Good books about Tahiti
General guidebooks
Lonely Planet Tahiti & French Polynesia, Lonely Planet Publications
Tahiti: Including the Cook Islands, Moon Handbooks
Hidden Tahiti and French Polynesia: Including Moorea, Bora Bora, and the Society, Austral, Gambier, Tuamotu, and Marquesas Islands, Ulysses Press
Specialized guidebooks
Diving & Snorkeling Tahiti & French Polynesia, Lonely Planet Publications
The French Polynesian Dive Guide by Kurt Amsler
Historical accounts
The Bounty: The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty by Caroline Alexander
The Bounty Mutiny by William Bligh, Edward Christian, and R. D. Madison
Historical novels
Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Men Against the Sea by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Pitcairn's Island by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall
Fiction
The Moon and Sixpence by W. Somerset Maugham
see also General South Pacific Books
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