Fantasy Field Guides and Bestiaries
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Encyclopedia of Fairies: Hobgoblins, Brownies, Bogies, & Other Supernatural Creatures 4.26 avg rating — 1,246 ratings
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Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons (Ologies, #1)
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Ernest Drake
4.18 avg rating — 9,599 ratings 6. 
The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons: A Field Guide to Japanese Yokai (Yokai, #1)
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Matthew Meyer
4.37 avg rating — 649 ratings 7. 
The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary
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Caspar Henderson
4.05 avg rating — 1,442 ratings 8. 
The Mythical Creatures Bible: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Mythical Creatures
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Brenda Rosen
4.24 avg rating — 817 ratings 
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Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials: Great Aliens from Science Fiction Literature
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Wayne Barlowe
4.14 avg rating — 1,190 ratings 11. 
Spirits, Fairies, Leprechauns, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia
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Carol Rose
4.18 avg rating — 562 ratings 12. 
The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures: The Ultimate A-Z of Fantastic Beings from Myth and Magic
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John Matthews
4.14 avg rating — 5,998 ratings 
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Children's Book of Mythical Beasts and Magical Monsters (DK Children's Book of)
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D.K. Publishing
3.97 avg rating — 33 ratings 17. 
A Field Guide to Monsters: Googly-Eyed Wart Floppers, Shadow-Casters, Toe-Eaters, and Other Creatures
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Johan Olander
4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings 18. 
The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects
by:
Carolyn Turgeon
4.10 avg rating — 353 ratings 
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Encyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods Goddesses
by:
Judika Illes
4.42 avg rating — 1,296 ratings 21. 
The Creature Garden: An Illustrator's Guide to Beautiful Beasts & Fictional Fauna
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Zanna Goldhawk
4.12 avg rating — 141 ratings 
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Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You
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Tony DiTerlizzi
4.39 avg rating — 6,406 ratings 
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A Natural History of Dragons (The Memoirs of Lady Trent, #1)
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Marie Brennan
3.83 avg rating — 44,627 ratings 26. 
Cryptozoology A to Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras & Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature
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Loren Coleman
3.97 avg rating — 1,100 ratings 27. 
The Book of Beasts: Being a Translation from a Latin Bestiary of the 12th Century
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T.H. White
4.07 avg rating — 371 ratings 
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Petersens Field Guide to Lovecraftian Horrors (Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition)
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Sandy Petersen
4.21 avg rating — 195 ratings 33. 
The Dragonology Handbook: A Practical Course in Dragons
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Dugald A. Steer
4.16 avg rating — 1,559 ratings 34. 
Mythic Creatures: And the Impossibly Real Animals Who Inspired Them
by:
Mark A. Norell
3.94 avg rating — 67 ratings 
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The Fairy Bible: The Definitive Guide to the World of Fairies
by:
Teresa Moorey
4.04 avg rating — 804 ratings 38. 
Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Beasts (Ologies, #6)
by:
Dugald A. Steer
4.28 avg rating — 1,151 ratings 
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The Phoenix: An Unnatural Biography of a Mythical Beast
by:
Joseph Nigg
3.52 avg rating — 31 ratings 
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Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human
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Boria Sax
4.14 avg rating — 51 ratings 44. 
Expedition: Being an Account in Words and Artwork of the 2358 A.D. Voyage to Darwin IV
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Wayne Barlowe
4.47 avg rating — 629 ratings 44. 
Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar 4.08 avg rating — 236 ratings
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Dracopedia Field Guide: Dragons of the World from Amphipteridae through Wyvernae
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William O'Connor
4.54 avg rating — 128 ratings 
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Abbey Lubbers, Banshees, & Boggarts: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Fairies 4.28 avg rating — 99 ratings
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Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids
by:
Daniel Loxton
3.80 avg rating — 584 ratings 64. 
Giants, Monsters, and Dragons: An Encyclopedia of Folklore, Legend, and Myth
by:
Carol Rose
4.15 avg rating — 432 ratings 
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A Field Guide to Dragons, Serpents, & Wyrms of the World
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A. Bambi Wendt
3.75 avg rating — 12 ratings 
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A Field Guide to Dragons, Trolls, and Other Dangerous Monsters (Edge Books. Fantasy Field Guides)
by:
Aaron Sautter
3.77 avg rating — 44 ratings 69. 
Gods, Demigods & Demons: An Encyclopedia of Greek Mythology
by:
Bernard Evslin
4.04 avg rating — 595 ratings 
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of American Indian Mythology: Legends, Gods and Spirits of North, Central and South America
by:
David M. Jones
3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings 73. 
Dracopedia The Great Dragons: An Artist's Field Guide and Drawing Journal
by:
William O'Connor
4.51 avg rating — 101 ratings 
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Mythical Beasts: An Artist's Field Guide to Designing Fantasy Creatures 4.36 avg rating — 69 ratings
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Tales of the Cryptids: Mysterious Creatures That May or May Not Exist 3.86 avg rating — 266 ratings
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A Field Guide to Demons, Fairies, Fallen Angels and Other Subversive Spirits
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Carol K. Mack
3.80 avg rating — 2,059 ratings 
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A Field Guide to Fantastical Beasts: An Atlas of Fabulous Creatures, Enchanted Beings, and Magical Monsters 4.01 avg rating — 151 ratings
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Japandemonium Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien
by:
Toriyama Sekien
4.07 avg rating — 318 ratings 85. 
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S. Petersen's Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters: A Field Observer's Handbook of Preternatural Entities
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Sandy Petersen
4.27 avg rating — 122 ratings 87. 
S. Petersen's Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands: An Album of Entities from the Land Beyond the Wall of Sleep
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Sandy Petersen
4.13 avg rating — 76 ratings 
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The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents, and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep
by:
Loren Coleman
3.97 avg rating — 115 ratings 
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Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places, and People
by:
Michael F. Page
4.42 avg rating — 1,024 ratings 
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Treasury of Greek Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Heroes & Monsters
by:
Donna Jo Napoli
4.03 avg rating — 3,270 ratings 99. 
Treasury of Egyptian Mythology: Classic Stories of Gods, Goddesses, Monsters & Mortals
by:
Donna Jo Napoli
3.91 avg rating — 1,095 ratings 