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The 52 Book Club's 2025 Challenge - hosted by the52bookclub

A crossover (set in a shared universe)
Prompts 28 and 29 are connected. Your book choice for 28 will influence prompt 29.

A shared universe is when two or more standalone stories take place in the same world setting with the same continuity. This means that one story has the potential to influence events in another story, or that characters from one standalone novel may bump into characters from another standalone novel. (Note: This is different than books in the same series, although books from separate series may share a universe.)
 
For this prompt, you may pick a book with a character crossover or character cameo (For example: the main character in book one enters a coffee shop and bumps into the main character from the author's previous novel). You might choose a location crossover (For example: the main character in one book visits or references a bar owned by a character in another book), or the book may reference events or information from another book. Books in a shared universe may or may not share characters.

Examples: Star Wars books, Stephen King's The Dark Tower series (It, The Stand, Salem's Lot, etc), Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere Universe (Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, White Sand), The Last Bookshop in London and The Booklover's Library, Taylor Jenkins Reid (The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Daisy Jones and the Six, Malibu Rising, Carrie Soto is Back), Abby Jimenez books, Marvel comics 
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Perdido Street Station by China Miéville

Perdido Street Station

New Crobuzon #1

China Miéville

867 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous challenging dark medium-paced
Faked by Karla Sorensen

Faked

Ward Sisters #2

Karla Sorensen

7 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted fast-paced
At the Corner of King Street by Mary Ellen Taylor

At the Corner of King Street

Alexandria #1

Mary Ellen Taylor

368 pages • 2015

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams

Her Last Flight

Beatriz Williams

385 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical mystery mysterious slow-paced
Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley

Firekeeper's Daughter

Firekeeper's Daughter #1

Angeline Boulley

496 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction contemporary mystery thriller young adult emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
An Isolated Incident by J.D. Kirk

An Isolated Incident

DCI Jack Logan #11

J.D. Kirk

406 pages • digital • 2021

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Girls Who Slay Monsters: Daring Tales of Ireland's Forgotten Goddesses by Ellen Ryan

Girls Who Slay Monsters: Daring Tales of Ireland's Forgotten Goddesses

Ellen Ryan

224 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction childrens fantasy feminism short stories adventurous informative inspiring medium-paced
The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk by Carissa Broadbent

The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

Crowns of Nyaxia #4

Carissa Broadbent

556 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Nga'phandileh Whisperer by Eugen Bacon

The Nga'phandileh Whisperer

Eugen Bacon

160 pages • paperback • 2025 user-added

fiction fantasy
Never Flinch by Stephen King

Never Flinch

Holly Gibney #4

Stephen King

448 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction horror thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced