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.
1
Frankenstein
de Mary Shelley
43,868 membres
721 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
36,525 membres
622 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
26,103 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
96,888 membres
1,204 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
1,503 membres
13 critiques
4.2
8 Members
hipdeep, lquilter, kleo, Cecrow, tina1969, vwinsloe, al.vick, ahef1963
6
Grendel
de John Gardner
6,143 membres
109 critiques
3.8
8 Members
anglemark, deckla, sturlington, dougb56586, CtrSacredSciences, ahef1963, Charon07, AmbientSpiritLamb
7
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
de Gawain Poet
8,198 membres
96 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
7,750 membres
193 critiques
4.2
6 Members
Cecrow, Heather39, jsebrasky, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07, DoomLuz
9
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
de H. P. Lovecraft
3,466 membres
62 critiques
4
7 Members
malloyd, Heather39, Michael.Rimmer, DoomLuz, Book-Man-CMA, Thelamon1, ForAttentionPress
10
American Gods
de Neil Gaiman
33,187 membres
937 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
15,801 membres
722 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
5,430 membres
106 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
516 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
4,928 membres
194 critiques
4
5 Members
lquilter, kleo, rrjchristopher, tnilsson, jsebrasky
16
The Lore of the Unicorn
de Odell Shepard
483 membres
½ 3.6
4 Members
stealth.librarian, Heather39, OtownShorty, Patricia.Ralston
17
Kurangaituku
de Whiti Hereaka
21 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
191 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
35,505 membres
801 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
115 membres
3 critiques
½ 4.5
4 Members
stealth.librarian, elenchus, Kesterbird, Yuki-Onna
22
L'Odyssée
de Homer
54,110 membres
599 critiques
4
4 Members
CtrSacredSciences, Patricia.Ralston, elahrairah, Thelamon1
23
Le chien des Baskerville
de Arthur Conan Doyle
15,724 membres
309 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
4,172 membres
22 critiques
½ 4.6
4 Members
cpg, rrjchristopher, Book-Man-CMA, awerling,
26
L'Épopée de Gilgamesh
de Gilgamesh Poet
10,169 membres
127 critiques
3.8
3 Members
Cecrow, FAMeulstee, Michael.Rimmer
27
L'Ane d'or ou Les métamorphoses
de Apuleius
4,869 membres
76 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
5,699 membres
244 critiques
4.1
3 Members
stealth.librarian, nrmay, slimikin
29
Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
de Marjorie M. Liu
2,363 membres
142 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
3,183 membres
55 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
984 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
1,042 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
1,828 membres
16 critiques
3.8
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
1,225 membres
19 critiques
3.8
3 Members
deckla, Heather39, Patricia.Ralston
36
The Unicorn
de Nancy Hathaway
401 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.6
3 Members
Heather39, Chrisethier, Patricia.Ralston
37
Calvin et Hobbes Intégrale, Tome 7 : Enfin seuls ! Va jouer dans le mixer !
de Bill Watterson
4,114 membres
37 critiques
½ 4.6
3 Members
cpg, dougb56586, rrjchristopher,
38
The Golem and the Jinni
de Helene Wecker
5,553 membres
370 critiques
4.1
3 Members
vwinsloe, CtrSacredSciences, Charon07
39
Les dents de la mer
de Peter Benchley
4,140 membres
148 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
terran, tnilsson
40
Plaisirs coupables
de Laurell K. Hamilton
8,721 membres
228 critiques
3.8
2 Members
dewasus1, rrjchristopher
41
Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery
de Deborah Howe
7,383 membres
159 critiques
4
2 Members
EerierIdyllMeme, stealth.librarian
Explications
EerierIdyllMeme: A fun take on the vampire myth.
42
Into the Drowning Deep
de Mira Grant
1,308 membres
101 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.
43
Circe
de Madeline Miller
13,268 membres
485 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
vwinsloe, AmbientSpiritLamb
44
Moi, ce que j'aime, c'est les monstres - Livre premier
de Emil Ferris
1,170 membres
74 critiques
½ 4.3
2 Members
conceptDawg, EerierIdyllMeme
Explications
EerierIdyllMeme: The narrator imagines herself and the people around her as various mythical monsters.
