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Puzzles & Games

Books that are themselves puzzles, or that celebrate the culture of games and play, tap into a particular kind of child engagement. The deep satisfaction of figuring something out. These 0 books are interactive in spirit even when they're not literally interactive.

Interactive pages, hidden objects, riddles, and mazes. Books where the reader is part of the adventure.

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Puzzles & Games Books for Kids – Wonderlit | Wonderlit

98 books about puzzles & games

Age

0–2 3–5 6–8 9–12 13+

Format

Middle Grade Young Adult Graphic Novels

Cover of The Grandest Game

The Inheritance Games #5

The Grandest Game

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Seven players with golden tickets compete in a high-stakes annual game for fame and fortune, but secret motives and brok

Cover of The Inheritance Games

The Inheritance Games #1

The Inheritance Games

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Avery inherits a billionaire's fortune and must survive a house full of puzzles and the dispossessed family who wants he

Cover of Wildcard

For teens seeking an explosive series finale where virtual reality collides with real-world stakes, demanding courage, l

1 2 3...5

Cover of The Brothers Hawthorne

The Inheritance Games #4

The Brothers Hawthorne

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

The Hawthorne brothers are pulled into dangerous games across the globe, from high-stakes London gambling clubs to famil

Ages 12–18

Cover of In the Ballroom with the Candlestick

A Clue Mystery #3

In the Ballroom with the Candlestick

Diana Peterfreund

Blackbrook Academy descends into chaos as a dark secret and a suspicious death force the Murder Crew to work together to

Cover of The Dark Game

Paul B. Janeczko

Clothesline codes, surveillance satellites, and cyber espionage reveal the high-stakes history of the brave spies and tr

Cover of The Lost

Natasha Preston

Trapped in a building where every room is a lethal test of survival, Piper and Hazel must find a way out of a kidnapper'

Cover of The Fever Code

The Maze Runner #1

Before the Glade, there was a world destroyed by plague and a boy named Thomas who helped WICKED design a maze that chan

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The Children and the Wolves

For mature teens exploring the darkest corners of human behavior: three drifters kidnap a child, blurring the lines betw

Cover of Betting on You

Better Than the Movies

Bailey and Charlie are coworkers who can't stand each other, but a secret bet and a summer spent together start to blur

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The Three Investigators #1

The Secret of Terror Castle

Three young investigators use logic and a gold-plated Rolls Royce to hunt for a real ghost in a mansion once owned by a

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The Bone Spindle #1

The Bone Spindle

A bookish treasure hunter and a tough warrior must break a century-old curse after pricking a finger on a bone spindle i

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The Ghosts of Crimson Hill #2

The Ghost in the Clocktower

When the old clocktower strikes thirteen at midnight, Taz must decode time loops and face a restless spirit to find a mi

Cover of The Bobbiedots Conclusion

Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #5

The Bobbiedots Conclusion

Scott Cawthon, Andrea Waggener

Sinister artificial intelligence and malfunctioning animatronics haunt these three terrifying tales from the uncharted c

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Five years after a tragic murder-suicide rocked Fairview, Pip begins a school project to prove the town's scapegoat was

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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Sixteen years after vanishing, Bel’s mother suddenly reappears during the filming of a true crime documentary, but her s

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Ghostlight at Dark Hollow

Sixteen-year-old Rowan accidentally triggers spectral beacons in a dark gorge, forcing a race to decode haunted signals

Cover of Midnight Games

Fear Street #48

Dana Fear just wants to survive senior year, but when her new friends start disappearing at 3 A.M., she realizes her fam

Cover of Gumdrop Angel

Fazbear Frights #8

Scott Cawthon, Andrea Rains Waggener

A vengeful prank, a desperate security job, and a lucky toy lead to monstrous ends in three sinister tales from the terr

Cover of Friendly Face

Fazbear Frights #10

Scott Cawthon, Andrea Rains Waggener

Horror and suspense collide in three chilling tales set within the haunted and dangerous world of Five Nights at Freddy’

Cover of The Puppet Carver

Fazbear Frights #9

The Puppet Carver

Scott Cawthon, Elley Cooper

Three terrifying tales of mechanical horror await in this pulse-pounding collection set in the world of Five Nights at F

Cover of Nexie

Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #6

Scott Cawthon, Kelly Parra, Andrea Waggener

Three sinister tales from the uncharted corners of the Five Nights at Freddy’s universe reveal that every choice comes w

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The Haunting in the Attic

At exactly 3:11 a.m., Lina unlocks an attic of shifting rooms and spectral echoes to deliver the final messages of vanis

Cover of Tiger Rock

Five Nights at Freddy's: Tales from the Pizzaplex #7

Scott Cawthon, Kelly Parra, Andrea Waggener

Three sinister tales from the Five Nights at Freddy's universe explore the terrifying prices people pay in the uncharted