritLamb,Kesterbird
Explications
Boand: One of the oldest monster stories in existence
4
Bilbo le Hobbit
de J. R. R. Tolkien
94,351 membres
1,189 critiques
½ 4.3
10 Members
hipdeep, deckla, malloyd, FAMeulstee, al.vick, ahef1963, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, awerling, AmbientSpiritLamb,conceptDawg , ,elahrairah
Explications
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
1,467 membres
13 critiques
4.1
8 Members
hipdeep, lquilter, kleo, Cecrow, tina1969, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963
6
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,048 membres
107 critiques
3.8
8 Members
anglemark, deckla, sturlington, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, ahef1963, Charon07, AmbientSpiritLamb
7
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
de Gawain Poet
7,854 membres
104 critiques
3.8
7 Members
deckla, abbottthomas, sinki, tnilsson, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, AmbientSpiritLamb
Explications
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
La dernière licorne
de Peter S. Beagle
7,527 membres
191 critiques
4.2
6 Members
Cecrow, Heather39, jsebrasky, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07, DoomLuz
9
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
de H. P. Lovecraft
3,397 membres
61 critiques
4
7 Members
malloyd, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer, DoomLuz, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, ForAttentionPress
10
American Gods
de Neil Gaiman
33,595 membres
932 critiques
4.1
7 Members
deckla, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, elahrairah, Yuki-Onna, Thelamon1, AmbientSpiritLamb,
Explications
elahrairah: All of the myths, all at once.
11
World War Z
de Max Brooks
15,474 membres
713 critiques
4
6 Members
conceptDawg, Morphidae, vwinsloe, elahrairah, DoomLuz, Thelamon1,ahef1963
Explications
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
5,153 membres
105 critiques
½ 4.5
7 Members
terran, Cecrow, EMS_24, ahef1963, jsebrasky, ManWithAnAgenda, awerling, ,yoyogod
Explications
: 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
Explications
hipdeep: Banshees and fairies and selkies, oh my!
14
Je suis une légende
de Richard Matheson
4,833 membres
190 critiques
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 critiques
½ 4.5
3 Members
Aquila, EMS_24, Kesterbird
Explications
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 critiques
½ 4.3
4 Members
paradoxosalpha, elenchus, rrjchristopher, Elyssa523,ahef1963
Explications
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
De bons présages
de Terry Pratchett
34,777 membres
788 critiques
½ 4.3
5 Members
lquilter, jsebrasky, Boand, sarahkhl, AmbientSpiritLamb,yoyogod
Explications
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 critiques
½ 4.5
4 Members
stealth.librarian, elenchus, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna
22
L'Odyssée
de Homer
53,061 membres
474 critiques
4
4 Members
CtrSacredSciences, Patricia.Ralston, elahrairah, Thelamon1
23
Le chien des Baskerville
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,331 membres
300 critiques
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: A Calvin and Hobbes Collection
de Bill Watterson
4,083 membres
19 critiques
½ 4.6
4 Members
cpg, rrjchristopher, Book-Man-CMA, awerling,
26
L'Épopée de Gilgamesh
de Gilgamesh Poet
9,873 membres
119 critiques
3.8
3 Members
Cecrow, FAMeulstee, Michael.Rimmer
27
L'Ane d'or ou Les métamorphoses
de Apuleius
4,767 membres
75 critiques
3.8
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, maschi
Explications
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
5,642 membres
243 critiques
4.1
3 Members
stealth.librarian, nrmay, slimikin
29
Monstress, volume 1: Awakening
de Marjorie M. Liu
2,257 membres
139 critiques
4
3 Members
karenb, Morphidae, stealth.librarian
30
Fallen Bodies: Pollution, Sexuality, and Demonology in the Middle Ages
de Dyan Elliott
57 membres
1 critique
3.9
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, deckla, stealth.librarian
Explications
paradoxosalpha: Current scholarship on Medieval demonology
31
Ozma of Oz
de L. Frank Baum
3,111 membres
53 critiques
3.9
3 Members
dougb56586, rrjchristopher, ForAttentionPress
Explications
ForAttentionPress: The Wheelers and Princess Langwidere
32
Jamais avant le coucher du soleil
de Johanna Sinisalo
973 membres
31 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
anglemark, lquilter, ahef1963
Explications
lquilter: Lovely story about trolls.
