100 Best Puzzle Books of All Time (Updated for 2026)

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Ready Player One

Ernest Cline

5.0

The bestselling cult classic--soon to be a major motion picture directed by Steven Spielberg.

At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut--part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space opera set in a universe where spell-slinging mages battle giant Japanese robots, entire planets are in

Recommended by Steve Jurvetson, Brian Armstrong, Astro Teller, and 5 others.

Steve Jurvetson

A gift to all of my Apple II programming buddies from high school and Dungeons & Dragons comrades. [source]

Astro Teller

So much fun. [source]

Brian Burkhart

The last novel I read was Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One: A Novel,” because my buddy Mike Maddock said, “You gotta read this book!” And I tore it up. I read the whole book in less than two days. It’s something I wish everyone, including myself, did more of. [source]

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Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library (Mr. Lemoncello's Library #1)

Chris Grabenstein

4.7

A New York Times Bestseller

Kyle Keeley is the class clown, popular with most kids, (if not the teachers), and an ardent fan of all games: board games, word games, and particularly video games. His hero, Luigi Lemoncello, the most notorious and creative gamemaker in the world, just so happens to be the genius behind the building of the new town library.

Lucky Kyle wins a coveted spot to be one of th

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The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #1)

Trenton Lee Stewart

4.6

ARE YOU A GIFTED CHILD Looking for special opportunities?
When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear listener, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourcefu

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399 Games, Puzzles Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

Nancy Linde

4.5

Based on the science that shows that people middle-aged or older who solve word games and brainteasers have a significant cognitive advantage over those who do not, 399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges is the illustrated game book specifically created to cross-train the brain. Here are 399 games to stretch, challenge, and push the reader, all of which stimulate the formation of neurons—literally

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

Lewis Carroll

4.5

In 1862 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a shy Oxford mathematician with a stammer, created a story about a little girl tumbling down a rabbit hole. Thus began the immortal adventures of Alice, perhaps the most popular heroine in English literature.

Countless scholars have tried to define the charm of the Alice books--with those wonderfully eccentric characters the Queen of Hearts, Tweedledum, and Tweedle

Recommended by Eric Weinstein, Jean Webb, Larry Doyle, and 1 others.

Eric Weinstein

Managing Director/Thiel Capital

Eric Weinstein recommended this book on Twitter. [source]

Jean Webb

An imaginative, clever and fun fantasy story that satirises nineteenth century England at the same time as celebrating academic thinking. [source]

Larry Doyle

You’d have to be a zombie to miss the humour in it – it’s hilarious. Although the book is ancient, the humour feels modern [source]

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The Moscow Puzzles: 359 Mathematical Recreations

Boris A. Kordemsky

4.5

This is, quite simply, the best and most popular puzzle book ever published in the Soviet Union. Since its first appearance in 1956 there have been eight editions as well as translations from the original Russian into Ukrainian, Estonian, Lettish, and Lithuanian. Almost a million copies of the Russian version alone have been sold.
Part of the reason for the book's success is its marvelously varied

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The Eleventh Hour

Graeme Base

4.5

When Horace the elephant turns eleven, he celebrates in style by inviting his exotic friends to a splendid costume party. But a mystery is afoot, for in the midst of the games, music, and revelry, someone has eaten the birthday feast. The rhyming text and lavish, detailed illustrations each provide clues, and it's up to the reader to piece them together and decide whodunit! "The fun of poring over

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The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)

Dan Brown

4.4

An ingenious code hidden in the works of Leonardo da Vinci.

A desperate race through the cathedrals and castles of Europe.

An astonishing truth concealed for centuries . . . unveiled at last.

While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body covered in baffling symbol

Recommended by Ev Williams and Neal O'Gorman.

Neal O'Gorman

Certainly, a previous non-business book which I really enjoyed (along with many other people) was the Da Vinci Code. I was living in the States at the time, and it was a rare occasion to be on a plane and not see someone reading it. [source]

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What Is the Name of This Book?: The Riddle of Dracula and Other Logical Puzzles

Raymond M. Smullyan

4.4

"The most original, most profound, and most humorous collection of recreational logic and math problems ever written." — Martin Gardner, Scientific American
"The value of the book lies in the wealth of ingenious puzzles. They afford amusement, vigorous exercise, and instruction." — Willard Van Orman Quine, The New York Times Book Review
If you're intrigued by puzzles and paradoxes, these 200 mind-be

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And Then There Were None

Agatha Christie

4.4

The World's Bestselling Mystery

"Ten . . ."
Ten strangers are lured to an isolated island mansion off the Devon coast by a mysterious "U.N. Owen."

