This puzzle begins with a bunch of far-out sounding clues and books with vague images on them. We start by noticing that the number of books is three greater than the number of clues.
The clues describe punny objects that are transformed from normal phrases by applying one of the book covers. For instance, when we replace the PEN in PENICILLIN with PENCIL, as clued by the stationery book, we get PENCILICILLIN.
The first half of the clue describes the original phrase or object, and the second half attempts to describe the new thing. Additionally, we can use the enumerations and the alphabetic sort of the answers to fill in these clues.
| Implication | Original | Clue | Book connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANVIL TIME | HAMMER TIME | A catalog of famous raps in which a blacksmith starts working at 9am and tries to stop people from touching the iron block he works on | Ear (inner ear bones) |
| ASL ART | ASCII ART | An old-school GameFAQs walkthrough that uses fingerspelling and fingerpainting | Colosseum (Roman numerals) |
| CENTRISEPAL FORCE | CENTRIPETAL FORCE | A physics textbook about the rotating mechanics holding modified leaves together to protect the bud | Flower anatomy |
| COMMON AIR | COMMON GROUND | A guide to couple's therapy recommending sharing the gas that we breathe | Shipping methods |
| DAYMARE | NIGHTMARE | A horror story about the author's ride in the sun | Sun and moon |
| DEXTERITY TEETH | WISDOM TEETH | A dentist's guide to improving one's skill to picking pockets in unorthodox ways | D20 die (Dungeons and Dragons skills) |
| DIVORCEDNESDAY | WEDNESDAY | A midweek agenda about the time relationships ended | Wedding rings |
| DUODECHAR | DUODENUM | A gastrointestinal paper about healing two burns at once | ASCII (computing types) |
| FRANCIS LETTUCE | FRANCIS BACON | A philosophy treatise about what happens if the pope is actually a leafy green vegetable | Sandwich (BLT ingredients) |
| GIN AND DOMINANT | GIN AND TONIC | A cocktail recipe for a drink that most people would probably drink with their right hand | Treble (musical scale degree) |
| GOLD BULLET | SILVER BULLET | A folk hunters guide to using some of the world's most expensive ammo | Podium (medals) |
| HUEY LIBRARY | DEWEY LIBRARY | A MIT business book about a colorful study space with stacks | Duck (Huey, Dewey, Louie) |
| KINDRING | KINDRED | A very relatable (almost like family) story about an arena where boxers hugged instead of punching each other | Timeline (tense) |
| LEMONRICK | LIMERICK | A poetry anthology themed around improving sour fruits into a cartoon character | Skittle flavors |
| LUST OF LIONS | PRIDE OF LIONS | An O'Reilly Safari Book whose subtext is an erotic furry fanfic | Devil (seven deadly sins) |
| MACROWAVE | MICROWAVE | A kitchen appliance user manual warning of a triple overhead | Types of economics |
| MERIADOCE FALCON | PEREGRINE FALCON | Audubon's field guide to a fantastical, but happy, bird of prey that doesn't steal rings | Shire (hobbit names) |
| METAMETER | PARAMETER | An experiments notebook that explains how Facebook measures their global reach | Benzene prefixes |
| MILLIOFF | MILLION | A counting book where all the columns are slanted slightly (by a thousandth of a degree) | Light bulb |
| ONE-COFFEE TABLE | ONE-NIGHT STAND | A meet-cute that takes place at a cafe with counters that don't fit two lattes | Ikea (furniture types) |
| PASTERIGHT | COPYRIGHT | A legal document describing the freedom to choose between Elmer's and Krazy | Clipboard operations |
| PENCILICILLIN | PENICILLIN | A medicinal textbook on treating infections with sticks made of graphite, wood and rubber | Stationery |
| POSTATER | ANTEATER | A book about South American mammals that are commonly seen after their meals | Clock (ante/post meridiem) |
| PRINCEPOUND | PRINCETON | A pamphlet for a college that collects stray heirs roaming the streets without a kingdom | Units of weight/mass |
| SALTY CAROLINE | SWEET CAROLINE | Handwritten lyrics about a woman who is irritated by bad times that seemed so bad | Tongue (tastes) |
| SOUTH CAMPUS | EAST CAMPUS | A floorplan of a dorm across the Charles that is famous for their fire alarms | Compass directions |
| STRIKE TIRE | SPARE TIRE | An automobile emergency manual that explains how to cause an automobile emergency | Bowling terms |
| TETRAMENSION | DIMENSION | A paper written by Lebesgue about blankets that details an alternate team of four dudes and their charged particle | Platonic solids (Greek numerical prefixes) |
| TOM HOLLANDEST | TOM HOLLANDER | A movie review that contrasted Spiderman, the King of The King's Man, and a very Dutch Dutchman | Tall people (comparative and superlative suffixes) |
| UNMEMBER | REMEMBER | A note to self documenting the best ways to butcher a chicken into its wings and thighs | Arrows (undo/redo) |
If we take the index into each clue’s answer and sort by book order, we get the clue phrase THE LAND BEFORE TIME II CREDITS SONG, which is “Peaceful Valley”. We also have three leftover books: the lily, the chameleon and the origami. Applying similar transformations as before, we turn PEACE into WATER, a different kind of lily, the colorFUL chameleon into a colorLESS one, and VALLEY fold into MOUNTAIN fold. This gives us the final answer, WATERLESS MOUNTAIN, which is also a book.