Featuring easy to follow instructions to help you master Sudoku strategy Stretch your mind with a range of puzzles, from easy to diabolically difficult! Complete with puzzle-solving strategies plus OVER 600 PUZZLES, The Big Book of Sudoku For Dummies is the ultimate book for the puzzle fanatic. Whether you're new to Sudoku or a daily puzzle solver, this big book will give you what you want. With over 600 puzzles ranging from the encouragingly easy to the baffling and bewildering, this big book will get newcomers hooked and keep experts entertained. Discover how to Solve the popular 9 x 9 puzzles - 576 included Work through the 16 X 16 puzzles - 20 included Master the Circular puzzle - 20 included Solve puzzles at 4 difficulty levels: Easy, Tricky, Tough, and Diabolical!

Table of Contents

Introduction. Solving the First Puzzle. About This Book. Part I: Sudoku Strategy. Chapter 1: Simplifying Sudoku. Understanding the Rules. Getting Down to Basics. Taking the puzzle in pieces. Looking at the (slightly) bigger picture. Solving for the second number. Cracking open the first box. Using your clues. Taking Sudoku Up a Notch. Singling Out Lone Numbers. Serious Sudoku Solving. Getting Rid of Extraneous Options. Sudoku on Steroids. Taking On the Target: Sudoku in the Round. Part II: Sudoku Puzzlemania. Puzzles. Easy Does It. Getting Tricky. Tough Nuts to Crack. Diabolically Difficult. Truly Treacherous. Target Sudoku. Part III: The Answer to Your Problems. Answers.

Author Biography

Andrew Heron is a Sudoku expert and puzzle compiler for newspapers across the globe. He is the author of all three volumes of Sudoku For Dummies.