45
Melmoth
de Sarah Perry
973 membres
70 critiques
½ 3.4
3 Members
kleo, Boand, Patricia.Ralston,pstgeorge2
Explications
Boand: A modern take on an ancient mythic monster
46
Morsure magique
de Ilona Andrews
4,207 membres
239 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
1,979 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
701 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
malloyd, Patricia.Ralston
52
Kwaidan, ou, Histoires et études de choses étranges
de Lafcadio Hearn
1,077 membres
10 critiques
4
2 Members
malloyd, stealth.librarian
53
Le Serpent Ouroboros
de E. R. Eddison
2,350 membres
46 critiques
½ 3.6
2 Members
elenchus, Patricia.Ralston
54
L'année du loup-garou
de Stephen King
3,306 membres
75 critiques
½ 3.4
2 Members
hipdeep, DoomLuz
55
Quelques minutes après minuit
de Patrick Ness
5,933 membres
464 critiques
½ 4.4
2 Members
CtrSacredSciences, sarahkhl
56
The Historian
de Elizabeth Kostova
21,695 membres
759 critiques
½ 3.7
2 Members
stealth.librarian, tnilsson
57
La mythologie
de Edith Hamilton
15,277 membres
90 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
398 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
96 membres
5 critiques
½ 3.3
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
2,316 membres
17 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
1,009 membres
44 critiques
3.8
2 Members
ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07
63
Neverwhere
de Neil Gaiman
25,269 membres
588 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
39 membres
1 critique
½ 4.3
2 Members
hipdeep, Ciarda
66
Contes de Grimm
de Jacob Grimm
14,908 membres
109 critiques
4.2
Member
malloyd
67
Le Livre des Êtres Imaginaires
de Jorge Luis Borges
2,757 membres
29 critiques
4
Member
Ciarda
68
Monster
de Frank Peretti
1,990 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
1,906 membres
54 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
dewasus1
70
Liu et le vieux dragon : Tome 1
de Carole Wilkinson
1,386 membres
36 critiques
3.9
Member
FAMeulstee
71
فرانكشتاين في بغداد Frankenstein in Baghdad
de Ahmed Saadawi
835 membres
33 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
noveltea
72
Mrs. Caliban
de Rachel Ingalls
744 membres
37 critiques
3.8
Member
ForAttentionPress
73
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
de Jonathan Auxier
679 membres
28 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
nrmay
74
Night Calls
de Katharine Eliska Kimbriel
133 membres
9 critiques
½ 4.3
Member
slimikin
75
The Jersey Devil
de James F. McCloy
116 membres
3 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
AbigailAdams26
76
How to Care for Your Monster
de Norman Bridwell
107 membres
1 critique
3.8
Member
ohwowbooks
77
Monsters of the Market: Zombies, Vampires, and Global Capitalism
de David McNally
73 membres
2 critiques
4.2
Member
elahrairah
Explications
elahrairah: sometimes the monsters are us.
78
Last of the Albatwitches
de Brian Keene
42 membres
2 critiques
4.1
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
23,259 membres
335 critiques
3.8
Member
gypsysmom
86
Salem
de Stephen King
16,707 membres
300 critiques
3.9
Member
tina1969
87
Discount Armageddon
de Seanan McGuire
1,536 membres
113 critiques
3.8
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
1,046 membres
12 critiques
½ 4.4
Member
Heather39
89
The Mothman Prophecies
de John A. Keel
900 membres
23 critiques
½ 3.4
Member
yoyogod
90
Hide
de Kiersten White
681 membres
29 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
448 membres
17 critiques
½ 3.5
Member
karenb
92
The Vampire
de Montague Summers
415 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
385 membres
16 critiques
4.1
Member
nrmay
94
Snow, Glass, Apples [short story]
de Neil Gaiman
270 membres
16 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
105 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 et les enfants particuliers
de Ransom Riggs
19,981 membres
1,136 critiques
½ 3.7
Member
terran
98
Cœur d'encre
de Cornelia Funke
18,647 membres
514 critiques
3.9
Member
sarahkhl
99
Trail of Lightning
de Rebecca Roanhorse
1,702 membres
101 critiques
3.9
Member
gypsysmom
100
The Changeling
de Victor LaValle
1,393 membres
77 critiques
3.8
Member
sturlington
Explications
sturlington: A troll living in a cave in the heart of Queens.