Reddit mentions of Rum: The Manual

• Waikiki Tiki - I'll be honest in saying that I haven't read it. I'll also say that I know the author somewhat and unless you want a lot of boring history about Waikiki, I wouldn't bother. It's not really about the Tiki movement as we mainlanders know it.
  
  
• Tiki Pop: Yes! Get this! It is everything that Waikiki Tiki isn't.
  
  
• Mai-Kai - I know the author of this one very well and know he has spent many many years doing the research and talking to the people who lived the history of the Mai Kai. It is a great book. However, it is very specific to the Mai kai.
  
  
• Tiki Style - This book isn't on your list, but should be. The bible of tiki is Sven Kirsten's Book of Tiki but that's out of print and impossible to find at a decent price now. Tiki Style is the pared version of it and has most of the same information. Mostly they just took out the pictures of topless natives to make it family friendly. This should be the book where you start to get the real history of the mainland tiki culture.
  
  
• Potions of the Caribbean - is a really great book about Caribbean drinks, but you'll find more recipes in the other Beachbum Berry books.
  
  
• Rums of the Eastern Caribbean - is 20 years old and it's likely that a large percentage of the rums listed in it no longer exist. Everyone wants Ed Hamilton to write a new book, but he's a little busy making amazing rum right now. You might try Dave Broom's Rum: The Manual if you want tasting notes on currently available rums. He has a really cool flavor map in the book and it was just released a couple months ago, so everything in it is available. It's worth it just to read his tasting notes of Ron de Jeremy rum.

USA release in March:

https://www.amazon.com/Rum-Manual-Dave-Broom/dp/1845339622/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1474098507&sr=1-1&keywords=rum+the+manual