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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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Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor

Before Dorothy

Hazel Gaynor

352 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction historical medium-paced
The Office Bet by Eden Finley

The Office Bet

King Sports #2

Eden Finley

326 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves

The Raven Cycle #2

Maggie Stiefvater

439 pages • hardcover • 2013

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced
Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Cinder

The Lunar Chronicles #1

Marissa Meyer

390 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction dystopian romance science fiction young adult adventurous medium-paced
Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

Ship of Magic

Liveship Traders #1

Robin Hobb

896 pages • digital • 1998

fiction fantasy adventurous emotional slow-paced
28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand

28 Summers

28 Summers #1

Elin Hilderbrand

15 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 2020

fiction romance emotional medium-paced
Chimaera by Ian Irvine

Chimaera

The Well of Echoes #4

Ian Irvine

826 pages • paperback • 2004

fiction fantasy adventurous medium-paced
The Lost Sisters by Holly Black

The Lost Sisters

The Folk of the Air #1.5

Holly Black

50 pages • digital • 2018

fiction fantasy short stories young adult emotional reflective fast-paced
La regina del nulla by Holly Black

La regina del nulla

The Folk of the Air #3

Holly Black

261 pages • hardcover • 2019

fiction fantasy young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Kill Shot by Vince Flynn

Kill Shot

Mitch Rapp Novel #2

Vince Flynn

385 pages • hardcover • 2012

fiction thriller adventurous fast-paced