Puzzle Book Calendar
February 2013

By Patrick Jordan

Greetings, fellow solvers! As usual, NYT stands for New York Times (published by St. Martin's Griffin), PW for Puzzlewright (a Sterling imprint), RH for Random House, S&S for Simon & Schuster, and PZ for Puzzazz (available in their puzzle store for iOS). The Pocket Posh series is published by Andrews McMeel.

If no author is listed, the book features works by various or uncredited constructors.

JUST PUBLISHED/COMING THIS MONTH:

  • Pocket Posh Word Roundup 5 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Crosswords 5 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Sudoku 16 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Shopaholic's Sudoku (The Puzzle Society)
  • St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents the Huge Book of Hard Sudoku
  • Will's Best: Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the New York Times Puzzlemaster (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Easiest Crossword Puzzles (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • Adams - Everything Large-Print Word Search Book, Vol. 6 (Charles Timmerman)
  • PW Sit & Solve Travel Logic Puzzles (Mark Zegarelli)
  • PW Sit & Solve Brainteasers (Derrick Niederman)
  • PW Sit & Solve Math Puzzles (Steve Ryan)
  • PW Sit & Solve Easy Sudoku (Michael Rios)
  • PW Sip & Solve Sudoku (Michael Rios)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Hangwoman (Diane Ward)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Hangman No. 1 (Mike Ward)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Hangman No. 2 (Mike Ward)
  • Buster Books - Kids' Book of Holiday Puzzles (Gareth Moore)
  • Marion Street Press - Big Book of Word Play Crosswords (Lederer/Dean)
  • Bristol Park - Ultimate Grab A Pencil Book of Crosswords (Richard Manchester)
  • Bristol Park - Ultimate Grab A Pencil Book of Word Games (Richard Manchester)
  • PW Winner's Circle Crosswords (Tyler Hinman)
  • PW Sit & Solve Spiral Puzzles (Byron Walden)
  • PW Sit & Solve Picture Word Search Puzzles (Francis Heaney)
  • PW Sit & Solve No-Sweat Sudoku (Frank Longo)
  • PW Sit & Solve Tight Fit Sudoku (Huang/Snyder)
  • PW Kick Yourself Puzzles (Sloane/MacHale)
  • Minotaur Books - Arsenic and Old Puzzles: A Puzzle Lady Mystery (Parnell Hall)
  • NYT Sweet and Simple Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • Adams - Everything Large-Print Bible Word Search Book, Vol. 2 (Charles Timmerman)
  • Adams - Geek Word Search
  • Adams - Geek Crosswords
  • Adams - Geek Sudoku
  • Storey - Chicken Games & Puzzles (Hovanec/Merrell)
  • Pocket Posh Word Search 5 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Sukendo 4 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Codewords 3 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Sudoku 14 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh New York Crosswords (The Puzzle Society)
  • Arcturus - Mega Crosswords
  • Arcturus - Mega Sudoku
  • Arcturus - Mega Wordsearch
  • Adams - Best of Everything Crosswords Book (Charles Timmerman)
  • Adams - Everything Large-Print Word Search Book, Vol. 5 (Charles Timmerman)
  • Adams - Best of Everything Word Search Book (Charles Timmerman)
  • Adams - Everything Easy Word Search Book, Vol. 2 (Charles Timmerman)
  • PW 100 Years, 100 Crosswords: Celebrating the Crossword's Centennial (Peter Gordon, ed.)
  • PW mental_floss Crosswords (Matt Gaffney)
  • PW mental_floss Logic Puzzles (Brian Cimmet)
  • PW mental_floss Split Decision (Jason English & Ethan Trex)
  • PW mental_floss Sudoku (Frank Longo)
  • PW mental_floss Trivia (Sandy Wood & Kara Kovalchik)
  • PW Crasswords: The Enhanced Edition (Frances Heaney, ed.)
  • PW It's a Wonderful Word Search (Daniel Feyer)
  • PW Petite Wordplay Crosswords (Richard Silvestri)
  • PW Topsy-Turvy Word Search Puzzles (Dave Tuller)
  • PW Los Angeles Times Crosswords 25 (Rich Norris, ed.)
  • PW Petite Hard Sudoku (Frank Longo)
  • PW Jumbo Hangman (Mike Ward)
  • PW Scratch & Play Holiday Hangman (Mike Ward)

OTHER RECENT RELEASES:

