The Ologies are a series of illustrated fantasy books presented in a fictional encyclopedic format primarily edited and authored by Dugald Steer

Dugald Steer

Dugald A. Steer B.A. , S.A.S.D. is an English children's writer.-Early life and education:Dugald Steer was born in 1965 and grew up in Surrey...

. They are published by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom and Candlewick Press

Candlewick Press

Candlewick Press, established in 1991 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the American division of the British publisher Walker Books Ltd....

 in the United States. The books have been very popular in sales; the first book, Dragonology, remained on the New York Times' children's bestsellers list

New York Times Best Seller list

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is published weekly in The New York Times Book Review magazine, which is published in the Sunday edition of The New York Times and as a stand-alone publication...

 for 76 weeks.

Format

Each of the books is given a fictional "author," and purport to be "lost" journals of fictional creatures. Since the books follow an encyclopedia format rather than a narrative, Steer has said that, "It's slightly different from traditional reading. Readers can dip in and out, but the essential story is told in a linear way."

Books

• Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
  Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
  Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons is a 2003 non-fiction book edited by Dugald Steer, published by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom and by Candlewick Press in the United States. The book was designed by Nghiem Ta and features the artwork of Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson and Douglas...
  
   (2003)
  • Working with Dragons: A Course in Dragonology
• Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
  Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris
  Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris is a fiction book created and published in the UK by Templar Publishing and published by Candlewick Press in America in 2004. The book is supposedly a journal of Emily Sands, an Egyptologist who, with a team, is trying to find the tomb of Osiris...
  
   (2004)
  • Wonders of Egypt: A Course in Egyptology
  • An Egyptologist's Writing Kit
• Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (2005)
  • A Guide to Wizards of the World
  • A Wizard's Code Writing Kit
• Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion
  Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion
  Pirateology: A Pirate Hunter's Companion is a book written by Dugald Steer and designed by Nghiem Ta. It was published in 2006 by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom and Candlewick Press in the United States...
  
   (2006)
  • Captain William Lubber's Pirateology Handbook
  • A Pirate's Guide and Model Ship
• Mythology: Greek Gods, Heroes, & Monsters (2007)
  • The Mythology Handbook
• Monsterology: The Complete Book of Monstrous Creatures (2008)
  • Dr. Ernest Drake's Collector's Library
  • Working with Monsters
• Spyology: The Complete Book of Spycraft (2008)
• Oceanology: The True Account of the Voyage of the Nautilus (2009)
• Vampireology: The True History of the Fallen Ones (2010)
• Alienology: The Complete Book Of Extraterrestrials (2010)
• Illusionology: The Secret Science Of Magic (2012)

Video games

In October 2007, Codemasters

Codemasters

The Codemasters Software Company Limited, or Codemasters is a British video game developer founded by Richard and David Darling in 1986...

 announced a licensing agreement to create video games for the Wii

Wii

The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...

 and Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS

The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...

 based on Dragonology, Wizardology and Pirateology. Nik Nak

Kuju Entertainment

Kuju Entertainment is an English computer and video game corporation consisting of three studios, two of which are located in the UK: Zoë Mode , Headstrong Games , and one in the Czech Republic: Vatra games...

is developing the Wii titles.

External links

• Ology World official website
• Ologypedia Best source of information on Ology Books, and one of the admins gets pre-releases of the books.
• Ology Center Fan site, discussions for every book/game.
• Templar Ologies
• Candlewick Press - Catalog - Ologies
• Anne Yvonne Gilbert, Ology Illustrator