# The Fisherman

**Author(s):** John Langan
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-fisherman-2fjcyl/verdict.json
**Genres:** horror, literary-fiction, fantasy, lovecraftian, weird-fiction
**Pages:** 304
**Publisher:** Zona 42
**Published:** Fri Jan 01 2016 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** hun
**ISBN-13:** 9781804366493
**ISBN-10:** 9635982828
**ASIN:** B01FZSCUKO
**Amazon categories:** Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Horror
**Amazon binding:** $9.99
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-fisherman-2fjcyl

## SageChimp reader verdict

The Fisherman has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 5.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-fisherman-2fjcyl/verdict.json

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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★★★ A must read for cosmic horror fans — R.S. Curtis
A couple of grieving old men with fishing bond of sorts, embark to fish an unknown river and cosmic dread ensues.
Wow, this was the standout read of 2026 for me and I read a lot of fantastic books this year.
The prose is top notch, the story is engaging and if you prefer audio books... the narrator is perfect.  I read this first and then went to Audible for a listen and the narrator delivered this story like your grandfather telling you a story and it was pure magic.
Great characters, strange en