Hello,
Look like that jmek shortcode example works for me.
My working shortcode:
[catlist name=books numberposts=2 content=no thumbnail=no class=latest orderby=date order=desc]
In my opinion I had an extra space in my shortcode or I had a hidden wierd character on the page. In am using wysiwyg editor and I have copied the original page content from MS Word, then I deleted the original page content and I put the List Category Post shortcode which was not working correctly. So I think from this a had the problem.
Georgiana