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 Inheritance by Ilona Andrews

The Inheritance

Breach Wars #1

Ilona Andrews

280 pages • digital • 2025

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

The Family Upstairs

The Family Upstairs #1

Lisa Jewell

340 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre by Sam Maggs

Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre

Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins

Sam Maggs

56 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction comics fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Doctor Who: Dead of Winter by James Goss

Doctor Who: Dead of Winter

Doctor Who: New Series Adventures #44

James Goss

255 pages • hardcover • 2011

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Horse

Geraldine Brooks

416 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction historical literary emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Breaking Hailey by I.A. Dice

Breaking Hailey

Shadows of Obsession #1

I.A. Dice

12 hours, 55 minutes • audio • 2024 user-added

fiction contemporary romance dark emotional tense fast-paced
The Graham Effect by Elle Kennedy

The Graham Effect

Campus Diaries #1

Elle Kennedy

498 pages • digital • 2023

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Elantris (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Brandon Sanderson

Elantris (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Elantris GraphicAudio #2

Brandon Sanderson

6 hours, 27 minutes • audio • 2009

fiction fantasy adventurous challenging mysterious slow-paced
Elantris (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation] by Brandon Sanderson

Elantris (3 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]

Elantris GraphicAudio #3

Brandon Sanderson

5 hours, 56 minutes • audio • 2006

fiction fantasy adventurous mysterious medium-paced
Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop

Murder of Crows

The Others #2

Anne Bishop

354 pages • digital • 2014

fiction fantasy adventurous slow-paced