by Loren Coleman, Author of Cryptozoology A to Z, Bigfoot! The True Story of Apes in America,

The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates, The Field Guide to Lake Monsters and Sea Serpents, and others

The 2014 books produced on cryptozoology topics were overwhelmed with a long list of Bigfoot titles, apparently trying to continue the recent trend to take advantage of the popularity of the Animal Planet television success of Finding Bigfoot. Out of all this fog, the year’s best book does happen to be a Bigfoot book, and this year, besides the top ten, I include a list of ten “honorable mentions” heavily weighed with Bigfoot books.

As with my past “top book lists” on cryptozoology, all of the books listed are strictly nonfiction adult books. It does not contain juvenile, comedic, fictional, and/or speculative titles.

The top honor goes to the first definitive analysis in the 47 year history of the Roger Patterson-Bob Gimlin Bigfoot footage. It is the book to read on Sasquatch/Bigfoot for 2014.

1. When Roger Met Patty 
by William Munns

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The Best Book on Extinct Animals of 2014

2. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record 
by Errol Fuller

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The Best Tasmanian Tiger Book of 2014

3. The Tasmanian Tiger: Extinct or Extant?
by Michael Williams, Rebecca Lang, and Karl Shuker (Foreword)

9. Manbeasts: A Personal Investigation

by Adam Davies, and Jeff Meldrum (Foreword)

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The Best General Cryptozoology Book of 2014

10. The Menagerie of Marvels

by Karl Shuker

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The Best Weird Cryptid Book of 2014

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14. Sasquatch For Sale: Death, DNA and Duplicity 
by Michael Dana Greene

19. A Canadian Bestiary: A Collection of People, Places and Beasties from Canadian Folklore, Cryptozoology, Native Religion, and Mythology

by Todd H. C. Fisher

20. Bigfoot and Eastern Cousins

by Patricia Keech

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If you wish to have your book reviewed and considered for the “The Best Cryptozoology Books of 2015,” please send your printed book (no e-books, please) to:

Loren Coleman, Director

International Cryptozoology Museum

11 Avon Street

Portland, ME 04101

USA