As such they are quite a bit more challenging than standard crossword puzzles, but also very rewarding to solve. The puzzles solve as standard dot to dots except that they contains various places where you need to take your pencil off the page and start again from the next dot - this happens when you encounter a white (hollow) dot. For puzzle veterans and novices alike, The Penguin Book of Puzzles will test you with riddles and word games, maths challenges, logic conundrums and more. This lovely new book contains 50 grid-based cross-referencing logic puzzles, all themed around Christmas and New Year themes and scenarios.

From mystery stories and whodunnits to the popular New York Times crossword and everything in between, we put together a list of our 10 favorite puzzle books to help you take your thinking to the next level. Do you miss the days before sat-navs, when you could navigate the length of the country with just a paper road map? However, I don't get a lot of the clues in the arrow word or the crosswords which is fairly standard for me.

There are many articles that outline the strategies that you can use to solve sudoku puzzles: the two most common rules are to consider the options that can be placed in an individual square (which numbers from 1-9 can go in this square? A relaxing puzzle they are a great way to destress after a long day with a cup of tea and your biscuit of choice! If you really enjoy a specific mystery-style puzzle book, there may be more in that same series to look forward to, such as the books below; Journal 29 and Almanaq Puzzlehunt Books.

Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. We have grouped this huge collection of puzzles by puzzle type to allow you to enjoy them at your own leisure. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.With many books giving you the option to solve alone or in groups, you can find something relaxing for your personal downtime, or something difficult and fun to keep a group entertained. If you are a fan of Christmas or festive fun, or indeed just want some enjoyable logic puzzles to tackle at any time of the year, then we hope you'll love this absorbing new collection, with entertaining and characterful writing throughout. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Please do let us know your thoughts and any ideas for other books or feedback - we always love to hear from our solvers.

Children of all ages will enjoy engaging with a galaxy full of their favourite Star Wars characters to solve 100 word, logic, number, memory and picture puzzles. Word wheels are a great way to test your vocabulary and whilst a simple puzzle, they are enduringly popular. Whether you're after a gift for a conundrum-loving friend or a new set of quiz questions to test your family while you all recover after Christmas dinner, you're sure to find something in this list that will take your fancy. You can work on this book alone but it is also an ideal one to solve along with someone else, or indeed a team, as the more different viewpoints and ideas then the easier it will be to solve some of the trickier puzzles in this book.The good news is there's something for everyone, and usually a whole series to explore if you're the type to go through puzzle books quickly! Unlike standard codeword puzzles, these puzzles contain NO clue letters at all to get you started, so only tackle these if you are an expert codeword solver! Printed in a highly portable format which can be taken on your travels or sit neatly on your bedside table. For individuals with comments, questions or ideas with regard to our puzzle books, then please use this Contact Form to drop us a line. Everyone who loves Dobble will enjoy these colourful challenges, with puzzles ranging from Seeing Dobble and Dobble Trouble to elbboD and Wobble.

For instance, with a 6x table multiplication maze, you must find the route from the start to the end of the puzzle, avoiding dead ends, that only visits squares containing 6,12,18,24,30,36,42,48,54,60,66 and 72. From hidden word puzzles, to spot the difference, to mazes to themed crosswords, this book is bursting full of fresh and vibrant puzzles. If there are no seven-letter words with an 'X' in that position, then you know this cannot be the correct six-letter word, and can discount it.

The AA British Road Map Puzzle Book is the book for anyone with fond memories of route-finding the old-fashioned way. Key to solving this puzzle is to realise that you must form a single, continuous track that does not cross itself and, furthermore, it can either pass straight through a square or turn at right angles in it: those are the only two valid moves. With some puzzles the task is as much to work out what you need to do as actually do it - there are a huge range of different presentations of puzzles here encompassing word, number, logic and maths. The grids get progressively larger as you work through the difficulty levels, and the words also get a bit more challenging.