Rawi Hage (House of Anansi Press)
Ojingogo
Matthew Forsythe (Drawn & Quarterly)
Bonechiller
Graham McNamee (Random House)
Thing-Thing
Cary Fagan, illustrated by Nicolas Debon (Tundra Books)
Before Green Gables
Budge Wilson (Penguin Canada)
Skim
Mariko Tamaki; illustrated by Jillian Tamaki (Groundwood Books)
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes
Jennifer McLagan (McClelland & Stewart)
Dark Days: The Story of Four Canadians Tortured in the Name of Fighting Terror
Kerry Pither (Viking Canada)
Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood
Taras Grescoe (HarperCollins Canada)
Payback
Margaret Atwood (House of Anansi Press)