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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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Phantasma by Kaylie Smith

Phantasma

Wicked Games #1

Kaylie Smith

497 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy horror romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Caged Bird by Elle Thorpe

Caged Bird

Saint View Strip #4

Elle Thorpe

337 pages • digital • 2025

fiction romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis

American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

Joseph J. Ellis

464 pages • paperback • 1997

nonfiction biography history informative reflective slow-paced
The Risk by S.T. Abby

The Risk

Mindf*ck #1

S.T. Abby

132 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary crime romance thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Water Keeper by Charles Martin

The Water Keeper

A Murphy Shepherd Novel #1

Charles Martin

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction contemporary adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Girl Meets Grump by Hailey Gardiner

Girl Meets Grump

Kitt's Harbor #1

Hailey Gardiner

325 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance funny lighthearted medium-paced
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare

Chain of Gold

The Last Hours #1

Cassandra Clare

21 hours, 22 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction fantasy historical young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut

287 pages • paperback • 1963

fiction classics science fiction dark funny reflective fast-paced
Bewitched by Laura Thalassa

Bewitched

Bewitched #1

Laura Thalassa

466 pages • digital • 2023 user-added

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
I Remember Lights by Ben Ladouceur

I Remember Lights

Ben Ladouceur

268 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction historical lgbtqia+ medium-paced