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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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
Summer of '69 by Elin Hilderbrand

Summer of '69

Elin Hilderbrand

432 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction historical emotional 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
Rule of Wolves by Leigh Bardugo

Rule of Wolves

King of Scars #2

Leigh Bardugo

17 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 2021

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas

Empire of Storms

Throne of Glass #5

Sarah J. Maas

25 hours, 18 minutes • audio • 2016

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
Asunder by David Gaider

Asunder

Dragon Age #3

David Gaider

14 hours, 36 minutes • audio • 2011

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult

By Any Other Name

Jodi Picoult

525 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction historical emotional informative reflective 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
Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier

Little Secrets

Jennifer Hillier

342 pages • digital • 2020

fiction crime thriller dark emotional tense fast-paced