Most Popular Encyclopedia Books
Explore the most popular Encyclopedia books across decades, with reader ratings and discoveries from Risingshadow.
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A Tolkien Bestiary
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
1978
Fantasy Encyclopedia
Non-fiction
October 2005
2000 AD Encyclopedia
Fantasy · Horror · Science Fiction · Graphic Novels · Comics
February 15, 2022
Dune Universe
The Dune Encyclopedia
Non-fiction
1984
The Golden Age of Murder
Crime Fiction · Edgar Allan Poe Award · Thriller
July 8, 2025
The Hobbit Encyclopedia
Fantasy · Middle-earth · Non-fiction
September 3, 2024
Encyclopedia of Weird Detectives
Fantasy · Occult Detective · Paranormal Fantasy · Sherlock Holmes · Mystery
September 12, 2019
Monster, She Wrote
Horror · Biography · Weird Fiction · Non-fiction
September 17, 2019
An Encyclopedia of Tolkien: The History and Mythology That Inspired Tolkien's World
Middle-earth · Non-fiction
October 8, 2019
Encyclopedia of the Undead: A Field Guide to Creatures That Cannot Rest in Peace
Non-fiction
2006
Richard Matheson's Kolchak Scripts
Horror · Occult Detective · Movie · Mystery · Non-fiction
2003
The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Non-fiction
2001
Encyclopedia Cthulhiana
Cthulhu · Non-fiction
April 9, 1994
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends
Non-fiction
1993