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About a Girl | Lindsey Kelk | Romance Novel | Amazon Ad
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Alice Mongoose and Alistair Rat in Hawaii | Mary Pfaff | Amazon Ad
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All I Asking For Is my Body | Milton Murayama | Amazon Ad
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Aloha Las Vegas and Other Plays | Edward Sakamoto | Amazon Ad
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Ancient History of the Hawaiian People | Abraham Fornander | Amazon Ad
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And the View From the Shore | Stephen H. Sumida | Amazon Ad
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Balikbayan: A Filipino Homecoming | Michelle Cruz Skinner | Amazon Ad
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Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life | William Finnegan | Amazon Ad
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Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor | Ben Cayetano | Amazon Ad
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Big Happiness: Life and Death of a Modern Hawaiian Warrior | Mark Panek | Amazon Ad
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Blu's Hanging | Lois Ann Yamanaka | Amazon Ad
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Blue Tomato: The Inspirations Behind the Cuisine of Alan Wong | Alan Wong | Amazon Ad
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Boi No Good | Chris McKinney | Amazon Ad
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Broken Trust | Samuel P. King and Randall Roth | Amazon Ad
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The Colony: The Story of the Exiles of Molokai | John Tayman | Amazon Ad
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Cloud Atlas | David Mitchell | Amazon Ad
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Conversion of Kaahumanu | Victoria Kneubuhl | Amazon Ad
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Da Word | Lee A Tonouchi | Amazon Ad
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Dancing the Waves and Other Poems | Steven Curry (1942-2015) | Amazon Ads
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Daughter of Molokai | Alan Brennert | Novel | Amazon Ad
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Democracy | Joan Didion | Novel set in Hawaii and Southeast Asia | Amazon Ad
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The Descendants | Kauai Hart Hemmings | Novel | Amazon Ad
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Dreams From My Father: Story of Race and Interitance | Barack Obama | Amazon Ad
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E Luku Wale E | Mark Hamasaki and Kapulani Landgraf |
East Wind, Rain | Caroline Paul | Historic Fiction |
Echo of Our Song: Chants and Poems | Mary Kawena Pukui and Alfons L. Korn |
Eddie Would Go: The Story of Eddie Aikau | Stuart Holmes Coleman |
Encounters with Paradise: Hawaii and Its People, 1778–1941 | David Forbes |
Expounding the Doubtful Points | Wing Tek Lum | Poetry |
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Finding Meaning: Kaona and Contemporary Hawaiian Literature | Brandy Nalani McDougall
Folding Cliffs, The | W. S. Merwin | Poetry |
Folks You Meet in Long's and Other Stories | Lee Cataluna |
Fragments of Hawaiian History | John Papa Ii |
From a Native Daughter | Haunani-Kay Trask |
From Here to Eternity | James Jones | Historic Fiction |
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The Goddesses | Swan Huntley | Novel |
Growing Up Local | Eric Chock, James Harstad, Darrell Lum, and Bill Teter |
Guide to Hawaiian Reef Fishes | John E. Randall |
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Hawaii | James Mitchner | Historic Fiction |
Hawaii: A Novel | Mark Panewk |
Hawaii: Islands Under the Influence | Noel Kent |
Hawaii Nei: Island Plays | Victoria Kneubuhl |
Hawaii One Summer | Maxine Hong Kingston |
Hawaii Place Names: Shores, Beaches and Surf Sites | John R.K. Clark |
Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen | Liliuokalani |
Hawaiian Antiquities | David Malo |
Hawaiian Dictionary | Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert |
Hawaiian Music and Musicians | George S. Kanahele and John Berger | Amazon Ad
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Hawaiian Mythology | Martha Warren Beckwith |
Hawaiian Reader | Arthur Grove Day and Carl Stroven |
Hawaiian Son: Musical Journey of Eddie Kamae | James D. Houston with Eddie Kamae |
Hawaiian Surfing | John R.K. Clark |
He Mele A Helo (A Hilo Song) | Ryka Aoki | Novel |
Heads by Harry | Lois Ann Yamanaka | Amazon Ad
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Hiker’s Guide to Oahu, The | Stuart Ball |
Hoi Hoi Hou: Tribute to George Helm and Kimo Mitchell | Rodney Morales |
Honolulu | Alan Brennert | Novel | Memoir |
Hoor Killing: Race Rap and Darrow's Last Case | David E. Stannard |
Hotel Honolulu | Paul Theroux |
House of Many Gods | Kiana Davenport |
House Without a Key | Earl Derr Biggers | Mystery Novel |
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In the Time Before Light | Ian McMillan |
Island Edge of America: A Political History of Hawaii, By Tom Coffman |
Island of Sweet Pies and Soldiers | Sara Ackerman | Novel |
