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.

  1. NO ONE/IDA—Jennifer O’Connell, Insider Dating (#7 = R)
  2. NICER/PETE—Monica McInerney, Spin the Bottle (#3 = I)
  3. THIN/SONNY—Beth Harbison, Shoe Addicts Anonymous (#9 = C)
  4. FREE/NERO—Jennifer Weiner, In Her Shoes (#7 = H)
  5. AGE/BILL—Jane Green, Babyville (#2 = A)
  6. SHOES/REGINA—Sharon Owens, Revenge of the Wedding Planner (#26 = R)
  7. CARNAL/MARIA—Catherine Alliott, A Married Man (#8 = D)
  8. MANLY/LILLI—Gemma Townley, Little White Lies (#15 = S)
  9. AWE/ALMA—Sarah Webb, Always the Bridesmaid(#4 = A)
  10. CLOWN/GINA—Clare Dowling, Going It Alone (#9 = L)
  11. RANT/KITTI—Brenda Janowitz, Jack with a Twist (#9 = A)
  12. AIDE/REED—Katie Fforde, The Rose Revived (#6 = S)
  13. SHINE/THERESA—Sophie Kinsella, The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic (#10 = D)
  14. ARISE/VERNON—Lauren Weisberger, Everyone Worth Knowing (#8 = E)
  15. EGO/SHELLEY—Meggin Cabot, She Went All the Way (#11 = T)
  16. MEAN/AMY RAE—Megan Crane, Names My Sisters Call Me (#4 = E)
  17. LEER/RICK—Leslie Carroll, Reality Check (#8 = C)
  18. MIFF/LENORE—Emily Giffin, Love the One You’re With (#18 = T)
  19. CROWS/TORY—Carole Matthews, With or Without You (#2 = I)
  20. JOG/ALLYSON—Jenny Colgan, Where Have All the Boys Gone? (#8 = V)
  21. HAHA/STAN—Shannon Hale, Austenland (#5 = E)
  22. MEAT/ADA—Melissa Senate, See Jane Date (#4 = J)
  23. RAW/NINA—Laura Caldwell, Burning the Map (#2 = U)
  24. SUPER/NEMO—Suzanne Macpherson, In the Mood (#9 = D)
  25. ZONE/CALLIE—Zoe Barnes, Special Delivery (#15 = Y)