Typee and Omoo

Melville's first and second books.According to Wikipedia: "e;Typee (1846; in full: Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life) is American writer Herman Melville's first book, a classic in the literature of travel and adventure partly based on his actual experiences as a captive on the island Nuku Hiva (which Melville spelled as Nukuheva) in the South Pacific Marquesas Islands, in 1842.

The title comes from the name of a valley there called Tai Pi Vai.

It was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime, but made him notorious as the "e;man who lived among the cannibals."e; For 19th century readers, his career seemed to decline afterward, but during the early 20th century it was seen as the beginning of a career that peaked with Moby-Dick (1851)."e;