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19* Creator/KevinJAnderson's ''Literature/WarOfTheWorldsGlobalDispatches'' is an {{anthology}} that crosses over Creator/HGWells's ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' with eighteen historical and fictional heroes, such as the characters from ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' and ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.
20* Creator/CliveBarker's ''Literature/TheScarletGospels'' pits his OccultDetective, Harry D'Amour (from ''[[Film/LordOfIllusions The Last Illusion]]'') against Pinhead (from ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'').
21* Creator/CarrieBebris's ''Literature/MrAndMrsDarcyMysteries'': Elizabeth and Darcy travel around and solve crimes, meeting characters from Austen's other novels as they go.
22* Creator/AllyCarter's novella "Literature/DoubleCross" crosses over her ''Literature/TheGallagherGirls'' and ''Literature/HeistSociety'' series.
23* Creator/MichaelConnelly's ''Literature/TheReversal'' crosses over Literature/MickeyHaller and Literature/HarryBosch in the only book where they equally share the spotlight. Mickey has been asked to be a special prosecutor for a case- which he accepts on the condition that his half brother Bosch is allowed to be his investigator, and Mickey's ex-wife is allowed to be his co-council.
24* Creator/JimDavis's ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'s Christmas Tales'' contains a story in which Garfield, during a Christmas trip to the Arbuckle family farm, pays a visit to the titular farm of ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' (which happens to be right next door to the Arbuckle farm) and helps Orson, Wade, and Roy win a snowball fight against Orson's brothers.
25* ''Franchise/DoctorWho'':
26** The ''Series/DoctorWho'' novel, ''Literature/TheIndestructibleMan'', features the Second Doctor and his companions, Victoria Waterfield and Jamie [=McCrimmon=], in the mid-21st Century interacting with the characters from Creator/GerryAnderson's "Supermarionation" TV series of the 1960s; ''{{Series/Stingray}}'', ''{{Series/Thunderbirds}}'', and ''Series/CaptainScarlet'', which were all on ITV at the same time that ''Doctor Who'' was on the BBC.
27** The ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoNewAdventuresAllConsumingFire All-Consuming Fire]]'' has the Doctor meeting the eponymous ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes''.
28* Creator/WinScottEckert's ''[[Literature/CrossoversASecretChronologyOfTheWorld Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World]]'' documents a vast number of crossover stories that can all be demonstrated as fitting into the same world in this two-volume timeline.
29* Creator/NeilGaiman's Hugo-winning 2003 story ''Literature/AStudyInEmerald'' places Franchise/SherlockHolmes in the world of Creator/HPLovecraft.
30* Creator/HarryHarrison's "Literature/TheFourthLawOfRobotics": This story combines characters from Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/IRobot'' and Harrison's ''Literature/TheStainlessSteelRat'', and is set on Earth, where the majority of the Literature/RobotSeries takes place.
31* Creator/HowardHopkins's ''[[Literature/SherlockHolmesTheCrossoverCasebook Sherlock Holmes: The Crossover Casebook]]'': An {{anthology}} of crossovers, where Sherlock meets characters from fourteen other franchises, such as ''Literature/ArseneLupin'', ''Literature/LawrenceOfArabia'', and ''Literature/CalamityJane''.
32* Creator/RobertEHoward's "Literature/KingsOfTheNight": Advertised as a ''Literature/BranMakMorn'' story, it also features ''{{Literature/Kull}}'''s Kull of Atlantis. He and Bran team up against the Roman Legions invading Britain.
33* Creator/CarolynKeene's ''Literature/SuperMystery'': Inspired by the success of ''Series/TheHardyBoysNancyDrewMysteries'', several ''Literature/NancyDrew''/''Literature/TheHardyBoys'' books paired the titular characters and ramped up considerable UnresolvedSexualTension between Frank and Nancy.
34* Creator/RickRiordan:
35** Two minor ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' characters, Drew and Lacy, appeared in ''[[Literature/TheKaneChronicles the Serpent's Shadow]]'', after two books worth of hinting that the two series took place in the same universe.
36** As of the short story "Literature/TheSonOfSobek", Percy and Carter have met one another. Carter even left a hieroglyph on Percy's hand that could summon him [[SequelHook should the need arise]].
37* Creator/LinHaireSargeant: The 1995 novel ''[[Literature/HTheStoryOfHeathcliffsJourneyBackToWutheringHeights H: The Story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights]]'' crosses over the two Bronte sister classics ''Literature/JaneEyre'' and ''Literature/WutheringHeights''.
38* ''Literature/StarTrekFederation'' {{justifie|dTrope}}s its crossover between ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' and ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' by means of a NegativeSpaceWedgie.
39* ''Literature/ProjectA75'' is a crossover between all the stories that the author has written for the Literature/{{Looperverse}}, with the exception of ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfASword''.
40* ''Literature/StickDog'': The book "Stick Dog Crashes A Party" has Stick Dog and his friends sneak into the wedding of ''Literature/StickCat'''s family so they can get as much food from the wedding reception as possible.
41** ''Literature/StickCat'': The book "Two Cats To The Rescue" has Stick Cat and the family moving back to Goose's old neighbourhood. It's the neighbourhood that Stick Dog and his friends live in, so they all meet. Stick Dog & Co. help Stick Cat and Edith get Baby Millie home.
42* ''Literature/MaxAndTheMidknightsTheTowerOfTime'': While looking through doors in the tower of time, Mary, Max, and Kevyn peer through one and see a classroom in which [[Literature/BigNate Nate]] is being chewed out by his teacher.
43* Creator/MercedesLackey and Elisabeth Waters wrote a short story called ''A Dragon In Distress'', in which [[Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar Tarma and Kethry]] are compelled by Need to go through a portal into Waters' own fantasy setting, where they help a distressed female dragon whose adopted princess was kidnapped by a prince.

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