Exotica: Fabricated Soundscapes in a Real World is a 1999 non-fiction book by David Toop.

The work was first published on 15 June 1999 through Serpent's Tail and focuses on the musical genre exotica.

[1] In the book Toop discusses the musical genre of exotica as well as the general listener reaction.

Toop details several recordings and includes interviews with musicians such as Burt Bacharach, Bill Laswell, and the Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E.

Club reviewed Exotica in 2002 and wrote that "The book is not always successful and sometimes close to incoherent, but it's a daring, unique effort.