Among the 39 novels that made it into the wider selection for the 72nd NIN Award are the novels of two authors from Montenegro - "Gods Die a Foolish Death" by Srdan Kosović and "Conversations with a Witch" by Vladimir Vujović.
A total of 195 titles were submitted for the competition for the 72nd NIN Award for Novel of the Year.
The weekly NIN reports on its website that the jury consisting of Aleksandar Jerkov (president), Adrijana Marčetić, Jelena Mladenović, Vladimir Gvozden and Mladen Vesković selected it from a wider selection of 39 novels.
The shortlist will be published in issue 3.915, which will be published on January 6, 2026.
Arranged in the order in which they arrived at the editorial office, the novels in the wider selection are:
1. “Dawn, Lord!”, Milisav Savić, “Dereta”
2. “Another Direction”, Ivan Despotović, Association of Independent Writers of Serbia, Belgrade
3. “Lusi”, Bojan Savić Ostojić, “Laguna”
4. “Bekos”, Enes Halilović, “Laguna”
5. “Carrot”, Darko Tuševljaković, “Laguna”
6. “Alone”, Bora Ćosić, “Lom” doo
7. “Mole”, Vladimir Kopicl, “Lom” doo
8. “Ballad about a murderer and a murderer and a murderer”, Dalibor Pejić, “Geopoetics”
9. “Hamlet in Pavilion No. 6”, Goran Marković, “Laguna”
10. “Cape”, Saša Ilić, “Academic Book”, Novi Sad
11. “Sebald's Fever”, Predrag Đurić, “Raštan Publishing House”
12. “Summer House”, Marko Todorović, “Association for Heritage Preservation/Dijak”, Priboj
13. “Frau Beta”, Laura Barna, “HERAedu”
14. “What is it about?”, Uroš Đurković, Matica srpska, Novi Sad
15. “The end of summer”, Dubravka Rebić, “Prometheus”
16. “Immortal Follies of Mrs. Kubat”, Milan Tripković, “Academic Book”, Novi Sad
17. “Father”, Bojan Ljubenović, “Laguna”
18. “Like”, Srdjan Dragojević, “Laguna”
19. “The Secret Novel of Goran Grolović”, Dejan Atanacković, IP “Raging Mare”
20. “Ethno”, Igor Marojević, “Knjiga komerc”
21. “Talon”, Krsta Popovski, Literary Workshop “Rašić”
22. “Conversations with the Witch”, Vladimir Vujović, “Sumatra”
23. “Knock, the bell doesn't ring”, Ratko Dmitrović, Archives of Vojvodina
24. “The Truth About Mary”, Nina Savčić, “Archipelago”
25. “Dorćol Requiem”, Dejan Stojiljković, “Laguna”
26. “A novel about agony and serenity”, Srđan Valjarević, “Laguna”
27. “Humane Resettlement”, Vida Crnčević Basara, “Laguna”
28. “Greetings to my dad”, Aleksandar Petrović, “Raštan Publishing”
29. “Glorijan”, Branko Ćurčić, “Kontrast Publishing”
30. “San Antonio”, Muharem Bazdulj, “Kosmos”
31. “Granddaughter from Prague”, Jelica Zupanc, “Čigoja štampa”
32. “Gods die stupid deaths”, Srdan Kosović, “Kosmos”
33. “St. Bartholomew's Abbey”, Miloš Perišić, “No rules publishing”
34. “Inertia”, Vladan Jovanović, “Futura”, Novi Sad
35. “Gistav Rusi”, Aleksandar Jugović, “Vulcan”
36. “A Cure for Melancholy”, Slađana Nina Perković, “Imprimatur” doo
37. “With the sun in my eyes”, Olivera Doklestić, “World of Books”, Belgrade
38. “Flight Map”, Vladan Matić, “Agora”
39. “Royal Pavilion”, Vladimir Vučković, “Prometheus”, Novi Sad
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