 | The Book of Tiki (Midsize) by Sven Kirsten
Buy used from: $34.99 I think of this as the original book of the retro-tiki craze. Taschen's usual excellent artwork and production values, and the Tiki lifestyle (such as it is).
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 | Tiki Quest by Duke Carter
Buy new: $29.91 / Used from: $25.99 With an eye for collectible Tikiana from the golden age of Polynesian Pop.
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 | Tiki Style (Icons) by Sven Kirsten
Buy used from: $7.67 Tiki Style. These little Taschen Icon books are a good buy. And a good starting point for someone not fully committed.
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 | Tiki Road Trip: A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America by James Teitelbaum
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $8.99 An elegant little book searching down the streets and alleys of North America (and to a much lesser extent, the rest of the world) for the remains of the great Tiki/Exotica experiment of the 1950s-1960s.
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 | Tiki Mugs: Cult Artifacts of Polynesian Pop by Jay Strongman
Buy new: $25.51 / Used from: $20.49 A new book, focused on the collectible mugs. Great photos, so-so text.
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 | Tiki Art Now!: A Volcanic Eruption Of Art by Otto Von Stroheim
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $6.50 Tiki Art!
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 | Night of the Tiki: The Art of Shag, Schmaltz and Selected Primitive Oceanic Carvings by Douglas A. Nason
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $11.75 Includes Shag, our favorite retro-tiki artist.
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 | Tiki Art Two: The Second Coming of a New Art God
Buy used from: $9.74 |
 | Tiki Art Now Volume 3 (v. 3) by Otto von Stroheim
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $35.33 |
 | Beachbum Berry's Intoxica! by Jeff Berry
Buy used from: $500.00 Beachbum Berry's work on the classic cocktails. Now hard to find, but also try to ones below...
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 | Sippin' Safari: In Search of the Great "Lost" Tropical Drink Recipes... and the People Behind Them by Jeff Berry
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.98 Probably the best of the classic cocktails books.
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 | Beachbum Berry's Grog Log by Jeff Berry
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $5.18 |
 | Shag's Tiki Drinks Deck: 52 Ways to Shake Your Way to Paradise Edition (Case Bound Card Deck) by Adam Rocke
Buy new: $11.66 / Used from: $6.50 This is fun!
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 | Taboo: The Art of Tiki by Martin McIntosh
Buy used from: $32.86 More Tiki artwork.
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 | THE KON-TIKI EXPEDITION: BY RAFT ACROSS THE SOUTH SEAS. by Thor. Heyerdahl
Buy used from: $8.29 Okay, I have to mention Thor Heyerdahl. He was wrong in his theory, but the boat expeditions are massively impressive. A super read.
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 | Tiki Modern by Sven A Kirsten
Buy new: $26.39 / Used from: $22.00 Witco and how the faux-Polynesian became modernist. More excellent Taschen work.
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 | Trader Vic's Tiki Party!: Cocktails and Food to Share with Friends by Stephen Siegelman
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.98 Not the best book, but somehow this is the one in all of the libraries...
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 | Tiki Head Tissue Box Cover
Buy new: $19.99 Isn't it beautiful?
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 | Ultra-Lounge: Tiki Sampler by Various Artists
Buy used from: $8.99 If you're just starting with the ultra-lounge series...
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 | Easter Island Moai Monolith Sculpture - ...
Buy new: $29.95 There's no end to the tiki garden gear. Other than this one, I promise to not go there...
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 | Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation by Francesco Adinolfi
Buy new: $23.95 / Used from: $9.85 |
 | The Best of Martin Denny's Exotica by Martin Denny
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $5.93 Marty Denny is one of the giants of Tiki-Exotica music.
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 | Queen of Exotica by Yma Sumac
Buy used from: $57.21 Along with Yma Sumac.
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