  • S&S Mega Crossword Puzzle Book #13 (John Samson, ed.)
  • NYT Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 38 (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Large-Print Crossword Puzzle Omnibus, Vol. 13 (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Homestyle Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Crafty Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Holiday Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • People Celebrity Puzzler Big Book of Puzzles (People magazine)
  • Pocket Posh Bible Jumble (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Cryptograms (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Double Jumble (The Puzzle Society)
  • Thomas Kinkade Pocket Crosswords, Vols. 1 & 2 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Thomas Kinkade Pocket Posh Sudoku, Vols. 1 & 2 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Thomas Kinkade Pocket Posh Sudoku with Scripture, Vols. 1 & 2 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Adams - Everything Giant Book of Word Searches, Vol. 5 (Charles Timmerman)
  • Portable Press - Uncle John's Bathroom Puzzler BLOX
  • Adams - Everything Large-Print Crosswords Book, Volume III (Charles Timmerman)
  • PZ Out of Left Field: Cryptic Crosswords from the Nation (Joshua Kosman & Henri Picciotto)
  • PZ Off the Beaten Track with Virgilius: 20 Cryptic Variant Puzzles (Brian Greer)
  • PZ Logic Squares #1: 50 Logic Crosswords (Roy Leban)
  • PZ Fives & Threes #1: 50 Logic Crosswords (Roy Leban)
  • PZ A Daily Crossword Book One (Wayne Robert Williams)
  • PZ A Daily Crossword Book Two (Wayne Robert Williams)
  • PZ Quotation Crosswords Book One (Wayne Robert Williams)
  • PZ I Swear (Vic Fleming)
  • PZ XWORDZ 4 NEWBS (Parker Lewis)
  • PZ Piece of Cake Crosswords (Ian Livengood)
  • PZ World of Crosswords (Carla Frechette and Marya Doery)
  • PZ Canadian Crosswords, Eh? (Michael Wiesenberg)
  • PZ Freewheeling Crosswords (Brendan Emmett Quigley)
  • PZ Wide-Open Crosswords (Brendan Emmett Quigley)
  • PZ Chromatics (David Steinberg)
  • PZ Crossworlds I (T Campbell)
  • PZ Incredible Cryptic Crosswords (Todd Rew)
  • PZ Cryptic Crosswords Book One (Wayne Robert Williams)
  • PZ Across And Down The Guardian Path With Brendan (Brian Greer)
  • PZ Killer Cryptics (Mike Selinker, edited by Roy Leban)
  • PZ Follow the Words (Puzzazz Staff)
  • PZ Frenetic Phonetics (Puzzazz Staff)
  • PZ Go for Word (Puzzazz Staff)
  • PZ Puzzling Pairs (Puzzazz Staff)
  • PZ Show Me The Vowels (Puzzazz Staff)
  • PZ Mixed Doubles: Tens (Derek Chinn)
  • PZ Mixed Doubles: Elevens (Derek Chinn)
  • PZ Brain Pleasers (Alan Stillson)
  • PZ More Brain Pleasers (Alan Stillson)
  • PZ Mentagy Jump Start (Allyn Kahn)
  • PZ Mentagy Challenge (Allyn Kahn)
  • PZ Can You See (Jill Schmidt, edited by Parker Lewis)
  • PZ The Case of the Missing Mask (Emily Dietrich, puzzles by Roy Leban)

COMING ATTRACTIONS [release dates subject to change]:

    - MARCH -
  • NYT Monday Crossword Puzzle Omnibus (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Tuesday Crossword Puzzle Omnibus (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Surrender to Sunday Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Deadly Sudoku
  • PW Sit & Solve Crisscross Puzzles (Helene Hovanec)
  • PW Sit & Solve Pointer Crosswords (Frank Longo)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Spelling Bee Hangman (Jack Ketch)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Science Hangman (Jack Ketch)
  • PW Scratch & Solve Geography Hangman (Jack Ketch)
  • PW Blazingly Hard Fireball Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed.)
  • PW Large Print Sudoku #4 (Frank Longo)
  • PW Easy as Pie Crosswords: Super-Duper Easy! (Stanley Newman, ed.)
  • PW Easy as Pie Crosswords: Easy-Peasy! (Stanley Newman, ed.)
  • PW Easy as Pie Crosswords: Super Easy! (Stanley Newman, ed.)
  • PW Easy as Pie Crosswords: Really Easy! (Stanley Newman, ed.)
  • PW Easy as Pie Crosswords: Really, Really Easy! (Stanley Newman, ed.)
  • Pocket Posh Sudoku 15 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh New York Sudoku (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Hidato 3 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Word Lover's Puzzle & Quiz Book (The Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Jumble Crosswords 3 (The Puzzle Society)
  • Imagine - Cool Crosswords for Kids (Sam Bellotto Jr.)
  • Imagine - Bet You Can't Do This Sudoku! (Anthony Imannuvel)
  • Imagine - Go!Games Absolutely Addictive Word Search (Christy Davis)
  • Imagine - Go!Games Absolutely Addictive Sudoku (Anthony Imannuvel)
  • Peter Pauper Press - Little Black Book of Mind Benders (John Samson)
    - APRIL -
  • NYT Easy Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 14 (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • NYT Fast and Fresh Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
  • PW Crosswords Cum Laude (Patrick Berry)
  • PW Puzzlecraft (Selinker/Snyder)
  • PW Donut Sudoku (Frank Rubin)
  • St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Dangerous Sudoku
  • St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Big Beach Book of Sudoku
  • Pocket Posh Sudoku and Beyond (Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Sudoku 17 (Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Logic 5 (Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Jumble BrainBusters 2 (Puzzle Society)
  • Pocket Posh Brain Games 5 (Puzzle Society)
  • Andrews McMeel - USA Today Sudoku for Kids
  • Andrews McMeel - USA Today Picture Puzzles for Kids
  • Andrews McMeel - USA Today Word Search for Kids
  • Adams - Everything Easy Large-Print Word Search Book, Vol. 3 (Charles Timmerman)
Please write to me at pjordan@poncacity.net if you know of any current or upcoming puzzle books that do not appear on this calendar. And if you'd like to post this feature on your website, please feel free to do so. Thanks for looking, and happy solving!

Please write to me at pjordan@poncacity.net if you know of any current or upcoming puzzle books that do not appear on this calendar. Thanks for looking, and happy solving!


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