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Best Book Themed Jigsaw Puzzles
For those of us who love a quiet evening at home, literary puzzles are a great alternative to reading, especially when you’re doing one of these book-themed options!
Puzzles are also a great way to encourage family time away from electronics. They help bridge generations since they can be enjoyed by kids and adults of all ages!
Literary puzzles are perfect when you need a gift for a book lover that isn’t a book! Here are some of our favorites, including everything from Nancy Drew book covers to library scenes.
Book Shop & Library Jigsaw Puzzles
Books & Flowers
You’ll wish you could step right into this puzzle to shop at this idyllic book and flower shop.
Snowy New York Public Library
The classic lions outside the New York Public Library are decorated for Christmas, making this the perfect family puzzle for December. Bonus points if you’ve read Lions of 5th Avenue!
Book Shop Storefront Puzzle
This puzzle looks like the perfect way to spend an afternoon, second only to browsing the aisles of this cozy book shop.
Springtime Library Puzzle
While this puzzle is only 500 pieces, it’s double-sided, making it more difficult. You can complete one side and then take it apart to complete it again with the other side facing up!
Readers Paradise by White Mountain
This White Mountain puzzle is appropriately named because this scene definitely looks like paradise on a cold winter day.
Cozy Christmas Bookshop
This colorful bookshop is decorated for Christmas, making it the perfect puzzle for the holidays.
New Yorker Cover Puzzle
This book store puzzle was originally the August 11th, 1962 New Yorker magazine cover, illustrated by Artist Arthur Getz.
Bizarre Bookshop Puzzle
Looking for something with a bit more detail and whimsy? Try this Ravensburger Bizarre Bookshop puzzle!
A Day in the Bookstore Puzzle
If you’re looking for a very difficult puzzle, this is it! Melissa received it for Christmas, and much of the puzzle is brick pieces that look similar, but the colors don’t exactly match the box. It’s very cute, but frustrating 🙂
Book Spine Puzzles
Diverse Spines by Chronicle Books
If you’re looking for a gift for a reader, this is packaged perfectly in a book-shaped box.
The book stacks in the puzzle make up a fabulous reading list of 60 books by diverse authors, including modern classics like The Joy Luck Club, The Kite Runner, and There, There.
Herringbone Book Spines Puzzle
The herringbone pattern and colors in this puzzle would make it great art for the wall when you’re done!
Dangerous Women Read Puzzle
Piece together some of these mantras from women who use their minds and voices to march toward a better world.
Wildflower Pages Puzzle
Vintage books are intertwined with blooming wildflowers in this puzzle that blends nature and literature.
I’d Rather Be Reading
The brightly colored book spines on this puzzle are so pretty! If you know a reader obsessed with organization, they’ll appreciate these tidy shelves.
Book Club Darlings
How many of these books did your book club read? Grab this puzzle in honor of all the fun you have with your club each month!
NOTE: Some reviewers get frustrated by the solid white sections of this puzzle because the pieces are all very similar.
Bookshelf Puzzles
Whimsical Bookshelf Puzzle
Just imagine the stories you could find on these whimsical bookshelves tucked amongst the other vintage treasures.
Books & Bouquets
How inviting is this room filled with brightly colored bouquets that match the books on the shelves?!
Vintage Bookshelf Puzzle
This dark and cozy puzzle is perfect for the reader who also loves plants.
Themed Book Cover Puzzles
Historical Fiction Book Cover Puzzle
We love seeing some of our favorite reads within this puzzle and appreciate the wide range of authors and titles included.
Jane Austen Book Cover Jigsaw Puzzle
Is there a Jane Austen fan on your holiday shopping list? This puzzle will bring them joy when they unwrap it and again when they spend time putting it together.
Banned Books Puzzle
This puzzle would be a great gift for anyone who aims to read commonly banned books or works to keep books accessible in public libraries.
Vintage Best Sellers Book Covers
Featuring just over 50 bestselling vintage books, this White Mountain puzzle can double as a reading list!
Nancy Drew Puzzle
Did you devour Nancy Drew novels as you were growing up? Finish this puzzle and then try to remember which ones you’ve read. Or even better, gift it to someone who loved Nancy Drew as a kid to bring back happy childhood memories.
Harry Potter Book Covers
This is a must-have for the Harry Potter fanatic in your life, and perfect for younger kids to help with as it’s 500 pieces instead of 1000 like many on our list!
Dog Tales Puzzle
Need a Christmas gift for a book lover who is also a dog lover? This is sure to be a hit!
There’s also an option for cat book covers.
Puzzles Featuring Readers or Authors
Book Club Puzzle
This modern jigsaw puzzle design is colorful and fun. If you zoom in, you can see all the humorous plays on popular book titles!
Famous Authors Postage Stamp Puzzle
Each stamp included on this jigsaw puzzle represents a different author, with their home country noted in the stamp design.
Bucket List Books Puzzle
This bright, fun puzzle features 50 must-read books that are perfect for any reader’s TBR list.
Joy of Reading
This fun collage-style puzzle image highlights vintage characters reading in various settings. We’d love to be the chic woman on the yellow chair!
Puzzle Accessories
Puzzle Assembly Board
This is the ultimate gift for puzzle lovers. Since we’d both love one of these puzzle boards for our own homes, we thought it was worth highlighting. The board makes it easy to move the puzzle off the table for meals, and the drawers make it easy to sort pieces AND keep them out of reach from little fingers or paws.
Stackable Sorting Trays
As an alternative to a full puzzle assembly board, this set of six colorful trays allows you to sort over 1,000 puzzle pieces. Each tray has its own lid, and all the trays stack together. Perfect when you are short on space, or when you don’t want your puzzle to overtake your table completely.
LED Magnifying Puzzle Scoop
This genius tool serves multiple purposes. The built-in LED light and 3x magnification help you spot details on small puzzle pieces. And the flat surface allows you to scoop up and move completed sections of your puzzle.
Let us know if you’ve tried any of these in the comments below!
Next up, check out these other great gift ideas for book lovers, as well as our list of affordable gifts for book club friends!
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I love jigsaw puzzles!! I have done a couple of these & will look for some of the others to work!
I love this!! I thought I had done most book related puzzles but found so many more great ones in this section. Thanks!
I tried to add a photo of my favorite book puzzle but it won’t let me load it. It is a picture of a storefront of one of my local bookstores Browseabout Books in Rehoboth, DE.
OH that sounds fun, we’ll see if we can find it!