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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Manacled by SenLinYu

Manacled

Manacled #1-3

SenLinYu

1983 pages • digital • 2018 not a book user-added

fiction dystopian fantasy romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
Reclaimed by Seth Haddon

Reclaimed

The World of Reforged #3

Seth Haddon

396 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
De boekendief by Markus Zusak

De boekendief

Markus Zusak

558 pages • paperback • 2005

fiction historical young adult dark emotional sad medium-paced
A Year of Marvellous Ways by Sarah Winman

A Year of Marvellous Ways

Sarah Winman

8 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2015

fiction historical magical realism emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells

Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy

The Murderbot Diaries #7.5

Martha Wells

32 pages • digital • 2025

fiction science fiction short stories adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Call Down the Hawk by Maggie Stiefvater

Call Down the Hawk

Dreamer Trilogy #1

Maggie Stiefvater

480 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
The Courtship of Princess Leia by Dave Wolverton

The Courtship of Princess Leia

Star Wars - Legends

Dave Wolverton

374 pages • paperback • 1994

fiction fantasy romance science fiction adventurous fast-paced
Miles Morales: Shock Waves by Justin A. Reynolds

Miles Morales: Shock Waves

Miles Morales Graphic Novels #1

Justin A. Reynolds

128 pages • paperback • 2021

fiction fantasy graphic novel middle grade adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers

Whose Body?

Lord Peter Wimsey #1

Dorothy L. Sayers

212 pages • paperback • 1923

fiction classics crime mystery adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson

Words of Radiance

The Stormlight Archive #2

Brandon Sanderson

1087 pages • digital • 2014

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced