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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 
All books added
Emma by Alexander McCall Smith

Emma

The Austen Project #3

Alexander McCall Smith

368 pages • hardcover • 2014

fiction contemporary romance lighthearted slow-paced
Big Shot by Mindy Kaling

Big Shot

Nothing Like I Imagined #6

Mindy Kaling

36 minutes • audio • 2020

nonfiction essays funny lighthearted fast-paced
Help Is on the Way by Mindy Kaling

Help Is on the Way

Nothing Like I Imagined #3

Mindy Kaling

17 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction essays emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton

When We Left Cuba

The Cuba Saga #2

Chanel Cleeton

11 hours, 7 minutes • audio • 2019

fiction historical romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Shadows in Time by Julie McElwain

Shadows in Time

Kendra Donovan #5

Julie McElwain

372 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction historical mystery lighthearted mysterious slow-paced
La Faucheuse d'âmes by Patricia Briggs

La Faucheuse d'âmes

Mercy Thompson #13

Patricia Briggs

358 pages • paperback • 2022 user-added

fiction fantasy adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced
Sweet Nothings by Macy Blake

Sweet Nothings

The Chosen One #0.5

Macy Blake

218 pages • digital • 2018

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance emotional fast-paced
The Men with the Golden Cuffs by Lexi Blake

The Men with the Golden Cuffs

Masters & Mercenaries #2

Lexi Blake

340 pages • paperback • 2012

fiction romance emotional tense fast-paced
Le cosmicomiche by William Weaver, Italo Calvino

Le cosmicomiche

William Weaver, Italo Calvino

204 pages • paperback • 1965

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous reflective medium-paced
Summer by Ali Smith

Summer

Seasonal Quartet #4

Ali Smith

379 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction contemporary literary challenging reflective medium-paced