If you’ve spent a lifetime passionately chasing “little green fish” — or any fish for that matter — then “The Common Angler” by Jack Wollitz will sing to you.

There are thousands of books about all facets of fishing available to the consumer — if you know where to look. Here are some places to start your search.

The lede to Monte Burke’s “Lords of the Fly” is that tarpon are a fish that have befuddled everyone from Hall of Fame ballpayers to gangsters to business titans to dilletantes since the time of Michelangelo, if not earlier. The more significant message, however, is that the fish don’t give a fuck who you are. If they had middle fingers to give, they’d shoot two of them in all of their suitors’ directions.

I’m a self-described book nerd and I have been since I was a little kid. Indeed, coming from a non-fishing family, the written word was my entrance into the sport. My parents bought me a subscription to Field & Stream when I was 9, and one to Bassmaster when I was 13. Reading about all of the different tackle, destinations and personalities lit a fire under me that hasn’t come close to burning out.