"Nine . . ."
At dinner a recorded message accuses each of them in turn of having a guilty secret, and by the end of the night one of the guests is dead.

"Eight . . ."
Stranded by a violent storm, and haunted by a nursery rhyme counting down one by one . . . o

Recommended by Rian Johnson.

Rian Johnson

@AdamLanceGarcia I think And Then There Were None is her best book, but The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd and Curtain are probably tied for my personal favorite. [source]

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Book Scavenger (Book Scavenger, #1)

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

4.4

A hidden book. A found cipher. A game begins . . . .

Twelve-year-old Emily is on the move again. Her family is relocating to San Francisco, home of her literary idol: Garrison Griswold, creator of the online sensation Book Scavenger, a game where books are hidden all over the country and clues to find them are revealed through puzzles. But Emily soon learns that Griswold has been attacked and is in

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Chasing Vermeer (Chasing Vermeer, #1)

Blue Balliett

4.4

When a book of unexplainable occurrences brings Petra Andalee and Calder Pillay together, strange things start to happen: seemingly unrelated events connect, an eccentric old woman seeks their company, and an invaluable Vermeer painting disappears. Before they know it, the two find themselves at the center of an international art scandal, where no one — neighbors, parents, teachers — is spared fro

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #2)

Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka

4.3

The fearsome foursome is back in the second installment of the New York Times bestselling series praised by Rick Riordan!

The Mysterious Benedict Society is up against a new mission, significantly closer to home. After reuniting for a celebratory scavenger hunt, Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance are forced to go on an unexpected search--a search to find Mr. Benedict. It seems that while he was p

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The Westing Game

Ellen Raskin

4.3

A bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen unlikely people gather for the reading of Samuel W. Westing's will. And though no one knows why the eccentric, game-loving millionaire has chosen a virtual stranger—and a possible murderer—to inherit his vast fortune, one thing's for sure: Sam Westing may be dead ... but that won't stop him from playing one last game!

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The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma (The Mysterious Benedict Society, #3)

Trenton Lee Stewart, Del Roy

4.3

IF YOU FAIL,
ALL IS
LOST.

Join the Mysterious Benedict Society as Reynie, Kate, Sticky, and Constance embark on a daring new adventure that threatens to force them apart from their families, friends, and even each other. When an unexplained blackout engulfs Stonetown, the foursome must unravel clues relating to a nefarious new plot, while their search for answers brings them closer to danger than ev

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The Lady or the Tiger?: and Other Logic Puzzles

Raymond M. Smullyan

4.3

"Another scintillating collection of brilliant problems and paradoxes by the most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived." — Martin Gardner
"Smullyan is not your run-of-the-mill puzzlemeister; he polishes up old chestnuts, spins variations on a theme, and peoples his logical world with a delightful cast of characters." — Science 82
"I believe Ray Smullyan to be the Lewis Carroll of ou

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The Parker Inheritance

Varian Johnson

4.3

The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It's waiting for Candice Miller.

When Candice finds the letter, she isn't sure she should read it. It's addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame. But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington. An injustice that happened decades ago. A mystery enfoldi

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Aha! Gotcha: Paradoxes to Puzzle & Delight (Tools for Transformation)

Martin Gardner

4.3

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To Mock a Mockingbird and Other Logic Puzzles

Raymond Smullyan

4.3

This is a challenging puzzle book covering logic, philosophy, psychology, artificial intelligence, computer science and mathematics. It contains many puzzles and their solutions and aims to attract many readers in an age where computer science, logic, and mathematics are becoming increasingly important and popular.

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My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles

Martin Gardner

4.3

Over a period of 25 years as author of the Mathematical Games column for Scientific American, Martin Gardner devoted a column every six months or so to short math problems or puzzles. He was especially careful to present new and unfamiliar puzzles that had not been included in such classic collections as those by Sam Loyd and Henry Dudeney. Later, these puzzles were published in book collections,

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Funster 1,000+ Sudoku Puzzles Easy to Hard: Sudoku puzzle book for adults

Charles Timmerman

4.3

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The Gollywhopper Games

Jody Feldman, Victoria Jamieson

4.3

Gil Goodson's future happiness depends on winning the Golly Toy & Game Company's ultimate competition. If Gil wins, his dad has promised that the family can move away from all the gossip, false friends, and bad press that have plagued them ever since "The Incident". Inside the toy company's fantastic headquarters, Gil will have to master trivia, solve puzzles, and complete physical stunts—and he'l

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The Puzzling World of Winston Breen (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #1)

Eric Berlin

4.3

Winston Breen finds puzzles everywhere, even on pizzas, and solving them is what he does best. But when his sister uncovers mysterious wooden strips with words and letters that even Winston can't figure out, the entire family is obsessed. It turns out the strips are part of a scavenger hunt that a town patriarch set up for his children. If all four sets are put together, they will lead to a ring w

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Ultimate Mind Games: With Over 400 Puzzles

Parragon Books

4.2

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Challenge Accepted!: 100 Word Searches

Andy Kravis

4.2

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Journal 29 (Journal 29, #1)

Dimitris Chassapakis

4.2

Journal 29: Interactive Book Game

Journal 29 is a unique book game where you can solve riddles and puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward.
To solve the riddles, you need to think out of the box.

