Not Your Paradise ~ pt.1
Forget the fantasies of an island wedding with a purple and pink and orange sunset backdrop; unbook your flights. Learn about Hawaiʻi and its people instead.
Honolulu Book Awards inaugural winners for works published in 2023. These titles are brought to you by Hawaiʻi authors, either about Hawaiʻi or its people, its culture, its past and its future. I encourage you to read the more in-depth descriptions about these selections here: https://www.honolulumagazine.com/honolulu-book-awards/
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last updated March, 2026
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I love this idea for a list! I unfortunately don't have any book recs for you, but do have a film list I made a while back I'd like to share in case you're interested: Hawai'i. I did my best to focus on Hawaiian people and culture as well, instead of outside perspectives, so thought it may be a good companion for the readings. c:
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this is great, thanks for sharing!! have you seen chief of war that came out last year? it had amazing insight in the history and i heard the kamehameha schools were involved in writing some of the ʻōlelo in the scripts (but that could be just neighborhood rumors lol)!
I haven't! I've watched very little for the past 6 months or so just cause I've been reading so much, but it looks really interesting. It seems like so much love and work went into making it as authentic as possible, and I love the bit I read about Jason Momoa finding the man who'd play King Kamehameha. 🔗
this list is amazing 🥺 thank you so much for making it and providing such good recommendations to educate myself further on hawai’i 💖
What a beautiful list ❤️❤️❤️ and the covers are lovely too
ahhh amazing list!!!! these covers are beautiful, and this is such an important topic 🙂↕️🙂↕️
Love that you've taken the time to collect these in a list!! These definitely have my attention, thank you for sharing.
Amazing!! Thank you for putting this list together. Looks like another book prize to add to my list!
