#22 in Horror
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
- NYT bestseller · 1 week on the list
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About the book
A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran pastor is discovered within a wall. What it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to 217 Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed interviews by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shares the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits. This is an American Indian revenge story written by one of the new masters of horror, Stephen Graham Jones.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.0 across 301 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 67% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Horror average of 7.5. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 301 | 100% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“First, the reviewer's bare minimum: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is one of the best books I've read this year. It's Stephen Graham Jones at his most ambitious—a 448-page historical horror novel that uses the vampire as a lens to examine genocide, survival, and the question…”
“Holy SHIT this was so good. The book lags in the middle and it was hard to see the pay-off, but the last 20% of the book had me reeling.”
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