Puzzle books · word search and sudoku
Relaxing puzzles to print, or to solve on a tablet, for you or for someone you love.
Finish a page and feel the satisfaction of a puzzle solved. Find Easy too easy? Step up to Medium, then Hard, at your own pace. Big, clear pages, easy on the eyes, with room to write. Our list of puzzle types keeps growing, so see what is new.
One page, one small win
Each puzzle has a page to itself, so finishing one feels like a real accomplishment. Then turn over for the next.
Levels you can trust
Beginner, Easy, Medium, Hard and Expert mean the same in every book. In sudoku a level is set by the solving methods a puzzle needs, not by how many digits it gives you.
Large print means large
In our large print books every word and number is 16 point or more, including the instructions and the answers.
Choose how you solve
One book, three ways to enjoy it
Print at home
A4 and US Letter PDFs, one puzzle to a page, with the answers at the back. Print the page you want, as often as you like.
Solve on a tablet
A linked PDF for GoodNotes, Notability and similar apps. Tap a puzzle's answer link, then tap back to the puzzle. Write with a stylus or a finger.
A paperback
Large print paperbacks, printed by Amazon, with the same puzzles. Volumes are added as each one is published.
The puzzles
Word search, sudoku and more
Word Search
Themed word searches with a different theme on every page, in normal print and large print.
Normal print · Large print
Classic Sudoku
The classic number puzzle, in normal print and large print, graded honestly from Easy to Hard.
Normal print · Large print
Jigsaw Sudoku
Sudoku with nine bold shapes in place of the boxes, for a fresh kind of challenge.
Normal print · Large print
Killer Sudoku
No digits to start: dotted cages with totals, solved by logic alone.
Normal print
Mini Sudoku
Small grids, quick wins and the same logic as the full-size puzzle: the friendliest way into sudoku.
Normal print
Levels that mean something
Easy is easy. Hard is hard.
In our sudoku books every puzzle is solved by a computer using the same methods a person would, and the level is the hardest method it needs. A Hard puzzle is not simply an Easy one with digits taken away.
In our word searches the levels change the directions: across and down, then diagonals, then every direction, backwards too.
- 1
Beginner
A gentle first step. Small and simple, such as a 4 by 4 mini sudoku where every step is a cell with only one digit left.
- 2
Easy
Every step is a cell with only one digit left, or a digit with only one place to go. Look, place a digit, look again.
- 3
Medium
The easy steps run out. To go on you need a new method, such as pairs or pointing.
- 4
Hard
Every puzzle needs at least one advanced method. Still solved by logic alone, and never by guessing.
- 5
Expert
The toughest puzzles we make.
See the difference
The same sudoku page at three of the five levels
Real pages from our Classic Sudoku, Volume 1, at Easy, Medium and Hard, and what each level asks of you.
Easy
Singles only: one digit left in a cell, or one place left for a digit.
Medium
Needs a new method, such as pairs or pointing, once the easy steps run out.
Hard
Needs an advanced method. Still pure logic, never guessing.
Free
A free puzzle pack to try
A few pages from our books to print at home, free. Sign-up opens soon, and a few new puzzles follow for the people on the list.
For the season
Large Print Christmas Word Search
100 Christmas word searches with a different Christmas theme on every page, in two flavours: one with American words and traditions, and one with British ones.
Both paperbacks are on their way to Amazon.
See the Christmas books