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This list includes books written by authors from Samoa. This means people from both the Independent State of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa) and American Samoa.
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I am Daniel Tahi (Telesa, #4)
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 486 ratings
score: 199,
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Telesa: The Covenant Keeper (Telesa, #1)
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.14 avg rating — 1,781 ratings
score: 190,
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Lagaga: A short history of Western Samoa
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4.13 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 185,
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Tamaitai Samoa: Their Stories
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Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop (Editor)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 179,
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An Account of Samoan History Up to 1918
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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 177,
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Samoan Poets: Albert Wendt, Emma Kruse Va'ai, Sia Figiel, Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia, Tusiata Avia
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4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 154,
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Samoa Faamatai and the Rule of Law
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score: 147,
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Samoan Queer Lives
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 48 ratings
score: 147,
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Whetu Moana: Contemporary Polynesian Poetry in English
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Albert Wendt (Editor)
4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 144,
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The Adventures of Vela
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3.56 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 141,
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Flying-Fox in a Freedom Tree
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3.72 avg rating — 69 ratings
score: 138,
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O fela'ua'iga.: Transport
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score: 104,
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le pī faitau mo le fanau: The alphabet for children
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score: 100,
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Dragon Waif
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score: 99,
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The Bone Bearer (Telesa, #3)
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.51 avg rating — 651 ratings
score: 98,
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Dark Eyes
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score: 98,
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When Water Burns (Telesa, #2)
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.46 avg rating — 957 ratings
score: 97,
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Prince of Shadows
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score: 97,
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Shadowborn
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score: 96,
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The Stone Maiden & Other Samoan Fables
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Daniel Pouesi (Goodreads Author)
0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 95,
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Blood and Shadows
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score: 95,
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The Making of Modern Samoa: Traditional Authority and Colonial Administration in the History of Western Samoa
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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 93,
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Samoa's Journey 1962–2012: Aspects of History
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Leasiolagi Malama Meleisea (Editor)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 91,
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1 person voted
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Akua: A Novel of Samoa
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Daniel Pouesi (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 90,
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Vā: Stories by Women of the Moana
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 80 ratings
score: 90,
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1 person voted
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Samoan Reference Grammar
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Ulrike Mosel (Editor)
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 89,
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1 person voted
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Alaoa: Above the gully of your childhood
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0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
score: 89,
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Say it in Samoan
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score: 88,
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Shaman of Visions
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3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 88,
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Inside us the Dead: Poems 1961 to 1974
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3.67 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 87,
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Out of the Vaipe, the Deadwater: A Writer's Early Life
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4.09 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 86,
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The Story of Laulii, Daughter of Samoa
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4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 85,
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The Book of the Black Star
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4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
score: 85,
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Samoan Women: Widening Choices
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score: 84,
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Ancestry
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3.59 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 84,
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The Healer's Wound: A Queer Theirstory of Polynesia
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 83,
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1 person voted
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Some Modern Poetry from the Solomon Islands
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Albert Wendt (Editor)
2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 83,
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Isik, Kamera, Oyun! - Bilime Giris
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 82,
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From Manoa to a Ponsonby Garden
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3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 82,
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Nafanua
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 81,
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The Songmaker's Chair
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3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 81,
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Drag Queen Named Pipi
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 80,
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The Birth and Death of the Miracle Man and Other Stories
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3.91 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 80,
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Coconut Milk
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Dan Taulapapa McMullin (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 51 ratings
score: 79,
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Ola
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3.50 avg rating — 28 ratings
score: 79,
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Aggie Grey: A Samoan Saga
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score: 78,
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Black rainbow
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3.25 avg rating — 52 ratings
score: 78,
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With Stevenson in Samoa
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score: 76,
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The Mango's Kiss
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4.06 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 76,
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Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook
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score: 75,
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Nuanua: An Anthology of Pacific Writing in English Since 1980
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Albert Wendt (Editor)
4.12 avg rating — 33 ratings
score: 75,
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To Walk Under Palm Trees: The Germans in Samoa: Snapshots from Albums - Part One
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score: 74,
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Mauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English
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Albert Wendt (Editor)
4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 74,
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Mata Lulu: Stories from Samoa for Children
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 73,
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Ready for School: A Story from Samoa
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score: 72,
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Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook, Revised Edition
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3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 71,
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Photographs: Poems by Albert Wendt
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2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 71,
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Sina And The Magical Eel: Legends from Polynesia (The Legends of Sina of Samoa Book 1)
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4.21 avg rating — 14 ratings
score: 70,
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Scarlet Lies (Scarlet, #1)
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Lani Wendt Young (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 317 ratings
score: 69,
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Leaves of the Banyan Tree
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3.97 avg rating — 269 ratings
score: 69,
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Sons for the Return Home
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3.95 avg rating — 326 ratings
score: 68,
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Pouliuli
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3.88 avg rating — 165 ratings
score: 67,
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Eldritch Whispers: Sketches from the Other Side of My Soul, Volume Twenty-two
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Su'esu'e Manogi: in Search of Fragrance : Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi And the Samoan Indigenous Reference
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3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
score: 65,
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Like Icarus
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FREELOVE
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Ice Lord
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Pōuliuli
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3.88 avg rating — 165 ratings
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Dark Flight
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The Girl in the Moon Circle
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Dark Eternity
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They Who Do Not Grieve
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Ashes
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To a Young Artist in Contemplation: Poetry & Prose
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Anemones in the Wind
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Freelove
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Napalm Cocktails
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Dream Spinner
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Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook
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Diamond Kisses
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Where We Once Belonged
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Moth Heart
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Dark Orisons
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Empty Wells
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Silver Velvet
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Stone Tower
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Adsum Dominie
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Mirror of My Soul
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Venusian Mysteries
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