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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Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Finlay Donovan #4

Elle Cosimano

9 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2024

fiction mystery funny mysterious medium-paced
Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

Finlay Donovan #3

Elle Cosimano

8 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction mystery adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

Gilead

Gilead #1

Marilynne Robinson

247 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction historical literary emotional reflective slow-paced
Wild Magic by Tamora Pierce

Wild Magic

The Immortals #1

Tamora Pierce

362 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous fast-paced
Husbands & Lovers by Beatriz Williams

Husbands & Lovers

Beatriz Williams

384 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical romance emotional medium-paced
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab

545 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction historical literary magical realism adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager by D.N. Bryn

How to Bite Your Neighbor & Win a Wager

Guides For Dating Vampires #1

D.N. Bryn

8 hours, 32 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny medium-paced
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny

The Cruelest Month

Chief Inspector Gamache #3

Louise Penny

311 pages • hardcover • 2007

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
Knave of Diamonds by Laurie R. King

Knave of Diamonds

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #19

Laurie R. King

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction thriller adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Rewind It Back by Liz Tomforde

Rewind It Back

Windy City #5

Liz Tomforde

471 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny hopeful medium-paced