USA Today Sudoku: 200 Puzzles from the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper

By USA Today

'You can learn [Sudoku] in 10 seconds, and yet the logic needed to solve [the puzzle] is challenging. It's a perfect amount of time to spend on a puzzle, anywhere from five minutes to half an hour. And there's usually a rush at the very end, filling in the last squares, which gives you a great feeling. You immediately want to do another. Millions of Americans aged eight through 88 are hooked on Sudoku. It is a game of reason and logic. As evidenced by the increasing hordes of fans, it is not only challenging, but addictive as well. According to a recent Newsweek article, Sudoku is the biggest puzzle craze to hit America since the Rubik's Cube in the 1980s. No adding or subtracting, no twists, no surprises: To solve Sudokus a puzzler just needs logic. Once you've completed one USA Today Sudoku puzzle, you won't be able to stop playing them. A typical Sudoku puzzle can be completed in 10 to 30 minutes, depending on a player's ability and the puzzle's level of difficulty. The game is based solely on numbers, but requires no math skills whatsoever. Similar to a crossword puzzle, Sudoku is a series of nine 3 x 3 grids using each digit from 1 to 9 only once. USA Today Sudoku contains 200 puzzles categorized into five skill levels. Answers are provided in the back of the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740762354
• ISBN13: 9780740762352
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

sudoku

I tried 4 books before I got this one as a gift. For someone starting to learn this book is excellent.

Not just a regular ol' sudoku book

For the same reasons I love USA TODAY, I love the USA TODAY sudoku book. It's straighforward, clean and concise and has 5 levels of difficulty, just like the USA TODAY Sudoku in the USA TODAY newspaper, on usatoday.com and on USA TODAY Sudoku mobile (through Verizon, Cingular and T-mobile). It definitely stands out among the many sudoku books out there.