Cover Girls
by Amanda O'Connor
Answer: DROOD
Each chicklit book's title and author have had letters deleted to make a new author and title—though in a shocking twist, the original author produces the new title, and the original title produces the new author. Identifying the books allows indexing into the full title by the best-seller number, for the phrase RICHARD SALA'S DETECTIVE JUDY. Author Richard Sala's girl detective is Judy DROOD.
- NO ONE/IDA—Jennifer O’Connell, Insider Dating (#7 = R)
- NICER/PETE—Monica McInerney, Spin the Bottle (#3 = I)
- THIN/SONNY—Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous (#9 = C)
- FREE/NERO—Jennifer Weiner, In Her Shoes (#7 = H)
- AGE/BILL—Jane Green, Babyville (#2 = A)
- SHOES/REGINA—Sharon Owens, Revenge of the Wedding Planner (#26 = R)
- CARNAL/MARIA—Catherine Alliott, A Married Man (#8 = D)
- MANLY/LILLI—Gemma Townley, Little White Lies (#15 = S)
- AWE/ALMA—Sarah Webb, Always the Bridesmaid(#4 = A)
- CLOWN/GINA—Clare Dowling, Going It Alone (#9 = L)
- RANT/KITTI—Brenda Janowitz, Jack with a Twist (#9 = A)
- AIDE/REED—Katie Fforde, The Rose Revived (#6 = S)
- SHINE/THERESA—Sophie Kinsella, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (#10 = D)
- ARISE/VERNON—Lauren Weisberger, Everyone Worth Knowing (#8 = E)
- EGO/SHELLEY—Meggin Cabot, She Went All the Way (#11 = T)
- MEAN/AMY RAE—Megan Crane, Names My Sisters Call Me (#4 = E)
- LEER/RICK—Leslie Carroll, Reality Check (#8 = C)
- MIFF/LENORE—Emily Giffin, Love the One You’re With (#18 = T)
- CROWS/TORY—Carole Matthews, With or Without You (#2 = I)
- JOG/ALLYSON—Jenny Colgan, Where Have All the Boys Gone? (#8 = V)
- HAHA/STAN—Shannon Hale, Austenland (#5 = E)
- MEAT/ADA—Melissa Senate, See Jane Date (#4 = J)
- RAW/NINA—Laura Caldwell, Burning the Map (#2 = U)
- SUPER/NEMO—Suzanne Macpherson, In the Mood (#9 = D)
- ZONE/CALLIE—Zoe Barnes, Special Delivery (#15 = Y)