You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those riddles right.
Journal 29 is a 148 pages book providing over 63 riddles you can solve

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Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)

Dan Brown

4.2

World-renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is summoned to a Swiss research facility to analyze a cryptic symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. What he discovers is unimaginable: a deadly vendetta against the Catholic Church by a centuries-old underground organization -- the Illuminati. In a desperate race to save the Vatican from a powerful time bomb, Langdon joins forces in

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Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics (Mr. Lemoncello's Library, #2)

Chris Grabenstein

4.2

Welcome, boys and girls, readers of all ages, to the first-ever Library Olympiad! Kyle and his teammates are back, and the world-famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, is at it again!

This time Mr. Lemoncello has invited teams from all across America to compete in the first ever LIBRARY OLYMPICS. Will it be fun? Like the commercials say. . . HELLO? It’s a Lemoncello! But something suspicious is goi

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Word Search Bible Puzzle Book: Psalms and Hymns (Large Print)

Janet Teas

4.2

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The Colossal Book of Mathematics

Martin Gardner

4.2

s/t: Classic Puzzles, Paradoxes & Problems
Whether discussing hexaflexagons or number theory, Klein bottles or the essence of "nothing," Martin Gardner has single-handedly created the field of "recreational mathematics." The Colossal Book of Mathematics collects together Gardner's most popular pieces from his legendary "Mathematical Games" column, which ran in Scientific American for twenty-five ye

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Alice in Puzzle-Land: A Carrollian Tale for Children Under Eighty

Raymond M. Smullyan

4.2

"A charming and challenging adventure." — Wordplay, the Crossword Blog of The New York Times
Alice and her friends return for another romp through Wonderland and the Looking-Glass with these eighty-eight puzzles, paradoxes, and logic problems. Raymond M. Smullyan's characters speak and behave like the originals, and their puzzles abound in typical Carrollian word play, logic problems, and dark phil

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The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems

Martin Gardner, Dana Richards

4.2

For more than twenty-five years, Martin Gardner was Scientific American's renowned provocateur of popular math. His yearly gatherings of short and inventive problems were easily his most anticipated math columns. Loyal readers would savor the wit and elegance of his explorations in physics, probability, topology, and chess, among others. Grouped by subject and arrayed from easiest to hardest, the

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The Mysterious Benedict Society: Mr. Benedict's Book of Perplexing Puzzles, Elusive Enigmas, and Curious Conundrums

Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka

4.2

This exclusive companion book to the bestselling Mysterious Benedict Society series is a mind-bending collection that will put YOU to the test! With full-color artwork throughout, this companion features ingenious new puzzles, riddles, and brainteasers compiled by Mr. Benedict himself, with the help of Reynie, Kate, Sticky, Constance, and other Society associates. Think you have what it takes to j

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Animalia

Graeme Base

4.2

More than three million copies of Animalia have been sold around the world, making Graeme Base’s amazing alliterative alphabet book one of the most beloved titles of the past quarter century. To celebrate thirty years, Abrams is proud to publish a special anniversary edition. Animalia’s incredible imaginary world intrigues all readers. Each page includes hidden objects and ideas: start with “A is

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The Puzzling World of Polyhedral Dissections: Hundreds of 3-D Puzzles to Build and Solve

Stewart T. Coffin

4.2

For many years Stewart Coffin has been inventing and building solid geometrical puzzles. His craftsmanship and originality of design have won him a devoted following among puzzle enthusiasts and collectors the world over. In this unique book, Stewart provides an enjoyable and educational guide to the history, geometry, and practical construction of three-dimensional puzzles. The Puzzling World of

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The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)

James Dashner

4.2

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If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out

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The New York Times Monday Crossword Puzzle Omnibus: 200 Solvable Puzzles from the Pages of The New York Times

. The New York Times

4.2

Serious solvers know that the puzzles in "The New York Times" get harder as the week goes on. From an easy Monday to a downright difficult Friday puzzle, this brand new collection is sure to challenge you with every passing day. See how far you can get!
*50 daily size puzzles
*First appearance of these puzzles in book form
*Covered spiral binding