Islands Linked by Ocean | Lisa Linn Kanae |
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Jan Ken Po: The World of Hawaii’s Japanese Americans | Dennis Ogawa |
Journals of Captain Cook | James Cook |
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Ka Lei: The Leis of Hawaii | Marie McDonald |
Kaiulani: The People's Princess | Ellen Emerson White |
Kamau | Alani Apio |
Kalaupapa: A Collective Memory | Anwei Skinsnes Law |
Kingship and Sacrifice: Ritual and Society in Ancient Hawaii | Valerio Valeri |
Kumulipo: A Hawaiian Creation Chant | Martha Warren Beckwith |
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Land and Power in Hawaii | George Cooper and Gavan Daws
Last Aloha | Gaellen Quinn
Lost Kingdom | Julia Flynn Stiler |
Legends and Myths of Hawaii | David Kalakaua |
Lucky Come Hawaii | Jon Shirota |
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Mark Twain's Letters Fron Hawaii |Arthur Grove Day |
Molokai | Oswald A. Bushnell | Novel |
Molokai | Alan Brennert | Novel |
My Old Sweetheart | Susanna Moore |
Murayama: 5 Years on a Rock | Milton Murayama | Amazon Ad
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Na Mele O Hawaii Nei: 101 Hawaiian Songs | Samuel H. Elbert and Noelani K. Mahoe |
Nation Rising | Noelani Goodyear-Kapua, Ikaika Hussey, Erin Kahunawaikiala Wright |
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Obake: Ghost Stories in Hawaii | Glen Grant |
Olelo No'eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayihngs | Mary Kawena Pukui |
On Being Hawaiian | John Dominis Holt |
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Paradise News | David Lodge | Novel |
Pass On, No Pass Back | Darrell H.Y. Lum |
Picture Bride | Cathy Song | Poetry |
Pidgin to the Max | Douglas Simonson |
Place Names of Hawaii | Mary Kawena Pukui, Samuel H. Elbert and Esther T. Mookini |
Plantation Boy| Milton Murayama | Amazon Ad
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The Red Wind: Makani Ula | Ian MacMillan |
The Return of Lono: Novel of Captain Cook's Last Voyage | Oswald A. Bushnell |
Rolling the Rs | R. Zamora Linmark |
Ruling Chiefs of Hawaii | Samuel Kamakau |
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Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatere | Lois Ann Yamanaka | Amazon Ad
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Shark Dialogs | Kaina Davenport |
Shark Going Inland Is My Chief | Patrick Vinton Kirch |
Shoal of Time | Gavan Daws |
Six Months in the Sandwich Islands | Isabella L. Bird |
Sleeping Beauties | Susanna Moore | Novel |
Sovereign Sugar: Industry and Environment in Hawaii | Carol MacLennan |
Song of Exile | Kiana Davenport | Novel |
Spell of Hawaii, The | Arthur Grove Day |
Still Out of Place | Christy Passion |
Stories of Hawaii | Jack London |
Sunny Skies, Shady Characters | James Dooley |
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Tattoo, The | Chris McKinney |
This is Paradise | Kristiana Kahakauwila |
Three-Year Swim Club | Julie Checkoway |
Travels in Hawaii | Robert Louis Stevenson and Arthur Grove Day |
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life | Herman Melville |
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Unfamiliar Fishes | Sara Vowell | Amazon Ad
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Value of Hawaii, gthe | Craig Howes and Jon Osorio |
Volcano: A Memoir of Hawaii | Garrett Hongo |
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Waikiki: A History of Forgetting and Remembering | Andrea Feeser |
Waimea Summer | ohn Dominis Holt |
Waterman: Life and GTimes of Duke Kahanamoku | David Davis |
Waxing the Lunar Mountain Apple | Steven Curry (1942-2015) | Poetry |
Who Owns the Crown Lands of Hawaii? by Jon M. Van Dyke |
Wild Meat and the Bully Burgers | Lois Ann Yamanaka | Amazon Ad
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Resources
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Good Reads "Hawaii Book Lists" Article
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Good Reads "All Things Hawaiian" Book List
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Good Reads "Best Fiction Set in Hawaii" Book List
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Good Reads "Hawaiian Romance" Book List
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Good Reads "Pacific Islander Authors" Book List
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Good Reads "Books to Read in Hawaii" Book List
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Good Reads "Historical Fiction Hawaii" Book List
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Good Reads "Hawaii Mysteries" Book List
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Good Reads "Fantasy and Science Fiction: Pacific Islands" Book List
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Honolulu Magazine "50 Essential Hawaii Books" Article
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Honolulu Magazine "Next 37 Book Titles" Article
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Literary Hub "Ten Books to Help You Understand Hawaii" Article
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Wikipedia "Hawaiian Literature" Article
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Wikipedia "Novels Set in Hawaii" Category
More Books About Hawaii
Shop for Other Hawaii Products
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