As the annual judging draws to a close, a small set of grand prize award finalists is announced for the Eric Hoffer Award for Books. This small list or "short list" of finalists is an honored distinction of its own and is announced publicly during the spring of each award year prior to the category winners. Below are the current and previous short-listed entires in alphabetical order by book:
2010
* A Journey Through Literary America, Thomas Hummel & Tamra Dempsey, Val De Grâce Books
* A Tale of a Business Failure, John D. Davis, Danbury Publishing
* A Temporary Sort of Peace, JIm McGarrah, Indiana Historical Society
* Beyond UFOs, Jeffrey Bennett, Princeton University Press
* Black Tupelo Country, Doug Ramspeck, BkMk Press
* Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden, Kathy M. Miller, Celtic Sunrise
* Cold Case in Ellyson, Susan Anderson, Createspace
* Encounters, Nancy Keeney Forster, Windshadow Press
* Finding Out, Deborah Meem, Michelle Gibson, Jonathan Alexander, Sage
* Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Richard Mack, Quiet Light Publishing
* Herbal Cookery, The St. Louis Society, Favorite Recipies Press
* Mother California, Kenneth E. Hartman, Atlas & Co.
* Necessary Turns, Liz Abrams-Morley, Word Press
* Running on Dreams, Herb Heiman, Autism Asperger Publishing
* Short White Coat, James A. Feinstein, iUniverse
* The American Scene on Paper, various, Georgia Museum of Art
* The Art of Hojo Undo, Michael Clarke, YMAA Publication Center
* The Happy Body, Aniela & Jerzy Gregorek, Jurania Press
* The New Akashic Records, Cheryl Trine, Essential Knowing Press
* The New Holy Wars , Robert H. Nelson, Penn State Press
* The New Path, Swami Kriyanada, Crystal Clarity Publishers
* The Prostitutes of Post Office Street, Frank F Carden, Sol Books
* Voices of the American West, Corinne Platt & Meredith Ogil, Fulcrum Publishing
2009
* All the Saints of the City of the Angels, J. Michael Walker, Heyday Books
* Blues and Bliss: The Poetry of George Elliot Clarke, Jon Paul Fiorentino (editor), Wilfrid Laurier Press
* Butt Ugly, Lynn Montgomery, Zuzu Petals
* Eclipsed by Shadow, John Royce , Micron Press
* Gattorno: A Cuban Painter for the World, Sean M. Poole, Arte al Dia
* Great Peacemakers, Ken Beller & Heather Chase, LTS Press
* Kafka Comes to America, Steven T. Wax, Other Press
* Maggots in my Sweet Potatoes: Women Doing Time, Susan Madden Lankford, Humane Exposures Publishing
* Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World?, Mary J. Lore, Ferne Press
* Pursuit of Light: An Extraordinary Journey, Sandy Brewer, Peach Tree House
* Sic, Brin Friesen, and/or
* Strong Winds Change Lives, Eureka F. Collins, Xullon Press
* Tai Chi Dynamics, Robert Chuckrow, Ph.D, YMAA Publication Center, Inc.
* The Aristotle Quest, Sharon Raye, Parmenides Publishing
* The Demise of Luleta Jones, Mark Allen Boone, Blacksmith Books
* The New Nuns, Amy L. Koehlinger, Harvard University Press
* The President's House, William Seale, White House Historical Association
* Tropical & Garden Flower Identification: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, Central America, Graeme Teague, 18 Rabbit Press
* Whistleblower, Richard Hicks, Xlibris
2008
* A Life Unburdened, Richard Morris, New Trends Publishing
* Clown Girl, Monica Drake, Hawthorne Books
* Crossing the Sands, Ariane Audouin-Dubreuil, Dalton Watson Fine Books
* Discipline, Paco Ahlgren, Greenleaf Book Group
* Dismal Rock, Davis McCombs, Tupelo Press
* How Big Is Your God, Paul Coutinho, S.J., Loyola Press
* In New Mexico Light, Douglas Kent Hall, Museum of New Mexico Press
* Lasting Contribution, Tad Waddington, Agate B2 Books
* One Man's War, Dan A. Baker & Tommy LaMore, Taylor Trade Publishing
* Priscilla McDoodleNut DoodleMcMae Asks Why?, Janet Mary Sinke, My Grandma and Me Publishers
* Reflections in a Critical Eye, Jan Whitt, University Press of America
* Scribal Culture and the Making of the Hebrew Bible, Karel van der Toorn Harvard University Press
* The Roman Triumph, Mary Beard, Belknap Press
* Thinking Organized for Parents and Children, Rhona M. Gordon, Thinking Organized Press
* Thought to Exist in the Wild, Derrick Jensen, Photographs by Karen Tweedy-Holms, No Voice Unheard
2007
* A Woman at War: Marlene Dietrich Remembered, J. David Riva, Wayne State University Press
* Diabetes: Sugar-Coated Crisis, David Spero, New Society Publishers
* Greene's Summer, Thomas E. Kennedy, Wynkin De Worde
* The Lewis & Clark Trail American Landscapes, Richard Mack, Quiet Light Publishing
* Under Kilimanjaro, Ernest Hemingway, The Kent State University Press
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