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Johanna’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Johanna’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Johanna van Veen’s Followers (1,536)
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Johanna van Veen
Goodreads Author
Born
in Netherlands
Genre
Member Since
May 2024
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My Darling Dreadful Thing
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published
2024
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18 editions
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Blood on Her Tongue
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2025
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2 editions
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Bone of My Bone
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expected publication
2026
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5 editions
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The Witch of Hagstone Hill (The Triplets Grim, #1)
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2025
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8 editions
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The Literary Remains of Cornelia Feyen
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expected publication
2027
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Johanna Van Veen Novel 2 Books Collection Set
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Siren's Snare (The Triplets Grim, #2)
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2026
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3 editions
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Johanna’s Recent Updates
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I blurbed this one! “Compelling, sexy. and overall just heaps of fun, Monstera is the perfect book for those who've always felt that cottagecore would be more enjoyable if it included gore and female rage. After reading this novella, I will certainly ...more |
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I blurbed this book! "Meticulously researched, tightly plotted, and beautifully written: Gentle Things starts as the gentlest of possessions but will soon haunt you incessantly. I, for one, couldn't get enough, and will gladly allow this rare novel to ...more |
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I write all my novels in English. I don't translate them - even though Dutch is my mother tongue, translation is an art that I believe is best left to the professionals - but I am involved in the process; I read the translation carefully and am allow
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I blurbed this one! "It's not often I find a novel where I know from the first page that it'll climb in my heart and head and won't ever leave, but Your Beloved Remains is one of them. Dark, transgressive, and beautifully written; a rare and perfect n ...more |
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I blurbed this one! "Clever, compelling, and creepy: In These Gilded, Ghostly Hearts is the sapphic sequel to The Great Gatsby we have all been waiting for as fervently as Gatsby waited for Daisy." ...more |
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I blurbed this one! "Just as each person can hold multitudes, Home Sick manages to be both creepy and comforting, dark and delightful, sweet and strange. It is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of the best horror books you can pick up in 2026 and beyond. ...more |
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Ik heb hier een blurb voor geschreven! "Groots en meeslepend, In het diepe duister is een huiveringwekkend en toch hoopvol verhaal; Hendriks heeft hiermee een waar pareltje afgeleverd en zichzelf bewezen als één van de beste en meest interessante horr ...more |
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I blurbed this one! "Fast-paced, suspenseful, and plenty gory, What Feeds Below is a richly-imagined fantasy horror novel that you'll want to devour in one sitting rather than feed on for days, but be careful: it'll linger long after you've gobbled up ...more |
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“It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“I can't help wanting to live. Like other creatures, I am hell-bent on surviving.”
― Blood on Her Tongue
― Blood on Her Tongue
Polls
3rd Quarter 2025 - Horror #1
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab (560 pp)
The Possession of Alba Díaz by Isabel Cañas (384 pp)
Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen (361 pp)
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling (352 pp)
Strange Pictures by Uketsu (236 pp)
A Child Alone With Strangers by Philip Fracassi (575 pp)
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Shine & Shadow:
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“I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not drawn to the happy and carefree; they want salt, be it blood or be it tears.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
“It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a person.”
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
― My Darling Dreadful Thing
