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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Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

Twenty Years Later

Charlie Donlea

432 pages • digital • 2021

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Death is Our Business by John Lechner

Death is Our Business

John Lechner

9 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2025 user-added

nonfiction history politics medium-paced
Turma da Mônica: Laços by Lu Cafaggi, Vitor Cafaggi

Turma da Mônica: Laços

Graphic MSP: Turma da Mônica #1

Lu Cafaggi, Vitor Cafaggi

80 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction graphic novel adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Wings of Glory by Claire Powell, Dermot O'Leary

Wings of Glory

Claire Powell, Dermot O'Leary

224 pages • paperback

fiction childrens historical adventurous emotional lighthearted medium-paced
Problematic Summer Romance by Ali Hazelwood

Problematic Summer Romance

Not in Love #2

Ali Hazelwood

11 hours, 34 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Bag of Bones by Stephen King

Bag of Bones

Stephen King

529 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction horror thriller dark emotional tense slow-paced
Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman

Funny You Should Ask

Elissa Sussman

342 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead

Last Sacrifice

Vampire Academy #6

Richelle Mead

608 pages • digital • 2010

fiction fantasy romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Dead Zone by Stephen King

The Dead Zone

Stephen King

16 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 1979

fiction horror thriller dark tense slow-paced
Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women by Rey Terciero

Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Little Women

Rey Terciero

256 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction graphic novel lgbtqia+ emotional reflective fast-paced