103 books
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11 voters
Pacific Books
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.39 — 1,006,324 ratings — published 2010
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,767,300 ratings — published 2001
Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.24 — 7,554 ratings — published 2019
Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 21 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.23 — 25,526 ratings — published 1957
Kon-Tiki (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.16 — 25,393 ratings — published 1948
The Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 19 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.15 — 14,460 ratings — published 2009
The Happy Isles of Oceania: Paddling the Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.02 — 6,730 ratings — published 1992
The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in the Equatorial Pacific (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.87 — 26,715 ratings — published 2003
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.07 — 875,663 ratings — published 2012
Tales of the South Pacific (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.04 — 16,749 ratings — published 1947
Hawaii (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.22 — 82,014 ratings — published 1959
Pacific: The Ocean of the Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.04 — 4,100 ratings — published 2015
Fugitives and Refugees: A Walk in Portland, Oregon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.51 — 10,100 ratings — published 2003
Into the Wild (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,205,353 ratings — published 1996
The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942–1944 (The Pacific War Trilogy, 2)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.62 — 7,309 ratings — published 2015
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.50 — 48,745 ratings — published 1981
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.17 — 120,654 ratings — published 2000
Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.28 — 5,264 ratings — published 2007
State of Fear (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.71 — 92,505 ratings — published 2004
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.61 — 10,460 ratings — published 2011
Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook Has Gone Before (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.05 — 10,594 ratings — published 2002
Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.87 — 47,057 ratings — published 2011
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.56 — 6,120 ratings — published 1846
Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.20 — 6,566 ratings — published 1980
Mister Pip (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.68 — 24,287 ratings — published 2006
The Curse of Lono (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,283 ratings — published 1983
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.20 — 141,748 ratings — published 2003
Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.54 — 422 ratings — published
Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.76 — 5,258 ratings — published 2020
The Whale Rider (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.85 — 12,763 ratings — published 1987
Boneshaker (The Clockwork Century, #1)
by (shelved 8 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.53 — 34,330 ratings — published 2009
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.46 — 22,869 ratings — published 2024
Clash of the Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.08 — 631 ratings — published 2005
The Naked and the Dead (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,633 ratings — published 1948
Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.55 — 3,240 ratings — published 1928
Leaves of the Banyan Tree (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.96 — 279 ratings — published 1979
Tupaia: Captain Cook's Polynesian Navigator (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.25 — 202 ratings — published 2010
The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 (ebook)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.48 — 2,455 ratings — published 2016
The Rising Sun: The Decline & Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-45 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.30 — 6,248 ratings — published 1970
Rascals in Paradise: Turbulent Adventures and Bold Courage on the South Seas (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.79 — 539 ratings — published 1957
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.49 — 3,792 ratings — published 2005
The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.36 — 11,832 ratings — published 2003
Day of Infamy (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.12 — 4,932 ratings — published 1957
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.95 — 5,425 ratings — published 2003
Lost Paradise (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.77 — 512 ratings — published 2008
The Bone People (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.03 — 24,267 ratings — published 1984
Playground (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 4.14 — 48,390 ratings — published 2024
Pacific Worlds: A History of Seas, Peoples, and Cultures (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.90 — 97 ratings — published 2012
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.40 — 53 ratings — published 2010
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as pacific)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,245,844 ratings — published 1954
“The leaders on both sides of the Pacific have an obligation to establish a tradition of consultation and mutual respect so that, for their successors, jointly building a shared world order becomes an expression of parallel national aspirations.”
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