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How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method

George Pólya

4.2

A perennial bestseller by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It will show anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can be of help in attacking any problem that can be "reasoned" out--from building a bridge to winning a game of anagrams. Generations of readers have reli

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Murdoku: 80 Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles

Manuel Garand

4.2

USA Today and Publishers Weekly Bestseller! Place the suspects, reveal the killer!These visually appealing, addictive puzzles drop solvers into immersive mini murder mysteries, combining the elegant simplicity of games like sudoku with the storytelling of classic logic problems. But Murdoku introduces its own unique element: full-color visual representations of the characters' environments, with e

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Puzzle Island

Paul Adshead

4.1

The reader is asked to find hidden animals in the pictures and identify a mysterious creature believed to be extinct.

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Murdoku Volume 2: Back in Time: 80 Murder Mystery Logic Puzzles

Manuel Garand

4.1

USA Today Bestseller!A truly innovative puzzle that incorporates murder mysteries, environmental storytelling, sudoku-like logic ... and now, time travel!Place the suspects, reveal the killer!These visually appealing, addictive puzzles drop solvers into immersive mini murder mysteries, combining features of classic Japanese-style logic puzzles like sudoku with the storytelling of classic grid logi

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Where's Waldo Now?

Martin Handford

4.1

In paperback for the first time!

The elusive little guy you loved as a kid has ventured into an affordable new format, ready to boggle a new generationl. Now he's easier to carry around -- but just as hard as ever to find!

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Jumble® Anniversary: 65 Years of Jumbles!

Tribune Content Agency LLC

4.1

For sixty-five years, millions of newspaper readers have delighted in solving the daily Jumble®, which appears in hundreds of national papers and in these puzzle books that offer hours of challenging wordplay and fun. Each page features a series of mixed-up words coupled with a cartoon clue, and certain letters from each word are used to form the answer to the puzzle.

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Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions

Frederick Mosteller

4.1

Remarkable selection of puzzlers, graded in difficulty, that illustrate both elementary and advanced aspects of probability. Selected for originality, general interest, or because they demonstrate valuable techniques, the problems are ideal as a supplement to courses in probability or statistics, or as stimulating recreation for the mathematically minded. Detailed solutions. Illustrated.

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Masquerade

Kit Williams

4.1

Somewhere in Britain Jack Hare lost the Moon's gift to the sun. Solve the riddles, unravel the puzzles, and see if you can figure out where.

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Big Book of Sudoku: Over 500 Puzzles & Solutions, Easy to Hard Puzzles for Adults

Parragon Books

4.1

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The Shadow Cipher (York, #1)

Laura Ruby and Dave Stevenso

4.1

It was 1798 when the Morningstarr twins arrived in New York with a vision for a magnificent city: towering skyscrapers, dazzling machines, and winding train lines, all running on technology no one had ever seen before. Fifty-seven years later, the enigmatic architects disappeared, leaving behind for the people of New York the Old York Cipher—a puzzle laid into the shining city they constructed, at

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Disney Dreams Collection Thomas Kinkade Studios Disney Princess Coloring Book

Thomas Kinkade

4.1

Color your favorite Disney Princess in a setting imagined by Thomas Kinkade. The large-format Disney Princess Coloring Poster Book features exceptionally detailed black line art so fans of all ages can create their own interpretations of classic Disney stories such as Snow White, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Tangled, Sleeping Beauty, and The Princess a

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The Blackthorn Key (The Blackthorn Key, #1)

Kevin Sands

4.1

“Tell no one what I’ve given you.”

Until he got that cryptic warning, Christopher Rowe was happy, learning how to solve complex codes and puzzles and creating powerful medicines, potions, and weapons as an apprentice to Master Benedict Blackthorn—with maybe an explosion or two along the way.

But when a mysterious cult begins to prey on London’s apothecaries, the trail of murders grows closer and clo

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The Riddle of Scheherazade: And Other Amazing Puzzles

Raymond Smullyan

4.1

“The most entertaining logician and set theorist who ever lived” (Martin Gardner) gives us an encore to The Lady or the Tiger?-a fiendishly clever, utterly captivating new collection of 225 brainteasers, puzzles, and paradoxes.

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The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)

Rick Riordan

4.1

When their beloved aunt--matriarch of the world's most powerful family--dies, orphaned siblings Amy and Dan Cahill compete with less honorable Cahill descendants in a race around the world to find cryptic clues to a mysterious fortune.

Book includes game cards which the reader may use to play an online version of the treasure hunt.

