Provides good coverage of upscale accommodations and food in Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, the Samoas, and Tonga only.

The 8th edition of the original guide to Polynesia and Melanesia, with the most comprehensive travel listings and analysis.

A condensed version of Lonely Planet's country guides to Polynesia and Melanesia. Micronesia is not included in this regional guidebook.

An excellent map from the famous German publisher Nelles Verlag including detail maps of all the major South Pacific islands.

Simply the best map of the Pacific islands that money can buy with an impressive place name index. Highly recommended.

A handy introduction to speaking Fijian, Maori, Hawaiian, Niuean, Rapanui, Samoan, Tahitian, Tongan, and other languages.

This folded travel map includes includes an inset map of Avarua plus some travel information.

Mike Hollywood's resort and restaurant reviews are worth reading. This one works best in combination with another guide.

In 2012 Lonely Planet added Rarotonga to their Samoa and Tonga guide and discontinued their former Rarotonga and the Cook Islands guidebook.

Though most of this Lonely Planet book is devoted to mainland Chile, there is a small section on Easter Island.

Easter Island rates a chapter at the back of this member of the popular series.

Onetime Lonely Planet author Wayne Bernhardson prepared this guide to Chile and Easter Island, published in 2009.

Lonely Planet's Fiji guide is all you need to tour Fiji's main resorts. For more remote locations you're better off with Moon.

The original guide to Fiji, this 9th edition provides more maps, travel information, and background than is available elsewhere.

Ian Osborn has done a great job with this new travel guide. Price ranges are used rather than specific amounts.

Photographer Kurt Amsler's three-dimensional color maps of 27 of French Polynesia's top dive sites are excellent.

Bill Goodwin provides good information and personal recommendations of upscale facilities around French Polynesia.

Rob Kay's travel guide is strong on description though poor on maps and photos while lacking exact price information.

A very thorough guide to the whole of French Polynesia originally researched by Tony Wheeler, co-founder of Lonely Planet.

With 53 maps and 122 photos, this is the most complete guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia.

Though photos and maps are missing, Jan Prince shares insider knowledge gathered during three decades in the islands.

This uncritical guide to France's Melanesian colony is the only one on the market so it will have to do.

A two CD-ROM set which provides 100.000 pages of US government documents and reports in PDF format.

The Kindle edition of Thomas Booth's guidebook, from Hunter Publishing.

Lonely Planet's guide covers both independent Samoa and neighboring American Samoa plus Tonga and the Cook Islands.

James A. Bier's indexed map of the two Samoa's is the best of its kind. Published by the University of Hawaii Press.

A comprehensive map of Samoa from Hema Maps, including an Apia town map, tourist features, and road distances.

A two CD-ROM set providing encyclopedic coverage of the Solomon Islands compiled from official US government sources.

Lonely Planet combines Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands in this Melanesia guidebook.

Includes detailed inset maps of different island groups plus Honiare. Some tourist and historical information is provided.

The best reference book to use while sailing around Tonga with helpful charts and pictures.

A down-to-earth travel guide to Tonga researched by a team of Peace Corps volunteers. In the Other Places Travel Guide series.

A folded color map of the islands from International Travel Maps, with detail maps of Neiafu and Nukualofa.

This 1995 book was produced before Pisces Books was taken over by Lonely Planet. Big on photos, small on data.

Once the best of Lonely Planet's South Pacific series, LP has abridged their Vanuatu guide and combined it with New Caledonia.

a map of the Vanuatu group with details map of Port Vila and several main islands. Some tourist information is included.

This Aqua Quest Diving guide covers Guam, the Marianas, Yap, Palau, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the Marshalls.

David Leonard's dive guide to Guam, the Northern Marianas, Palau, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, and the Marshall Islands.

A waterproof guide to the undisputed best scuba diving and snorkelling in the world.

Lonely Planet's Micronesia guide is more than adequate for an island hopping journey between Hawaii and Palau, published in 2000.

This new guidebook written by former Peace Corps volunteers fills a gap in the literature. Published in 2010.

This 6th edition of the original guide to Micronesia also includes countries like Nauru and Kiribati, published in 2003.

Published in 2006, this chatty guidebook covers the natural history and local facilities.

A guide to yachting and tourism in Palau by Randy Abernethy.

A laminated full color guide map from Franko's Maps.