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The Luminaries The Luminaries (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.75 — 85,892 ratings — published 2013
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The Bone People The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,089 ratings — published 1984
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The Book Thief The Book Thief (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.39 — 2,892,643 ratings — published 2005
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Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,336 ratings — published 2019
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The Light Between Oceans The Light Between Oceans (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.04 — 481,078 ratings — published 2012
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The Thorn Birds The Thorn Birds (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.25 — 365,493 ratings — published 1977
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The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.01 — 596,318 ratings — published 2013
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1) Picnic at Hanging Rock (Hanging Rock, #1)
by (shelved 31 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.66 — 31,075 ratings — published 1967
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In a Sunburned Country In a Sunburned Country (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.07 — 122,488 ratings — published 2000
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The Whale Rider The Whale Rider (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,539 ratings — published 1987
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Birnam Wood Birnam Wood (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.80 — 54,183 ratings — published 2023
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Big Little Lies Big Little Lies (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,120,761 ratings — published 2014
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The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1) The Dry (Aaron Falk, #1)
by (shelved 27 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.06 — 268,225 ratings — published 2016
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The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.87 — 26,561 ratings — published 2003
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Euphoria Euphoria (Hardcover)
by (shelved 26 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.87 — 102,551 ratings — published 2014
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Tales of the Tikongs Tales of the Tikongs (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.66 — 383 ratings — published 1988
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Cloudstreet Cloudstreet (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.01 — 28,286 ratings — published 1991
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The Garden Party and Other Stories The Garden Party and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.82 — 10,623 ratings — published 1922
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A Disappearance in Fiji A Disappearance in Fiji (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.85 — 3,792 ratings — published 2023
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.04 — 63,568 ratings — published 2013
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A Town Like Alice A Town Like Alice (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.16 — 62,036 ratings — published 1950
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True History of the Kelly Gang True History of the Kelly Gang (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.83 — 24,333 ratings — published 2000
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Mister Pip Mister Pip (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.68 — 24,136 ratings — published 2006
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Faces in the Water Faces in the Water (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.02 — 2,722 ratings — published 1961
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I Am the Messenger I Am the Messenger (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.02 — 170,185 ratings — published 2002
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The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.03 — 6,693 ratings — published 1992
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The People in the Trees The People in the Trees (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.73 — 46,587 ratings — published 2013
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The Yield The Yield (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.08 — 13,179 ratings — published 2019
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My Brilliant Career My Brilliant Career (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.80 — 7,744 ratings — published 1901
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The Secret River The Secret River (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.81 — 25,333 ratings — published 2005
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Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu Getting Stoned with Savages: A Trip Through the Islands of Fiji and Vanuatu (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.86 — 14,030 ratings — published 2006
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Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,188 ratings — published 1948
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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.09 — 10,417 ratings — published 1986
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Wild Dark Shore Wild Dark Shore (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.12 — 346,764 ratings — published 2025
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The Penguin History of New Zealand The Penguin History of New Zealand (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,427 ratings — published 2003
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Island of Shattered Dreams Island of Shattered Dreams (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.18 — 415 ratings — published 1991
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We Are the Ocean: Selected Works We Are the Ocean: Selected Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.26 — 148 ratings — published 2008
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Tales of the South Pacific Tales of the South Pacific (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,653 ratings — published 1947
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.76 — 230,761 ratings — published 2022
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Iep Jāltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter Iep Jāltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.45 — 524 ratings — published 2017
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Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2) Force of Nature (Aaron Falk, #2)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.83 — 124,613 ratings — published 2017
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Burial Rites Burial Rites (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.04 — 125,264 ratings — published 2013
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The Husband's Secret The Husband's Secret (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.95 — 727,276 ratings — published 2013
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Oscar and Lucinda Oscar and Lucinda (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.73 — 21,858 ratings — published 1988
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Where We Once Belonged Where We Once Belonged (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.66 — 635 ratings — published 1996
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Too Much Lip Too Much Lip (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.05 — 8,810 ratings — published 2018
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Boy Swallows Universe Boy Swallows Universe (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oceania)
avg rating 4.34 — 99,254 ratings — published 2018
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Once Were Warriors Once Were Warriors (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.99 — 3,889 ratings — published 1990
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Stone Yard Devotional Stone Yard Devotional (ebook)
by (shelved 11 times as oceania)
avg rating 3.73 — 26,303 ratings — published 2023
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Epeli Hauʻofa
“Oceania is vast, Oceania is expanding, Oceania is hospitable and generous, Oceania is humanity rising from the depths of brine and regions of fire deeper still, Oceania is us. We are the sea, we are the ocean…”
Epeli Hau'ofa, We Are the Ocean: Selected Works

Paul Theroux
“Even in Africa, I had never seen such a profusion of stars as I saw on these clear nights on Pacific isles - not only big beaming planets and small single pinpricks... but also glittering clouds of them - the whole dome of the sky crowded with thick shapes formed from stars, overlaid with more shapes, a brilliant density, like a storm of light over a black depthless sea, made brighter still by twisting auroras composed of tiny star grains - points of light so fine and numerous they seemed like luminous vapor, the entire sky hung with veils of light like dazzling smoke... they made night in Oceania as vast and dramatic as day.”
Paul Theroux, The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific

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