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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Beautiful Fiend by Lola King

Beautiful Fiend

North Shore Stories #1

Lola King

480 pages • digital • 2023

fiction erotica romance dark emotional tense medium-paced
Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Meet Me at the Lake

Carley Fortune

322 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Christine by Stephen King

Christine

Stephen King

471 pages • hardcover • 1983

fiction horror thriller emotional slow-paced
An Island Princess Starts a Scandal by Adriana Herrera

An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

Las Léonas #2

Adriana Herrera

384 pages • digital • 2023

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance lighthearted medium-paced
Final Hour by Dean Koontz

Final Hour

Ashley Bell #0.5

Dean Koontz

87 pages • 2015

fiction horror short stories thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Earth Legend by Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

The Earth Legend

Hidden Legends: Academy of Magical Creatures #3

Megan Linski, Alicia Rades

19 hours • audio • 2020 user-added

fiction fantasy
Between Kings by W.R. Gingell

Between Kings

The City Between #10

W.R. Gingell

273 pages • digital • 2021

fiction fantasy adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Deadly Wishes by Rachel McLean

Deadly Wishes

Detective Zoe Finch #1

Rachel McLean

406 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction crime thriller dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Crown of Gilded Bones (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The Crown of Gilded Bones (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Blood And Ash (Graphic Audio) #5

Jennifer L. Armentrout

10 hours, 11 minutes • audio • 2025

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional medium-paced
Blood Work by Michael Connelly

Blood Work

Terry McCaleb #1

Michael Connelly

480 pages • paperback • 1998

fiction crime mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced