The most popular pacific Islander experience books of 2025

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 2025.

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Kuleana
Cover of Kuleana

Kuleana

Sara Kehaulani Goo

Published 2025

351 pages

Chief of War
Cover of Chief of War

Chief of War

Myrl Langston

Published 2025

95 pages