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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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Rachel's Holiday by Marian Keyes

Rachel's Holiday

Walsh Family #2

Marian Keyes

592 pages • paperback • 1997

fiction contemporary romance reflective slow-paced
The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb

London Highwaymen #1

Cat Sebastian

9 hours, 12 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear

Wayward Children #10

Seanan McGuire

146 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Beach Cabin by Fern Britton

The Beach Cabin

Fern Britton

86 pages • paperback • 2015

emotional lighthearted medium-paced
One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince by Kate Stewart

One Last Rainy Day: The Legacy of a Prince

Ravenhood Legacy #1

Kate Stewart

402 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional sad medium-paced
This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune

This Summer Will Be Different

Carley Fortune

348 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout

The Burgess Boys

Elizabeth Strout

320 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Squire by Tamora Pierce

Squire

Protector of the Small #3

Tamora Pierce

409 pages • paperback • 2001

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous medium-paced
Asunder by David Gaider

Asunder

Dragon Age #3

David Gaider

14 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
Not in Love by Ali Hazelwood

Not in Love

Ali Hazelwood

379 pages • digital • 2024

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced