The Puzzler

A. J. Jacobs looks at puzzles of all sorts in his latest Challenge Yourself book. After aiming for bodily perfection (Drop Dead Healthy), attempting to follow the Bible as literally as possible (The Year of Living Biblically), trying to become to smartest person in the world (The Know-It-All), and pursuing a goal of improving himself (My Life as an Experiment), Jacobs focuses on trying to solve the most baffling puzzles ever. He forms a team (with his family!) and represents America in the World Jigsaw Puzzle Championship. He tries to do a Rubik's Cube that's so difficult no one has solved it. He goes to the National Puzzler's League convention and tries to do anagrams with the big boys. He is embarrassingly slow at making his way through a huge maze in rural Vermont. Crossword puzzles. Sudoku. Chess. And more. Jacobs tries them all.

Super fun.