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- When Breath Becomes Air, Paul Kalanithi
- Things I Carry Around, Troy Cassar-Daley
- The Shepherd’s Life: A Tale of the Lake District, James Rebanks
- Barbarian Days: a Surfing Life, William Finnegan
- Not Just Black and White, Lesley and Tammy Williams
- 1787: The Lost Chapters of Australia’s Ancient Beginnings, Nick Brodie
- Hack in a Flak Jacket, Peter Stefanovic
- Dark Emu, Bruce Pascoe
- The Hate Race, Maxine Beneba Clarke