Josip Novakovich’s Followers (63)

Josip Novakovich

Born

Daruvar, Croatia

edit data

Josip Novakovich (Croatian: Novaković) is a Croatian-American writer. His grandparents had immigrated from the Croatia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, to Cleveland, Ohio, and, after the First World War, his grandfather returned to what had become Yugoslavia. Josip Novakovich was born (in 1956) and grew up in the Central Croatian town of Daruvar, studied medicine in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. At the age of 20 he left Yugoslavia, continuing his education at Vassar College (B.A.), Yale University (M.Div.), and the University of Texas, Austin (M.A.).

He has published a novel (April Fool's Day), three short story collections (Yolk, Salvation and Other Disasters, Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust), two collections of nar ...more

Combine Editions
Josip Novakovich’s books

Average rating: 3.8 · 2,322 ratings · 291 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Fiction Writer's Workshop 3.97 avg rating — 923 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	April Fool's Day 3.56 avg rating — 393 ratings — published 2004 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust 3.84 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2005 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writing Fiction Step by Step 3.89 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fiction Writer's Workshop 3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Yolk: Short Stories 3.59 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Stranger Among Us: Stories of Cross Cultural Collision and Connection by Josip Novakovich, Aimee Liu (Goodreads Author), Ana Menéndez 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salvation and Other Disasters 3.94 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1998 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Apricots from Chernobyl 4.23 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tumbleweed 3.54 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Josip Novakovich…

Lori Hettler is the founder and moderator of The Next Best Book Club, one of the most popular groups on Goodreads, and has been a reader and...

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
The Seasonal Read...: Fall Challenge 2010 Completed Tasks (do NOT delete any posts in this thread)	2785	1209	Nov 30, 2010 09:03PM
The Next Best Boo...: Diane -- Frequent Flyer	129	519	Sep 28, 2011 07:02PM
Nothing But Readi...: Log For Keeping Track of Authors From Other Countries	24	490	Dec 11, 2014 05:59PM
Nothing But Readi...: All About You, Part Two!	272	1034	Dec 29, 2016 06:32AM
CanadianContent: w/o October 6 to 12, 2017	68	32	Oct 14, 2017 09:09PM
CanadianContent: Giller Prize 2017	223	56	Dec 17, 2017 08:08AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Josip to Goodreads.