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by Stephen Graham Jones
The New York Times bestseller and "horror masterpiece" (NPR) from Stephen Graham Jones—the master of modern horror—is a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice.
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.
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (1/8/2026)
I finished The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones last night. In an earlier post someone asked me what I thought of the story. As promised, here's my reaction. Make no mistake this is a story about v...
-NanK
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (12/11/2025)
...if you didn't get the book from BookBrowse. You can find upcoming events here and all our book discussions here .) In audiobook format, I've started The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. It's a horror novel (perfect for Christmas time, LOL). I'll have to make sure to pull up A Christmas Carol after that one as a palate cleanser, haha...
-kim.kovacs
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (12/04/2025)
...read during the holidays. Don't get me wrong - it was great - but I certainly didn't come away feeling anyone in that book was a hero. Now I'm on to The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones. It's not my regular genre, but a lot of people have spoken highly of it so why not.
-kim.kovacs
It’s Halloween week! What’s your favorite scary novel?
If you haven't read Stephen Graham Jones Buffalo Hunter Hunter…. So good! Dracula is my all time favorite but this book may take its place! The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty scared the pants off me when I was a high school ! Haven't read it since :joy:
-Jo_S
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (10/30/2025)
Im just finishing up A Resistance of Witches :mage: :mage: :woman_mage: by Morgan Ryan and Shelley's Frankenstein :ogre: today. Will start The Reformatory :jack_o_lantern: by Tananarive Due and The possession of Alba Díaz :ghost: by Isabel Cañas tonight. Last week I read the Buffalo :bison: Hunte...
-Jo_S
Publishers Weekly Top 10/Top 150
...150? Really? Seems like a lot to me.) Their Top 10: https://www.bookbrowse.com/reviews/index.cfm/book_number/4991/audition Audition by Katie Kitamura The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones Capitalism and Its Critics: A History, from the Industrial Revolution to AI by John Cassidy Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told by Jeremy Ath...
-kim.kovacs
Barak Obama's 2025 Summer Reading List
1m Since someone mentioned it, https://barackobama.medium.com/my-2025-summer-reading-list-bb25331e761b here you go : • Mark Twain — Ron Chernow A comprehensive biography of one of the most important writers and social commentators in American history. • The Book of Records — Madeleine Thien A bea...
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"A riveting story of heartbreak, death, and revenge, this remarkable work of American fiction, a thought-provoking tale filled with existential terror, unease, and a high body count, transforms, in Jones' deft hands, from the unapologetic horror novel it most certainly is into a critique of the entire idea of the United States—a critique that, despite the horrors, both real and supernatural, is forcefully infused with both heart and hope." —Booklist (starred review)
"It's as much an autopsy of institutionalized treachery as a demonization of its tragic and terrifying 'villain.' A weirdly satisfying and bloody reckoning with some of America's most shameful history." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A remarkably well-wrought work of historical horror that will captivate Jones's fans and newcomers alike." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"While this is a unique vampire story, it is also grief horror, portraying the mourning of a land and a people, inscribing profound sorrow for what was and what can never be again." —Library Journal (starred review)
"For me and vampires, there is Stoker, there is Rice, and now there is Jones. It's harrowing, agonizing, nuanced, and downright philosophical. Very likely Jones's masterpiece." —Daniel Kraus, New York Times bestselling author of Whalefall
"Stephen Graham Jones has lit a slow-burning candle that grows into a forest fire, illuminating the life of a Pikuni vampire and everyone he has touched, the pain of being a victim and perpetrator of violent history, and how memory serves to keep us who we are despite it all. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter is beautiful, terrifying, sad, funny, and grotesque — everything I want in a novel." —Jessica Johns, author of Bad Cree
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Stephen Graham Jones is the New York Times bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw, and I Was a Teenage Slasher. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and a recipient of several awards including the Ray Bradbury Award from the Los Angeles Times, the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, and the Alex Award from American Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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