The most popular pacific Islander experience books of 2022

These books tell the stories of the peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. The ocean, ancestry, community and the effects of colonization and climate change run through them. Novels, poetry and memoirs by Pacific authors offer a view of the world with the sea at its center. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.

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Utterly Immoral
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Utterly Immoral

Simon Keable-Elliott

Published 2022

246 pages

Zarla
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Zarla

Eli Launluna

Published 2022

218 pages

Aloha Nui Loa
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Aloha Nui Loa

Yvonne Lee McIntire

Published 2022

334 pages

Hawaiian Star
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Hawaiian Star

Chet Gritzmacher

Published 2022

192 pages

Pua
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Pua

Keali'ika'apuni Kalani

Published 2022

72 pages

Wave Woman
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Wave Woman

Vicky Heldreich Durand

Published 2022

1 page

Freckled
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Freckled

T.W. Neal

Published 2022

Wave Woman
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Wave Woman

Vicky Heldreich Durand

Published 2022