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Mathematical Puzzles: A Connoisseur's Collection

Peter Winkler

4.1

Collected over several years by Peter Winkler, of Bell Labs, dozens of elegant, intriguing challenges are presented in Mathematical Puzzles. The answers are easy to explain, but without this book, devilishly hard to find. Creative reasoning is the key to these puzzles. No involved computation or higher mathematics is necessary, but your ability to construct a mathematical proof will be severly tes

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Brain Games - Large Print Bible Word Search: The Words of Jesus (Brain Games - Bible)

Publications International Ltd., Brain Games

4.1

This word search collection of more than 80 puzzles lets you reflect on Jesus's parables and teachings while you solve puzzles.Each puzzle takes up two pages, with large print text on one page and a sizable puzzle grid on the other.These puzzles are easy on the eyes, so you can enjoy yourself!Scriptural passages let you reflect on Jesus's message.Answer key at the back.Spiral bound, 192 pages.

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Puzzle Mania!: Wordle, Connections, Spelling Bee, Minis and More! (New York Times Games Books)

The New York Times Games, Joel Fagliano

4.1

From New York Times Games, home of Wordle and Connections, comes a collection that transforms your favorite digital games into a beautifully designed book that's perfect for solo play, family game night, or gifting to puzzle-obsessed friends. Puzzle Mania! tops this year's best gift guides: Barnes & Noble Best Books of the YearThe Strategist, NY MagThe Associated PressFeatured on the TODAY showWhe

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A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg: How to Play the Game & Win

Elaine Sandberg

4.1

Learn to play American Mah Jongg and build winning strategies with this bestselling beginner's guide by mahjong expert Elaine Sandberg!This regularly updated bestselling book has helped hundreds of thousands of players learn how to play American Mah Jongg with confidence. Written specifically for beginners, it follows the official National Mah Jongg League (NMJL) rules and provides a clear, approa

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Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes: Fifty Tantalizing Problems of Chess Detection

Raymond Smullyan

4.1

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Floors

Patrick Carman

4.1

Charlie had his chocolate factory. Stanley Yelnats had his holes. Leo has the wacky, amazing Whippet Hotel.

The Whippet Hotel is a strange place full of strange and mysterious people. Each floor has its own quirks and secrets. Leo should know most of them - he is the maintenance man's son, after all. But a whole lot more mystery gets thrown his way when a series of cryptic boxes are left for him .

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A Collection of Classic British Mathematical Puzzles

Amy Morgan

4.1

This book is a compilation of math puzzles that appeared in British newspapers in the early 20th century. The quizzes are just as challenging, entertaining, and addictive now as they were a century ago. It is hard to put this book down. Some of them are easy but many will challenge even the best math buffs. It's a fun and sizable collection of 430 of the best puzzles of the time.

(fairhavenpress.c

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The Name of This Book Is Secret (Secret, #1)

Pseudonymous Bosch

4.1

Warning: this description has not been authorized by Pseudonymous Bosch.
As much as he'd love to sing the praises of his book (he is very vain), he wouldn't want you to hear about his brave 11-year old heroes, Cass and Max-Ernest. Or about how a mysterious box of vials, the Symphony of Smells, sends them on the trail of a magician who has vanished under strange (and stinky) circumstances. And he ce

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The Master Theorem - A Book of Puzzles, Intrigue and Wit

M .

4.1

I'm M, or at least that's how I'm known, and I'll be your guide.

The Herculean test of your grit is as follows: Find the word or phrase solution to each one of my encrypted logic puzzles, called Theorems. Doing so will earn you entry into the elite ranks of The Master Theorem. It may take you some time, but trust me—it’ll be worth it.

What's in it for you:
Read my cryptic ramblings alongside each

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USA Today Jumbo Puzzle Book 2: 400 Brain Games for Every Day from the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper

USA TODAY

4.1

Bigger is definitely better in the case of the second oversized puzzle book from the world's top newspaper, USA TODAY.

The USA TODAY Jumbo Puzzle Book 2 is a collection of brain games including 400 puzzles that will amuse and entertain.

Logic, crossword, Sudoku, Word Roundup, and Hidato will keep fans busy for hours and hours. This hefty tome features twice the number of puzzles than most books. Sha

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Journal 29: Revelation (Journal 29, #2)

Dimitris Chassapakis

4.1

Journal 29 Revelation is a unique book game where you can solve puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward in the story. To solve the puzzles, you need to think out of the box. You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those puzzles right. Journal 29 Revelation is a 152 pages physical book with over 52 puzzles to solve.

The story

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Disney Dreams Collection Thomas Kinkade Studios Coloring Book

Thomas Kinkade

4.1

Now you can color along with the master, Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light. And what could be better than coloring these paintings with the timeless magic of classic Disney stories and their captivating characters?

