🌺 Reading Hawai'i 2023 🌺 - hosted by backtobacklist

FICTION, POETRY, PLAY or A GRAPHIC WORK
Read one work of fiction/poetry, theatre or a graphic work by a Native Hawaiian or local Hawai'i author. This includes novels, short story or poetry collections, anthologies, graphic novels and comics. Here are some ideas to get you started, but there are many more out there.

🟨 NOVELS 🟨
  • Kiana Davenport
    • Shark Dialogues (out of print, go used or check your library!)
    • Song of the Exile
    • House of Many Gods

  • Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
    • Murder Casts a Shadow (#1 of Hawai'i Mystery Series)
    • Murder Leaves its Mark (#2 of Hawai'i Mystery Series)
    • Murder Frames the Scene (#3 of Hawai'i Mystery Series)


🟦 SHORT STORY COLLECTIONS 🟦

🟩 ANTHOLOGIES 🟩

🟨 POETRY COLLECTIONS 🟨

🟦 PLAYS 🟦

🟩 COMICS + GRAPHIC WORKS 🟩

  • Christopher Caravalho
    • The 'Aumākua Series 
    • The Anuenue Warriors Series
    • Sistah Shark
    • Mana Legends: Kamehameha #1

  • Kapaemahu by Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu and Daniel Sousa
All books added
Shark Dialogues by Kiana Davenport

Shark Dialogues

Kiana Davenport

492 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

fiction historical literary magical realism adventurous emotional reflective slow-paced
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

Sharks in the Time of Saviors

Kawai Strong Washburn

393 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Song of the Exile by Kiana Davenport

Song of the Exile

Kiana Davenport

384 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

fiction historical emotional slow-paced
Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kakimoto

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare

Megan Kakimoto

272 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary short stories dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Talking to the Dead by Sylvia Watanabe

Talking to the Dead

Sylvia Watanabe

144 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

fiction short stories emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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