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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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

535 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Waybound by Will Wight

Waybound

Cradle #12

Will Wight

16 hours, 13 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction fantasy science fiction emotional reflective medium-paced
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters

Percy Jackson and the Olympians #2

Rick Riordan

279 pages • hardcover • 2006

fiction fantasy middle grade adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

Hercule Poirot #1

Agatha Christie

190 pages • paperback • 1920

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Tuesday Night Survivors' Club by Lynn Cahoon

The Tuesday Night Survivors' Club

Survivors' Book Club Mystery #1

Lynn Cahoon

7 hours • audio • 2022

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
Psycho Shifters by Jasmine Mas

Psycho Shifters

Cruel Shifterverse #1

Jasmine Mas

8 hours, 58 minutes • audio • 2022

fiction fantasy romance adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
Isles of the Emberdark by Brandon Sanderson

Isles of the Emberdark

Secret Projects #5

Brandon Sanderson

465 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy science fiction adventurous medium-paced
The Baby Dragon Café by A.T. Qureshi

The Baby Dragon Café

The Baby Dragon #1

A.T. Qureshi

312 pages • paperback • 2025

fiction contemporary fantasy romance lighthearted medium-paced
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale #1

Margaret Atwood

12 hours, 6 minutes • audio • 1985

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
A Haunting in Venice Movie Tie-in: A Hercule Poirot Mystery by Agatha Christie

A Haunting in Venice Movie Tie-in: A Hercule Poirot Mystery

Hercule Poirot #36

Agatha Christie

288 pages • paperback • 1969

fiction classics crime mystery mysterious medium-paced