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Books & documents
- The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Amusements in Mathematics — Henry Ernest Dudeney Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Canterbury Puzzles, and Other Curious Problems — Henry Ernest Dudeney Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Minute Mysteries [Detectograms] — H. A. Ripley Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The puzzle king : Amusing arithmetic, book-keeping blunders, commercial comicalities, curious "catches", peculiar problems, perplexing paradoxes, quaint questions, queer quibbles, school stories, interesting items, tricks with figures, cards, draughts, dice, dominoes, etc., etc., etc. — John Scott Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Magician's Own Book, or, the Whole Art of Conjuring — George Arnold and Frank Cahill Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Among the Meadow People — Clara Dillingham Pierson Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Home Fun — Cecil Henry Bullivant Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Actions and reactions — Rudyard Kipling Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Pictured Puzzles and Word Play — A. Cyril Pearson Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Devil Stories: An Anthology — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Conundrums, Riddles and Puzzles — Dean Rivers Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Lord Peter views the body — Dorothy L. Sayers Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Santa Claus' Book of Games and Puzzles — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot — Andrew Lang Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] — John Phin Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Merry's Book of Puzzles — J. N. Stearns Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Hortus Vitae — Vernon Lee Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The cross word puzzle book: Second series — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- 500 Rätsel und Rätselscherze für jung und alt (German) — Joseph Frick Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls — Various Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- Puzzles and oddities : Found floating on the surface of our current literature, or tossed to dry land by the waves of memory — Unknown Read / download (public domain) Project Gutenberg [Public Domain] [epub · text]
- No fury like that : a novel (2017) — De Nikolits, Lisa, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- One star awake (2017) — Meehan, Andrew, 1971- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Tony — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- disneys_donald_duck_frame_tray_puzzle_SEP15231 (1973) — Walt Disney Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Remember 10 with Explorer Ben (2017) — Veitch, Catherine, author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Webster's crossword puzzle dictionary (1979) — Fox-Sheinwold, Patricia Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The fox and the crow (2012) — Marwood, Diane Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Photo Puzzle Challenge (2008) — Unknown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Pieces of the Puzzle (2006) — Jo Ann M. Colton Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Constable along the trail (2005) — Rhea, Nicholas, 1936-2017 Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Everything kids' dump trucks and bulldozers puzzle and activity book : load, lift, dig, and dump ... with 100 down-and-dirty puzzles (2016) — Blair, Beth L Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Where's Mo? Find Mo Farah & His Sporting Friends Illustrated Puzzle Picture Book (2012) — Sara Cywinski Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp80-01601r000300360034-6: SIGNS OF HANOI BUILDUP PUZZLE U.S. COMMAND (1972) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The Myth Of Artificial Intelligence; Why Computers Can’t Think The Way We Do (2021) — Erik Larson Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000402700045-3: U.S. PLANS BIG SPENDING INCREASE FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SPACE (1982) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- The case of the curious cook : a WISE Enquiries Agency mystery (2017) — Ace, Cathy, 1960- author Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Along the Puzzle Trail (2001) — Ian Brown Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- And a puzzle to die on (2005) — Hall, Parnell Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Income Distribution: The Unsolved Puzzle (1978) — K. R. Ranadive Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room 0000622830: ON ANALYTIC SUCCESS AND FAILURE (1993) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- CIA Reading Room cia-rdp90-00965r000100130053-2: POISON AND PLAGUE RUSSIA'S SECRET TERROR WEAPONS (1984) — CIA Reading Room Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Bone blind (2011) — Padgett, Abigail Read at the Internet Archive Internet Archive [Internet Archive — see item page]
- Sudoku Puzzle Book (2021) — Puzzle Publishing Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Monkey Puzzle (2000) — Julia Donaldson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Maze Puzzle Book (2021) — Didactic Publishing Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Sudoku Puzzle Book (2021) — Zyne Publishing Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Westing Game (1978) — Ellen Raskin Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Pocket Sudoku Easy (2019) — Sudoku Kingdom Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Tuesday (1987) — David Wiesner Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Puzzle Pack (2005) — William T. Collins Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Puzzle for the Secret Seven (1958) — Enid Blyton Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Lucy and the Sea Monster (1994) — Karen Dolby Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- "The Journey Through Time" Pyramid Puzzle (2013) — Elisabetta Dami Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Pocket Sudoku Hard (2019) — Sudoku Kingdom Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Pocket Sudoku Hard (2019) — Simply Sudoku Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Word Search (2019) — Puzzle Books Press Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Love Puzzle (1986) — Barbara Cartland Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Pocket Sudoku (2019) — Pocket Puzzles Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The personality puzzle (1997) — David Charles Funder, David C. Funder, David Funder Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Puzzling Puzzles (2004) — Lemony Snicket, Biff Nussbaum, Brett Helquist Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Blackwing Puzzle (1984) — Leslie McFarlane Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- An Elegant Puzzle (2019) — Will Larson Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Maze Puzzle Book (2021) — Zyne Publishing Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Pocket Word Search (2019) — Pocket Puzzles Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- Puzzles of the Black widowers (1990) — Isaac Asimov Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
- The Skyfire Puzzle (1985) — Leslie McFarlane Details at Open Library Open Library [metadata only — rights vary, see Open Library]
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