I'd recommend Ka Mooolelo Hawaii (the history of Hawaii), David Malo; Shoal of Time; The Epic Tale of Hiiakaikapoliopele (it's a Hawaiian saga, but very useful); Family Torn Apart: The Internment Story of the Otokichi Muin Ozaki Family; The True Story of Kaluaikoolau: As Told by His Wife, Piilani; The Hawaiian Kingdom, by Ralph S. Kuykendall (all three volumes, they can be a bit dry but are very useful); Mai Lepera: Disease and Displacement in Nineteenth-Century Hawaii (a surprisingly fun read); Kauai: The Separate Kingdom and finally Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-1920.

I can't really recommend books on Pearl Harbour etc unfortunately, and I can't think of any which really dive into daily lives in the way many other history books do for other cultures, societies and histories. It's a real shame.

I'm so glad you went through Hawaii by Michener! Can I suggest you check out Christina Klein's Cold War Orientalism (2003) that places that book into historical and cultural context? You'll never look at Michener (as quintessential American tourist, as part-and-parcel of a culture of postwar globalization) again!

Just to add to u/TheFairyGuineaPig comments, I've got some suggestions from the PhD comps list I'm developing, so I hope this helps. These suggestions also tend towards modern and US empire history, and about the commodification of Hawaiian culture.

Gonzalez, Vernadette Vicuna. Securing Paradise: Tourism and Militarism in Hawai`i and the Philippines. Durham: Duke University Press, 2013.

Imada, Adria L. Aloha America: Hula Circuits through the U.S. Empire. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2012.

Laderman, Scott. Empire in Waves: A Political History of Surfing. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014.

Okamura, Jonathan Y. and Candace Fujikane, eds. Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawai‘i. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. (And anything by Fujikane and Okamure at UH Manoa.)

Okihiro, Gary. Island World: A History of Hawaii and the United States. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2008.

-------. Pineapple Culture: A History of the Tropical and Temperate Zones. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. (You might want to look into Okihiro's overall oeuvre of works, it's pretty spectacular for Hawaii studies.)

Silva, Noenoe K. Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2004.

Trask, Haunani Kay. From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1993.

Generally, too, you'd be well-served to peruse the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. They've got a great online collection of old syllabi with academic readings, popular literature, as well as film. http://www.hawaii.edu/cpis/psi/content.html