Puzzle Book Calendar
February 2008

By Patrick Jordan

Greetings, fellow solvers! February is a day longer this year, giving you an extra 24 hours to enjoy the latest brain-teasing books! NYT stands for New York Times (published by St. Martin's Griffin), RH for Random House, RP for Running Press, S&S for Simon & Schuster, and SP for Sterling Publishing. If no author is listed, the book features works by various constructors.

JUST PUBLISHED/COMING THIS MONTH:

• NYT Sweet Dreams Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• NYT Coffee, Tea or Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• RH Quotable Cryptograms (Terry Stickels & Sam Bellotto, Jr.)
• SP Mensa Big Book of Acrostics (Michael Ashley)
• SP Official Book of Wordoku #4 (Frank Longo)
• SP Scratch & Solve Tough Hangman #6 (Mike Ward)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents I Love Pocket Sudoku
• SP New York Sun Crosswords #16 (Peter Gordon, ed.)
• SP Sudokugrams (Stillson/Longo)
• SP Take a Break Crosswords (Martin Ashwood-Smith)
• SP Wordplay Crosswords 2 (Richard Silvestri)
• SP Mensa Big Book of Acrostics (Michael Ashley)
• SP Mysterious Picture Mazes (Conceptis)
• SP Perplexing Picture Mazes (Conceptis)
• SP Amazing Word Search Puzzles for Kids (Mark Danna)
• SP Los Angeles Times Crosswords #15 (Rich Norris, ed.)
• NYT Crosswords for Two (Will Shortz, ed. -- Jan.)
• NYT Crosswords to Keep Your Brain Young (Jan.)
• NYT Will Shortz Presents I Love Crosswords, Vol. 2 (Will Shortz, ed.)
• S&S Mega Crossword Puzzles Book #1 (John Samson, ed. -- Jan.)
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Crossword
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Logic Puzzles
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Sudoku X and Mini Sudoku
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Word Play
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Word Roundup/Word Search
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Crazy for Sudoku (Jan.)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Sleepless with Sudoku (Jan.)
• Collins Million Word Crossword Answer Book Paperback (Newman/Stark -- Jan.)

ALSO ON THE SHELVES:

• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Sudoku for 365 Days
• Harbour Publishing O Canada Crosswords 8 (Olson/Macleod)
• NYT Coffee Break Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• NYT Sunday's Best (Will Shortz, ed.)
• NYT Cuddle Up with Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• NYT Sunday Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 33 (Will Shortz, ed.)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Simply Sudoku, Vol. 2
• SP 25-Foot-Long Crossword Puzzle (Frank Longo)
• SP 25-Foot-Long Picture Maze (Conceptis)
• SP Crasswords (Francis Heaney)
• SP Easy-to-Hard Mensa Sudoku (Frank Longo)
• SP Scrabble Sticker Crosswords (Patrick Blindauer)
• SP Scrabble-Doku (Longo/Gordon)
• SP Super Sudoku to Exercise Your Mind (Frank Longo)
• SP Trivial Pursuit Sudoku (Frank Longo)
• SP Repeat-Letter Sudoku (Walter Mackey)
• Adams Everything Memory Boosters Puzzle Book (Charles Timmerman)
• Adams Everything Cryptic Crosswords Book (Geraint Tucker)
• Adams Everything Bible Crosswords Book (Charles Timmerman)
• LIfe Magazine - The Amazing Picture Puzzle
• S&S Crossword Puzzle Book #258 (John Samson, ed.)
• SP Cosmogirl! Games: Crosswords (Matt Gaffney)
• SP Movie-Doku (Frank Longo)
• SP Sports-Doku (Frank Longo)
• SP New York Sun Croswords #14 and #15 (Peter Gordon)
• SP Trivial Pursuit Crosswords (Francis Heaney)
• SP Trivial Pursuit Crosswords for Kids (Trip Payne)
• SP 100 Super Crosswords (Pete Naish)
• SP 100 Wonderful Crosswords (Pete Naish)
• SP Gonzo Crosswords (Ben Tausig)
• SP Grand Crosswords to Keep You Sharp
• SP Habit-Forming Crosswords to Keep You Sharp
• SP Scrabble Crosswords (Frank Longo)
• SP Sit & Solve Movie Crosswords (David J. Kahn)
• RH Los Angeles Times Sunday Crossword Omnibus, Vol. 6 (Tunick/Bursztyn)
• RH Casual Crosswords Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Mel Rosen, ed.)
• RH Casual Crosswords, Vol. 5 (Mel Rosen, ed.)
• RH Harvest Moon Crosswords (Stanley Newman, ed.)
• NYT Crazy for Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• NYT The Joy of Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed.)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Beyond Sudoku
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Rise & Shine Sudoku

COMING ATTRACTIONS [projected release months shown]:

• NYT Rise and Shine Crossword Puzzles (Will Shortz, ed. -- March)
• NYT Easy Crossword Puzzles, Vol. 9 (Will Shortz, ed. -- March)
• SP Great Sudoku to Exercise Your Mind (Frank Longo -- March)
• SP Breezy Monday Sudoku (Frank Longo -- March)
• SP Easy Tuesday Sudoku (Frank Longo -- March)
• SP Harder Wednesday Sudoku (Frank Longo -- March)
• SP Challenging Thursday Sudoku (Frank Longo -- March)
• SP Cranium-Crushing Friday Sudoku (Frank Longo -- March)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Easy Afternoon Sudoku (March)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Easy to Hard Sudoku, Vol. 2 (March)
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Crossword Puzzles (April)
• Andrews McMeel - USA Today Logic Puzzles (April)
• SP Scrabble Puzzles, Vols. 1 & 2 (Joe Edley -- April)
• SP Battleship Sudoku (Thomas Snyder -- April)
• SP Yummy Monday Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed. -- April)
• SP Tasty Tuesday Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed. -- April)
• SP Delicious Wednesday Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed. -- April)
• SP Scrumptious Thursday Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed. -- April)
• SP Flavorful Friday Crosswords (Peter Gordon, ed. -- April)
• NYT Easy to Not-So-Easy Crossword Puzzle Omnibus (Will Shortz, ed. -- April)
• NYT Sunday at Home Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed. -- April)
• NYT Real Simple Crosswords (Will Shortz, ed. -- April)
• NYT Crosswords for a Relaxing Weekend (Will Shortz, ed. -- April)
• Adams Everything Puzzles for Dog Lovers (Charles Timmerman -- April)
• Hearst - CosmoGIRL! Cryptograms (Robert Leighton -- April)
• St. Martin's Minotaur - The Sudoku Puzzle Murders (Parnell Hall -- April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Fast & Fun Sudoku (April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Tame Sudoku (April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Wild Sudoku (April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Ferocious Sudoku (April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Sudoku to Soothe Your Soul (April)
• St. Martin's Griffin - Will Shortz Presents Wild About Sudoku (April)