The six longlisted titles, from an entry field of 136 print and e-books in the non-fiction category are (alphabetical author name):
• The Conservative Human Rights Revolution: European Identity, Transnational Politics, and the Origins of the European Convention, by Marco Duranti and published by Oxford University Press
• The Art of Time Travel: Historians and Their Craft, by Tom Griffiths and published by Black Inc.
• Position Doubtful: Mapping Landscapes and Memories, by Kim Mahood and published by Scribe Publications
• From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories, by Mark McKenna and published by Melbourne University Press
• Evatt: A life, by John Murphy and published by NewSouth Publishing
• Atomic Thunder: The Maralinga Story, by Elizabeth Tynan and published by NewSouth Publishing