What are some good books to help me work out logical puzzles?

Are you thinking of Martin Gardner? He died within the last year.

An older source of puzzles is Sam Loyd His puzzle column ran in newspapers in the early 1900’s.

I like to work the books of logic puzzles with the deductive reasoning grids. Games magazine also has a lot of logic puzzles.

I am a fan of Raymond Smullyan.

He has written 11 (eleven!) books of logic puzzles, and they are pretty deep.

I also like Smullyan. I really liked “What is the Name of This Book” as a teen.

This is tangential, but if you’re interested in puzzles, chess problems are great and incredibly engaging.

How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day by Michael Gelb

A Whack on the Side of the Head: How You Can Be More Creative by Roger VonOech

@cockswain
Is that book similar to what I’m on about or just a good puzzle book?

Well, if you want logic puzzles and an explanation of each solution (as opposed to just the answer) then simian Smullyan is a good bet.

@jerv
OK I’ll see if my local library has it or I’ll look for a PDF version before buying it.

As I said, he wrote eleven books, so I’m sure that you can find at least one of them at the library.

Smullyan is indeed excellent. If you just want puzzles, try a Mensa book.