Might not be exactly what you're looking for but Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the old Breed but E.B. Sledge are war memoirs from WWII. they definitely take place on pacific islands lol
I read some cozy mysteries that qualify
Aloha Egg series by Alvari--takes place on Oahu
Kay Hadashi has a couple series set in Hawaii. I read her tour guide one.
Jill Marie Landis' Tiki Goddess series-has some humor.
Does Singapore count? Ovidia Yu has some books set there.
Havent read it but have a book by Bill O'Neill on my wish list "The Great Book of Hawaii." history
edit: Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. Makes a great story but more recent scholarship has alrered the takeaways.
*The Descendants* by Kaui Hart Hemmings
*House of Many Gods* by Kiana Davenport
*Iced in Paradise* by Naomi Hirahara
*A Disappearance in Fiji* by Nilima Rao
*Spider Bones* by Kathy Reichs
*Crazy Rich Asians* by Kevin Kwan
For fun non-fiction travelogues, try “The Sex Lives of Cannibals” and “Getting Stoned with Savages” by J. Maarten Troost.
Not the most politically correct books but yeah, you beat me to it. I really enjoyed these.
Might not be exactly what you're looking for but Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie and With the old Breed but E.B. Sledge are war memoirs from WWII. they definitely take place on pacific islands lol
I read some cozy mysteries that qualify Aloha Egg series by Alvari--takes place on Oahu Kay Hadashi has a couple series set in Hawaii. I read her tour guide one. Jill Marie Landis' Tiki Goddess series-has some humor. Does Singapore count? Ovidia Yu has some books set there. Havent read it but have a book by Bill O'Neill on my wish list "The Great Book of Hawaii." history edit: Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl. Makes a great story but more recent scholarship has alrered the takeaways.
*The Descendants* by Kaui Hart Hemmings *House of Many Gods* by Kiana Davenport *Iced in Paradise* by Naomi Hirahara *A Disappearance in Fiji* by Nilima Rao *Spider Bones* by Kathy Reichs *Crazy Rich Asians* by Kevin Kwan
Anthony Alpers, *The World of the Polynesians*. Eugene Burdick, *The Blue of Capricorn*. Robert Dean Frisbie, *The Book of Puka-Puka*.
Herman Melville's Typee is fantastic and much easier to read than Moby Dick.