The Everything Crossword Challenge Book
Over 200 puzzles edited by Douglas Fink, who also edited "The Everything Easy Crosswords Book". This second serving is full of mind-benders that will have you scratching your head and biting your pencil in frustrated delight. You will experience hours of pleasure solving and unraveling these tricky puzzles, which are set up in a variety of exciting themes, formats, and patterns.

Crossword Proper Name Finder
Recommended by Will Shortz, The New York Times puzzle editor : "Easily the largest collection of celebrity names--both first and last--ever compiled. A highly useful tool for the crossword puzzler and anyone who's interested in names."

Jumbo Jumble
A Big Book For Big Fans
Jumble fans will enjoy these perennially popular jumble puzzles. 500 pages of wordplay, wit, and wisdom. Includes Daily, Classic, and Challenger Jumbles.

The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. Solving the enigmatic riddle leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci…clues visible for all to see…and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Read an excerpt...

The Crossword Obsession
Coral Amende
The history and love of the world's most popular pastime. It's packed with fascinating tips and anecdotes from editors and constructors, advice for solving and creating puzzles, and a sampling of new crosswords and old favorites.

Recent Releases

Will Shortz's Favorite Crossword Puzzles
Will Shortz (Editor)
75 of Will's favorite puzzles from his tenure as puzzle editor at The New York Times. Special commentary appears along with each puzzle and gives clever insight into the puzzle-solving world. Includes an introduction written by Shortz that explains why these puzzles qualify as his favorites.

Casual Crosswords
Mel Rosen (Editor)
50 crosswords that are solvable with just a pencil (no erasers or reference books needed). Carefully edited to make sure they’re free of tricks, gimmicks and “crosswordese” that often turns off beginning and occasional solvers. Includes plenty of special hints and helps to make the puzzles truly solver-friendly and educational.

New York Times Daily Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 57
Will Shortz (Editor)
Yet another set of 50 modern, challenging puzzles from Will Shortz and the pages of The New York Times, the gold standard of American crossword puzzles.

Random House's Masterpiece Crosswords
Stanley Newman (Editor)
150 puzzles in a book designed for those who appreciate puzzle craftsmanship. Features the work of the nation's most sought-after puzzle authors, and includes portraits and biographies of each. Hardcover. (Available October 1st.)

LA Times Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 19
by Sylvia Bursztyn, Barry Tunick
50 pun-filled puzzles by Barry Tunick and Sylvia Bursztyn, all from the pages of the LA Times. Paperback.

Henry Hook's Cryptic Crosswords #5
by Henry Hook
Hook's fifth collection of all-original puzzles. Includes classic British and other European-style crosswords, anacrostics, diagramless, and many variations. Paperback.

Simon and Schuster's Savage Crosswords
by James Savage
50 All-original ultra-hard puzzles; the ultimate challenge. Paperback.

Simon & Schuster's Fun With Crostics Vol 24
by Charles A. Duerr
Latest edition in the series. For beginners and experts alike, 50 never-before-published crostics. Paperback.

Puzzling Fiction

A Clue For The Puzzle Lady
by Parnell Hall
The first book in Parnell Hall's mystery series featuring the enigmatic Cora Felton. Includes a crossword puzzle that readers can solve in order to discover the identity of the culprit. The puzzle is not this book's strongpoint but the story will keep you guessing right until the very end.

Last Puzzle and Testament
by Parnell Hall
The second book in Parnell Hall's mystery series featuring Cora Felton, aka 'The Puzzle Lady'. As with all the books in the series, it includes a crossword puzzle. Be forewarned that Mr. Hall is better at writing fiction than creating puzzles. Seasoned solvers might be disappointed with the crossword but the book is a fun read and Cora is an endearing old goose despite her curmudgeonly character.

Puzzled To Death
by Parnell Hall
The third book in Parnell Hall's mystery series featuring the enigmatic Cora Felton, aka 'The Puzzle Lady'. Includes a crossword puzzle that readers can solve in order to discover the identity of the culprit. Fortunately, Mr. Hall employed Trip Payne, a professional constructor, to create the crossword puzzle. A big improvement over the puzzles in the two previous novels.

Brainteasers

Tricky Lateral Thinking Puzzles
by Paul Sloane
A series of riddles which challenge the reader to think laterally. These puzzles help develop skills in questioning, deduction, logic, and, lateral thinking. 25 illustrations. Paperback.

I Love Me, Vol. I
S. Wordrow's Palindrome Encyclopedia
by Michael Donner (Introduction)
A comprehensive collection of 3,500 palindromes by the founding editor of Games magazine. Includes amusing commentaries and acknowledgements for many entries. Paperback.

The Mammoth Book of Astounding Puzzles
by Victor Serebriakoff (Editor)
500 pages of mental challenges for the puzzle fan from Serebriakoff, Honorary President of World MENSA. With a handicap based on their score on the enclosed IQ test, readers can choose from a wide variety of games to test themselves. Paperback.

Puzzles For Kids

Disney's Big Book of Hero Puzzlers
by Karen C. Richards
More than one hundred picture and word puzzles, mazes, logic and memory games, and number and letter problems for children aged 9-12 yrs. Paperback.

Books for Crossword Creators and Solvers

Crossword Puzzles For Dummies
by Michelle Arnot
Tips on solving all kinds of crosswords. Includes information on the puzzle industry and the inside scoop on the writing style of several famous crossword authors (384 pages). Paperback.

Cryptic Crosswords and How To Solve Them
by Fred Piscop
Fred wrote to tell me that his book explains how to recognize and solve all of the various cryptic clues. Included are several warmup puzzles with solving hints (which cryptic wordplay is represented) and a number of larger puzzles with no hints given. Official American Mensa Puzzle Book. 96 pages. Paperback.

Random House Guide to Cryptic Crosswords
by Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon
Introduction to the world of cryptic crosswords including a collection of Cox & Rathvon's puzzles from The Atlantic Puzzler. Paperback.

The New York Times Crossword Dictionary
Tom Pulliam, Clare Grundman
This third edition has been thoroughly revised, incorporating some 5,000 new entries. Paperback.

Random House Word Menu
by Frank Abate, Stephen D. Glazier
A regular and reverse dictionary broken into word categories and serving also as a thesaurus. Enables users to find a word when they know its meaning and learn words under different subject categories. Hardcover.

Almanac of Famous People
by Frank V. Castronova (Editor)
Need a famous name with unusual letters to fill a difficult corner? This book can save you a lot of hair pulling. Its subtitle is: A comprehensive reference guide to more than 30,000 famous and infamous newsmakers from Biblical times to the present. A little pricey but worth the investment. Hardcover.