In this unique coloring book, sixty-three paintings from Thomas Kinkade's Disney Dreams Collection are presented in color across from the black line art of the same image. Enter the world

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F*ck I'm Bored! Activity Book for Adults

Tamara L Adams

4.0

Featuring 100 F*cking Adult Activities: Coloring, Sudoku, Dot-to-Dot, Word Searches, Mazes, Fallen Phrases, Math Logic, Word Tiles, Spot the Difference, Where the F*ck did the Other Half Go, Nanograms, Brick-by-F*cking-Brick, Word Scramble, and Much More!

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Satan, Cantor and Infinity: Mind-Boggling Puzzles

Raymond M. Smullyan

4.0

A clear-headed command of logic can make the mind powerful enough to outmaneuver the devil himself, according to these intriguing stories. More than 200 puzzles, problems, and paradoxes await within these pages, woven together by a wizard's captivating narrative. The Sorcerer — so skilled in the art of logic that his reasoning seems like magic — takes a puzzle-based perspective on the principles u

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The Maze of Games

Mike Selinker

4.0

Read the Puzzle.
Solve the Puzzles.
Get Out Alive.

Colleen and Samuel Quaice are teenagers living in 1897 England. During a visit to Upper Wolverhampton Bibliotheque, they discover a musty book called THE MAZE OF GAMES. Opening the book summons the Gatekeeper, a mysterious skeletal guardian who plunges the Quaices into a series of dangerous labyrinths, populated with myriad monsters and perplexing p

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Brain Games - Large Print Bible Word Search: Psalms (Brain Games - Bible)

Publications International Ltd., Brain Games

4.0

Brain Games Large Print Bible Word Search: Psalms presents an educational and meaningful way to look at the Bible.Discover more than 80 large print word search puzzles that contain prayers from the book of Psalms.This inspirational puzzle book gives you a new way to learn about the Bible. Answer key in the back of the book.Spiral bound, 192 pages

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Mazes For Kids Ages 4-8: Maze Activity Book for Kids - 4-6, 6-8 - Workbook for Games, Puzzles, and Problem-Solving

Activity Nest

4.0

Mazes provide hours of fun for boys & girls, and are some of best early childhood education tools out there! This collection of thoughtful mazes will help your child develop critical skills such as problem solving, visual perception, and fine motor skills.

Features:

3 difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, Hard) suitable for ages 4-6, and 6-8 Beautifully illustrated mazes that will entertain, stimulate, a

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The Unbreakable Code (Book Scavenger, #2)

Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

4.0

Mr. Quisling is definitely up to something mysterious, and Emily and James are on high alert. First, there’s the coded note he drops at a book event. Then, they uncover a trail of encrypted messages in Mark Twain-penned books hidden through Book Scavenger. What’s most suspicious is that each hidden book triggers an arson fire.

As the sleuthing friends dig deeper, they discover Mr. Quisling has been

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Simon Schuster Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #19

John M. Samson

4.0

Simon & Schuster celebrates ninety-five years of crossword puzzle excellence with 300 new, never-before-published Thursday to Sunday-sized brain breakers. Sharpen your pencils—unless you dare to use a pen.

In 1924, Simon & Schuster published its first title, The Cross Word Puzzle Book. Not only was it the publisher’s first release, it was the first collection of crossword puzzles ever printed.

Tod

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Maze: Solve the World's Most Challenging Puzzle

Christopher Manson

4.0

This is not really a book. This is a building in the shape of a book...a maze. Each numbered page depicts a room in the maze. Tempted? Test your wits against mine. I guarantee that my maze will challenge you to think in ways you've never thought before. But beware. One wrong turn and you may never escape!

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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective (Encyclopedia Brown, #1)

Donald J. Sobol

4.0

A Civil War sword...A watermelon stabbing...

Missing roller skates...

A trapeze artist's inheritance...

And an eyewitness who's legally blind!

Theses are just some of the ten brain-twisting mysteries that Encyclopedia Brown must solve by using his famous computerlike brain. Try to crack the cases along with him--the answer to all the mysteries are found in the back!

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The Fun and Relaxing Adult Activity Book: With Easy Puzzles, Coloring Pages, Writing Activities, Brain Games and Much More

Fun Adult Activity Book

4.0

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Puzzles for pleasure

E. R Emmet

4.0

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Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1)

Tamsyn Muir

4.0

Gideon the Ninth is the most fun you'll ever have with a skeleton.

The Emperor needs necromancers.

The Ninth Necromancer needs a swordswoman.

Gideon has a sword, some dirty magazines, and no more time for undead bullshit.

Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth unveils a solar system of swordplay, cut-throat politics, and lesbian necromancers. Her characters leap off the page, as skillfully animated as necroma

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Inferno (Robert Langdon, #4)

Dan Brown

4.0

Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon awakens in an Italian hospital, disoriented and with no recollection of the past thirty-six hours, including the origin of the macabre object hidden in his belongings. With a relentless female assassin trailing them through Florence, he and his resourceful doctor, Sienna Brooks, are forced to flee. Embarking on a harrowing journey, they must unravel a

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Can You Solve My Problems?: Ingenious, Perplexing, and Totally Satisfying Math and Logic Puzzles

Alex Bellos

4.0

For daring puzzlers—a book of mind-bending conundrums handpicked by the pied piper of popular math

Long before Sudoku swept the world, the Victorians puzzled over relationships (If two men each marry the other’s widowed mother, what is the relationship between their sons?), and the ancient Chinese favored counting challenges (If a cock costs 5 pieces, a hen 4 pieces, and a chick ¼ of a piece, how

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Expert Sudoku

Nikoli Publishing

4.0

Expert Sudoku is an all-new collection of handcrafted puzzles for the expert puzzle-solver. This is the book that challenges skilled solvers and Sudoku-lovers at the top level—every one of the 320 puzzles is rated "difficult." Good luck!

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Murdle: Volume 1

G T Karber

4.0

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The Worldwide Puzzle Phenomenon • 2026 NBC Select Editor's Pick • One of The Washington Post's 10 great gifts for book-lovers • "Clever, satisfying and utterly addictive." ―Janice Hallett, bestselling author of The AppealG. T. Karber, the creator of the popular online daily mystery game Murdle, presents the first collection of 100 original murder mystery logic puzzles―a perfe

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The Everything Kids' Puzzle Book: Mazes, Word Games, Puzzles More! Hours of Fun!

Jennifer A Ericsson and Beth L Blair

4.0

Wind your way through pages of endless fun!

Decode a secret message using the phases of the moon, wind your way through a pizza maze, find hidden presidents, borrow some drachmas, unscramble an invention time line, play super duper tic-tac-toe, classic hangman, match up snowflakes, and more with The Everything Kids’ Puzzle Book!

You can also look for Mervin the Mouse every time you turn the page—he’

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Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

Ben Guterson and Chloe Bristo

4.0

An enchanting urban fantasy middle-grade debut―the first book in a trilogy―set in a magical hotel full of secrets.

Orphan Elizabeth Somers’s malevolent aunt and uncle ship her off to the ominous Winterhouse Hotel, owned by the peculiar Norbridge Falls. Upon arrival, Elizabeth quickly discovers that Winterhouse has many charms―most notably its massive library. It’s not long before she locates a magi

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Where's Waldo?

Martin Handford

4.0

The amazing original that set off the worldwide search for Waldo! Perfect for the youngest Waldo searcher, this special edition contains all the fun of the original but with lots of eye-boggling extras! Anyone who has found Waldo before will want to find him all over again because he's in a new place in every scene. And now readers can also search for Woof, Wenda, Wizard Whitebeard, Odlaw, and muc

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Brain Games - Relax and Solve: Word Search (Toile)

Publications International Ltd., Brain Games

4.0

Keep your brain engaged while you unwind with Brain Games Relax and Solve: Word Search.Includes 84 word search puzzles with a variety of themes and levels of difficulty.Each puzzle is laid out over 2 pages, with the word list on one page and the grid on the other page.We've included puzzles where you'll have to unscramble anagrams, solve clues to find search words, or reveal hidden messages.Spiral

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How Would You Move Mount Fuji? Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle--How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers

William Poundstone

4.0

From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, employers are using tough and tricky questions to gauge job candidates' intelligence, imagination, and problem-solving ability -- qualities needed to survive in today's hypercompetitive global marketplace. For the first time, William Poundstone reveals the toughest questions used at Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies -- and supplies the answers. He traces

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KAPPA Super Saver LARGE PRINT Word Search Puzzle Pack-Set of 6 Full Size Books

Kappa Books Publishers

4.0

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The GCHQ Puzzle Book

GCHQ

4.0

If 3=T, 4=S, 5=P, 6=H, 7=H ... what is 8?

What is the next letter in the sequence: M, V, E, M, J, S, U, ?

Which of the following words is the odd one out: CHAT, COMMENT, ELF, MANGER, PAIN, POUR?

