Maths puzzle books
A page with books containing mathematical puzzles!
All the books below link to Amazon, so please use those links if this page has been useful to you!
JMC IMC SMC
These books are aimed at students preparing for the UKMT maths challenges, and are great for extending and enriching the maths curriculum for secondary students.
The Ultimate Mathematical Challenge
The UK Mathematics Trust
Mathematical Challenge
Tony Gardiner
Can You Solve My Problems?
Alex Bellos
So You Think You’ve Got Problems?
Alex Bellos
Alex Bellos puzzle books
A range of fun and interesting mathematical puzzles – these books make great gifts for maths and puzzle enthusiasts!
GCHQ Puzzle books
Some very challenging and often quite involved puzzles here using a range of techniques – logic and word puzzles as much as maths, but some fun challenges including some really tough ones that will challenge the most seasoned puzzlers!
The GCHQ Puzzle Book
GCHQ
Further reading
More books on this topic that are worth knowing about. I haven’t read every one of these myself.
- Winning Ways for Your Mathematical Plays, Volume 1 — Berlekamp Conway and Guy
- Problem Solving Through Recreational Mathematics — Bonnie Averbach and V.K. Rohatgi
- The Penguin Dictionary of Curious And Interesting Geometry — David Wells
- The Penguin Book of Curious And Interesting Puzzles — David Wells
- The Penguin Book of Curious And Interesting Mathematics — David Wells
- The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers — David Wells
- The Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Numbers — David Wells
- Fifty Challenging Problems in Probability with Solutions — Frederick Mosteller
- The Stanford Mathematics Problem Book — George Polya
- Curves for the Mathematically Curious — Julian Havil
- Mathematical Puzzles And Diversions — Martin Gardner
- A Mathematical Mosaic: Patterns & Problem Solving — Ravi Vakil
- What is the Name of This Book? — Raymond Smullyan
- Logical Labyrinths — Raymond Smullyan
- Game, Set And Math: Enigmas and Conundrums — STEWART
- Professor Povey’s Perplexing Problems — Thomas Povey
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