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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 
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The Slayer by Kele Moon

The Slayer

Untamed Hearts #2

Kele Moon

536 pages • paperback • 2015

fiction contemporary romance adventurous emotional funny medium-paced
The Wolf and the Wildflower by Ella Fields

The Wolf and the Wildflower

Fated Fae #2

Ella Fields

377 pages • digital • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Highest Bidder by Sara Cate

Highest Bidder

Salacious Player’s Club #5

Sara Cate

336 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary erotica romance emotional fast-paced
Gokinjo - Une vie de quartier, Volume 1 by Ai Yazawa

Gokinjo - Une vie de quartier, Volume 1

ご近所物語 / Gokinjō Monogatari #1

Ai Yazawa

198 pages • paperback • 1995

fiction manga romance challenging emotional sad medium-paced
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen by Kate Evans

Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen

Kate Evans

208 pages • digital • 2025 user-added

fiction graphic novel
Bellevue by Robin Cook

Bellevue

Robin Cook

352 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction thriller dark mysterious medium-paced
True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson by Kostya Kennedy

True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson

Kostya Kennedy

9 hours • audio • 2022 user-added

nonfiction biography sports informative slow-paced
Angels & Demons by Dan Brown

Angels & Demons

Robert Langdon #1

Dan Brown

619 pages • paperback • 2000

fiction mystery thriller mysterious tense fast-paced
The Singer's Gun by Emily St. John Mandel

The Singer's Gun

Emily St. John Mandel

287 pages • hardcover • 2009

fiction contemporary literary mystery mysterious reflective medium-paced
Xena: Warrior Princess: 1st Appearance Collection by Roy Thomas

Xena: Warrior Princess: 1st Appearance Collection

Roy Thomas

80 pages • paperback • 1997 user-added

fiction comics fantasy