33
Manuel des Monstres (AD&D)
de Gary Gygax
1,022 membres
3 critiques
4.1
3 Members
hipdeep, Morphidae, malloyd
Explications
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
1,795 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.7
3 Members
paradoxosalpha, EMS_24, Patricia.Ralston
Explications
paradoxosalpha: An adult fantasy that draws on biblical and other ancient Hebrew myths
35
The Book of Dragons
de E. Nesbit
1,192 membres
18 critiques
3.8
3 Members
deckla, Heather39, Patricia.Ralston
36
The Unicorn
de Nancy Hathaway
391 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
Heather39, Chrisethier, Patricia.Ralston
38
Calvin et Hobbes Intégrale, Tome 7 : Enfin seuls ! Va jouer dans le mixer !
de Bill Watterson
4,011 membres
34 critiques
½ 4.6
3 Members
cpg, dougb56586, rrjchristopher,
39
The Golem and the Jinni
de Helene Wecker
5,422 membres
361 critiques
4.1
3 Members
vwinsloe, CtrSacredSciences, Charon07
40
Les dents de la mer
de Peter Benchley
4,018 membres
146 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
terran, tnilsson
41
Plaisirs coupables
de Laurell K. Hamilton
8,623 membres
225 critiques
3.8
2 Members
dewasus1, rrjchristopher
42
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
de Deborah Howe
7,007 membres
158 critiques
4
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, stealth.librarian
Explications
EerierIdyllMeme: A fun take on the vampire myth.
43
Into the Drowning Deep
de Mira Grant
1,246 membres
99 critiques
3.9
2 Members
lquilter, gypsysmom
Explications
lquilter: Into the Drowning Deep features a discovery of mermaids - who are not the creatures of yore.
44
Circe
de Madeline Miller
12,429 membres
480 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
vwinsloe, AmbientSpiritLamb
45
Moi, ce que j'aime, c'est les monstres - Livre premier
de Emil Ferris
1,106 membres
72 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
Explications
EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
46
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
938 membres
72 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
kleo, Boand, Patricia.Ralston,pstgeorge2
Explications
Boand: A modern take on an ancient mythic monster
47
Morsure magique
de Ilona Andrews
4,138 membres
237 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Morphidae, dewasus1
48
The Forgotten Taniwha
de Robyn Kahukiwa
5 membres
2 Members
Aquila, Kesterbird
Explications
Aquila: Taniwha from Aotearoa
49
The Owl Service
de Alan Garner
1,952 membres
46 critiques
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Boand
Explications
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
688 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
malloyd, Patricia.Ralston
52
Kwaidan, ou, Histoires et études de choses étranges
de Lafcadio Hearn
1,061 membres
11 critiques
4
2 Members
malloyd, stealth.librarian
53
Le Serpent Ouroboros
de E. R. Eddison
2,304 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, Patricia.Ralston
54
L'année du loup-garou
de Stephen King
3,220 membres
73 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, DoomLuz
55
Quelques minutes après minuit [L'édition du film]
de Patrick Ness
5,730 membres
460 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
CtrSacredSciences, sarahkhl
56
The Historian
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,445 membres
756 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
stealth.librarian, tnilsson
57
La mythologie
de Edith Hamilton
14,854 membres
93 critiques
3.9
2 Members
Morphidae, malloyd
Explications
malloyd: My first (long ago elementary school) exposure to the monsters of Greek myth.
58
Wild Life
de Molly Gloss
392 membres
19 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
lquilter, vwinsloe
Explications
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 critiques
3.2
2 Members
yoyogod, sturlington
Explications
yoyogod: A "classic" 70s horror novel about a killer bigfoot.
