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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Everything's Eventual by Stephen King

Everything's Eventual

Stephen King

605 pages • paperback • 2002

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
The Illegal Gardener by Sara Alexi

The Illegal Gardener

The Greek Village #1

Sara Alexi

290 pages • digital • 2012

fiction contemporary romance emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Business or Pleasure by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Business or Pleasure

Rachel Lynn Solomon

10 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction contemporary romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Wendy Project by Melissa Jane Osborne

The Wendy Project

Melissa Jane Osborne

96 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy graphic novel young adult reflective fast-paced
Henry IV, Part 2 by William Shakespeare

Henry IV, Part 2

William Shakespeare

320 pages • 1597

fiction classics historical play challenging dark medium-paced
The Secret Life of Violet Grant by Beatriz Williams

The Secret Life of Violet Grant

Schuyler Sisters #1

Beatriz Williams

14 hours, 38 minutes • audio • 2014

fiction historical mystery romance adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Atmosphere

Taylor Jenkins Reid

332 pages • hardcover • 2025 user-added

fiction lgbtqia+ literary adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole

A Hunger Like No Other

Immortals After Dark #2

Kresley Cole

384 pages • digital • 2006

fiction fantasy romance adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Seven Seas Edition) #1

Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

519 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand

The Hotel Nantucket

Elin Hilderbrand

12 hours, 26 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction contemporary literary magical realism romance emotional lighthearted slow-paced