Books worth wrapping

Gift books for puzzle lovers, parents, grandparents & alumni

The best gift book fits the way someone already likes to spend time—solving, reminiscing, sharing stories, or settling into a quiet afternoon.

Choose by who you are shopping for

Sample large-print fallen phrases puzzle

For parents & grandparents

Comfortable pages, satisfying challenges

Large type and complete solutions make these books approachable without making the puzzles feel slight.

Full wrap cover for Large Print Cryptograms

For puzzle lovers

A book with room to work

Choose cryptograms for someone who loves quotations and code breaking, or fallen phrases for a visual word-grid challenge.

Watercolor-style autumn view down a brick-lined street in Oxford, Ohio

For alumni & families

A favorite place, kept close

Our illustrated college-town books are designed as keepsakes to read, share, and return to across generations.

Oxford, Ohio edition — in development
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A quick match

Start with how they like to solve.

Quotation lover

Choose Large Print Cryptograms for 500 quotations and proverbs solved through letter-substitution clues.

Visual word-puzzle fan

Choose Large Print Fallen Phrases for a simple column rule and 250 phrases that become progressively harder.

Country and garden reader

Choose Country & Weather Wisdom for the same fallen-phrases challenge with a focused theme.

Simple rule of thumb

Give the kind of afternoon they enjoy.

For a quiet solo challenge, choose a puzzle book. For remembering a place together, choose a college-town keepsake.

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