60
Those That Cause Fear
de Neil Christopher
17 membres
1 critique
½ 3.7
2 Members
AbigailAdams26, Kesterbird
61
Tintin. Tome 20 : Tintin au Tibet
de Hergé
2,256 membres
18 critiques
4.1
2 Members
EMS_24, Book-Man-CMA
Explications
EMS_24: Will they find the owner of these big paw marks?
62
Things in Jars
de Jess Kidd
965 membres
42 critiques
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
63
Neverwhere
de Neil Gaiman
24,938 membres
578 critiques
4.1
2 Members
elahrairah, AmbientSpiritLamb
Explications
elahrairah: monsters of london below
65
Mythic Creatures and the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them
de Laurel Kendall
37 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, Ciarda
66
Contes de Grimm
de Jacob Grimm
14,353 membres
111 critiques
4.2
Member
malloyd
67
Le Livre des Êtres Imaginaires
de Jorge Luis Borges
2,698 membres
30 critiques
4
Member
Ciarda
68
Monster
de Frank Peretti
1,957 membres
28 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
RaeCreated
Explications
RaeCreated: Death and terror in the woods and Bigfoot may be the cause.
69
Le péril vient de la mer
de John Wyndham
1,824 membres
51 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
dewasus1
70
Liu et le vieux dragon : Tome 1
de Carole Wilkinson
1,350 membres
35 critiques
3.9
Member
FAMeulstee
71
فرانكشتاين في بغداد Frankenstein in Baghdad
de Ahmed Saadawi
790 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
noveltea
72
Mrs. Caliban
de Rachel Ingalls
698 membres
34 critiques
3.8
Member
ForAttentionPress
73
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
de Jonathan Auxier
621 membres
27 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
nrmay
74
Night Calls
de Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
128 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
slimikin
75
The Jersey Devil
de James F. McCloy
113 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
AbigailAdams26
76
How to Care for Your Monster
de Norman Bridwell
106 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
ohwowbooks
77
Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism
de David McNally
71 membres
2 critiques
4.2
Member
elahrairah
Explications
elahrairah: sometimes the monsters are us.
78
Last of the Albatwitches
de Brian Keene
41 membres
2 critiques
4.2
Member
yoyogod
Explications
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 critiques
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 critique
Member
paradoxosalpha
Explications
paradoxosalpha: Insightful scholarship concerning Rabelaisian giants and their conceptual forebears
82
Mythical Monsters
de James Cornell
10 membres
1 critique
4
Member
JalenV
Explications
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 utilisateur
Member
timspalding
Explications
timspalding: Ctesias was the first author to describe the "Manticore," among other criters.
85
Entretien avec un vampire
de Anne Rice
22,923 membres
332 critiques
3.8
Member
gypsysmom
86
Salem
de Stephen King
16,294 membres
295 critiques
3.9
Member
tina1969
87
Discount Armageddon
de Seanan McGuire
1,500 membres
113 critiques
3.9
Member
Morphidae
Explications
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 : Grand guide du monde merveilleux qui vous entoure
de Holly Black
1,029 membres
12 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Heather39
89
The Mothman Prophecies
de John A. Keel
868 membres
22 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
yoyogod
90
Hide
de Kiersten White
610 membres
27 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
sturlington
Explications
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
417 membres
16 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
karenb
92
The Vampire
de Montague Summers
408 membres
2 critiques
½ 3.6
Member
JalenV
Explications
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
340 membres
14 critiques
4.1
Member
nrmay
94
Snow, Glass, Apples [short story]
de Neil Gaiman
262 membres
15 critiques
4.2
Member
EerierIdyllMeme
Explications
EerierIdyllMeme: One of my favourite surprise appearances of this mythical creature.
95
Spirits Abroad {expanded edition}
de Zen Cho
96 membres
11 critiques
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
19,270 membres
1,134 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
terran
98
Cœur d'encre
de Cornelia Funke
17,990 membres
519 critiques
3.9
Member
sarahkhl
99
Trail of Lightning
de Rebecca Roanhorse
1,638 membres
101 critiques
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
100
The Changeling
de Victor LaValle
1,336 membres
77 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: A troll living in a cave in the heart of Queens.