The 10 shortlisted titles as selected by Alberta librarians:
- The Frog Lake Reader by Myrna Kostash, published by NeWest Press
- Crossing the Swell by Tori Holmes, published by Rocky Mountain Books
- In Bed with the Word: Reading, Spirituality, and Cultural Politics by Daniel Coleman,published by University of Alberta Press
- 100 Years of Anne with an "e": The Centennial Study of Anne of Green Gables Edited by Holly Blackford, published by University of Calgary Press
- The Forgotten Explorer: Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockiesby Samuel Fay, published by Rocky Mountain Books
- The Weekender Effect Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns by Robert Sandford, published by Rocky Mountain Books
- Fishing for Bacon by Michael Davie, published by NeWest Press
- Bomb Canada and Other Unkind Remarks in the American Media by Chantal Allan, published by AU Press
- Fifth World Drum by Anna Marie Sewell, published by Frontenac House
- Buying Cigarettes for the Dog by Stuart Ross, published by Freehand Books