Has Puzzles In It

Level up and challenge your brain with books about codes, ciphers, cryptograms, crosswords, and other types of puzzles!

Updated April 17, 2025
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The book of lost names
Harmel, Kristin
Paper Book
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Inspired by an astonishing true story from World War II, a young woman with a talent for forgery helps hundreds of Jewish children flee the Nazis in this unforgettable historical novel from the New York Times bestselling author...
Boost your brain
Levy, Joel
Paper Book
Switch on your brain with puzzles, tips and teasers Improve your memory and recall, develop cognitive skills and increase your brain power with Boost Your Brain. Ever find it difficult to remember where you left your keys or parked the car? Boost your Brain is...
The brain fitness book : activities and puzzles to keep your mind active and healthy
Carter, Rita
Paper Book
How do you keep your brain working at its best as it ages? The Brain Fitness Book looks at the well-established science, and recent scientific revelations, and offers a well-balanced, clear, and colourful practical guide to keeping your brain fit. ...
The code book : the evolution of secrecy from Mary, Queen of Scots, to quantum cryptography
Singh, Simon.
Paper Book
Codes have decided the fates of empires, countries, and monarchies throughout recorded history. Mary, Queen of Scots was put to death by her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, for the high crime of treason after spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham cracked the secret code she used to communicate with her...
Code girls : the untold story of the American women code breakers of World War II
Mundy, Liza
Paper Book
The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the American women who secretly served as codebreakers during World War II--a "prodigiously researched and engrossing" (New York Times) book that "shines a light on a hidden chapter of American history" (Denver Post).
The curious incident of the dog in the night-time
Haddon, Mark
Paper Book
OVER TEN MILLION COPIES SOLD The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about...
The Darling Dahlias and the poinsettia puzzle
Albert, Susan Wittig
Paper Book
It's Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles.  Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square--if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens...
The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers : a novel
Burr, Samuel
Paper Book
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER * An extraordinary, gloriously uplifting novel about the power of friendship and the puzzling ties that bind us * "The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers takes readers along on Clayton [Stumper]'s quest to discover his roots, treating us to a literary mood boost...
Head cases
McMahon, John
Paper Book
Head Cases follows an enigmatic group of FBI agents as they hunt down a murderer seeking his own justice in this electrifying--and commercial--series debut. FBI Agent Gardner Camden is an analytical genius with an affinity for puzzles. He also has a blind spot on the...
The Jefferson key : a novel
Berry, Steve
Paper Book
Four United States presidents have been assassinated--in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963--each murder seemingly unrelated and separated by time. But what if those presidents were all killed for the same reason: a clause in the United States Constitution--contained within Article 1, Section 8...
Lineage most lethal
Perkins, S. C.
Paper Book
In Lineage Most Lethal, the captivating second mystery in the Ancestry Detective series, Texas genealogist Lucy Lancaster grapples with a mystery rooted in World War II and espionage. It's the week before New Year's Eve and genealogist Lucy Lancaster is ready to mix...
The magician's death
Doherty, P. C.
Paper Book
The monk and scholar Roger Bacon claimed to have seen many marvels of nature and science and concealed these in a book written in an unbreakable code. Sir Hugh Corbett has been instructed to organise agents in Paris to steal this Book of Secrets. They do so but pay a violent price and the French...
The puzzle box : a novel
Trussoni, Danielle
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . "A fun, DaVinci Code-style blend of puzzles, mysticism and high-octane action" (People, Best Books of the Month), from the author of The Puzzle Master "This rip-roaring adventure thriller is an escapist puzzle box of delights- a...
The puzzle master : a novel
Trussoni, Danielle
Paper Book
Reality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery--one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity--in this suspenseful thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Angelology "This novel has it...
Puzzled to death
Hall, Parnell.
Paper Book
Parnell Hall’s Puzzle Lady mysteries have been praised as “fun from the first page” (The Dallas Morning News) and “heaven for crossword puzzle fans” (Kirkus Reviews). Now Hall’s unlikely pair of crime solvers, Miss Cora Felton and her niece Sherry Carter, return...
A short walk through a wide world : a novel
Westerbeke, Douglas
Paper Book
"Imagine The Life of Pi, The Alchemist, and The Midnight Library rolled into one fantastical fable." --The New York Times Book Review * "An epic adventure...rich with all the possibilities the world can hold." --People NATIONAL BESTSELLER...
The Twyford code
Hallett, Janice
Paper Book
** WINNER OF THE CRIME & THRILLER BRITISH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 *** THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*'The queen of tricksy crime. Every page is a joy' - SUNDAY TIMES 'Even better than The Appeal' - GUARDIAN 'Brilliant - a mind-bending, heartwarming mystery not to be missed' - OBSERVER 'Wonderful. An...

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