GCHQ is a top-secret intelligence and security agency which recruits some of the very brightest minds. Over the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the Bletchley Park breakthroug

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The Ring of Rocamadour (The Red Blazer Girls, #1)

Michael D. Beil

4.0

It all began with The Scream. And ended with . . . well, if we told you that, it wouldn’t be a mystery! But in between The Scream and The Very Surprising Ending, three friends find themselves on a scavenger hunt set up for a girl they never met, in search of a legendary ring reputed to grant wishes. Are these sleuths in school uniforms modern-day equivalents of Nancy, Harriet, or Scooby? Not reall

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The Potato Chip Puzzles (The Puzzling World of Winston Breen #2)

Eric Berlin

4.0

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Sudoku Large Print 101 Puzzles Easy to Hard: One Puzzle Per Page - Easy, Medium, and Hard Large Print Puzzle Book For Adults (Puzzles & Games for Adults)

Game Nest

4.0

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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing (An Absolutely Remarkable Thing, #1)

Hank Green, Kristen Sieh, et al

4.0

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Entertainment Weekly's 20 New Books to Read in September
Nylon's 12 Great New Books to Read This September
Newsweek's Best Books to Read in September 2018
Paste's 12 Best Novels of 2018
Library Journal's Best Debut Novels of 2018
BookPage's Most Anticipated Fall 2018 Fiction

In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothe

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Tricky Logic Puzzles for Adults: 150 Difficult Puzzles to Challenge Your Brain

Steven Clontz

4.0

It's only logical--boost your brainpower with 150 logic puzzles for adults.

It's time to give your mental muscles a real workout! Stuffed full of clever and cunning challenges, this collection of logic puzzles for adults is perfect for puzzlers looking to prove (and improve) their skill.

Featuring a variety of puzzle types--including Sudoku, Masyu, Logic Grids, and Nonograms--these easy-to-understan

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Diary of Steve the Noob 24 (An Unofficial Minecraft Book) (Minecraft Diary of Steve the Noob Collection)

Steve the Noob

4.0

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Merriam-Webster's Crossword Puzzle Dictionary

Merriam-Webster

4.0

New edition! Created especially for crossword puzzle lovers. 350,000 answer words, including 50,000 new entries. Organized alphabetically and by number of letters. Newly formatted for greater legibility and ease of use, with comprehensive coverage of "crosswordese," the words most encountered by puzzlers.

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The Wright 3 (Chasing Vermeer, #2)

Blue Balliett, Brett Helquist

4.0

Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together the clues. Stir in the return of Calder's friend Tommy (which creates a tense triangle), H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man, 3D pentominoes, and

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The Trouble Begins: A Box of Unfortunate Events, Books 1-3 (The Bad Beginning; The Reptile Room; The Wide Window)

Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

4.0

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Mathematical Carnival

Martin Gardner

4.0

s/t: From Penny Puzzles, Card Shuffles and Tricks of Lightning Calculators to Roller Coaster Rides into the Fourth Dimension

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Hatch & Fill Coloring Book: 100 Addictive Mystery Pages – A Relaxing Coloring Book for Adults, Simple to Follow and Hard to Put Down

Pixelcolorist Books

4.0

IT STARTS WITH ONE TINY MARK. IT ENDS IN A WAVE OF COLOR.Every cell holds a code that tells you two things at once: the little mark to draw, and the color to draw it in. Six marks and a short palette are all it takes, and what comes out at the end looks nothing like the quiet grid you started from.100 mystery pages that keep you guessing until the picture comes together.A simple key on every page:

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Brain Games - To Go - Sudoku

Publications International Ltd., Brain Games

4.0

Challenge your mind with a satisfying collection of over 200 sudoku puzzles designed for puzzlers of every skill level.Divided into five difficulty levels: Easy, Medium, Hard, Difficult, and Expert.Whether you're a beginner or an experienced puzzler, you'll find plenty of engaging challenges.Compact size for at home or on the go.Spiral binding for comfortable lay-flat solving.256 pages.Sudoku is a

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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)

Robin Sloan

4.0

The Great Recession has shuffled Clay Jannon away from life as a San Francisco web-design drone and into the aisles of Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, but after a few days on the job, Clay discovers that the store is more curious than either its name or its gnomic owner might suggest. The customers are few, and they never seem to buy anything; instead, they "check out" large, obscure volumes fro

Recommended by Brad Feld.

Brad Feld

Co-Founder/Foundry Group

Robin Sloan’s … book, Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, was my favorite book of 2013. [source]

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Word Search 101 Puzzles Large Print: Fun & Challenging Puzzle Games for Adults and Kids

Game Nest

4.0

Experience hours of entertainment with these classic word search puzzles.

Printed in a large, and easy-to-read size, this is the perfect gift for adults and kids.

Features:

101 stimulating and addictive puzzles 30 overlapping words per puzzle Easy-to-read large font Exciting themes