There are 20 clues for 20 different books depicted in the illustration. Simply click on a clue and enter your guess in the box. Can you solve them all?
Hints and tips:
- We’ll tell you if your guess is nearly correct – including if you enter a key word that appears in the full book title (new for 2025!). But don’t forget to check your spelling!
- Clues relate to either the book title or feature something that exists in the world of the book. Have a think about what you can see.
- Need a closer look? Click the magnifying glass to enlarge the clue, or used pinch-and-zoom on mobile.
- Missing a clue? Click around to see what you can find. A glow appears around clues when you hover over them on desktop, or click ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ to scroll through unsolved clues on mobile.
- Stuck on a clue? Join in the conversation on Facebook!
Hidden Books Game is created by the team at National Book Tokens. For more than 90 years, National Book Tokens gift cards have empowered readers to choose the books they want to read from the bookshops they love. Accepted in bookshops across the UK and Ireland, and online.
This year’s Hidden Books Game is illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat. Sandhya is an independent Animator and Illustrator based in the Bay Area, California and is from Chennai, India.
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Congratulations – you’ve found our bonus clue! Solve the riddle below and we’ll pick one bookworm to win a bundle of books and a Books Are My Bag tote every week until Christmas.
I've a forest within but no trees to be spied;
Travellers are welcome, no passports required.
I can offer the past or the future, you choose -
Find your teacher or mentor, your prophet or muse.
I have many volumes yet often I'm hushed,
My stillness a refuge - in me you can trust.
In me you'll meet heroes, adventurers, spies,
Lovers and lawyers and gods - what am I?
Can you spot the book titles? Just click on each clue and enter your answer in the box.
Save your progress as you go.
(Are you finding the clues too tricky? Just click ‘show answer’ and all will be revealed!)
Win £500 worth of books!
Complete the game for a chance to win a £500/€500 National Book Token – perfect for heading to your nearest bookshop and choosing just the right books for you.
Has the game left you completely bamboozled? You could still be a runner-up! 10 players will get a £150/€150 National Book Token. Simply save your progress to enter.
Why not save your progress?
Even if you don’t get all 20, you could still win a £150/€150 National Book Token.