All over the world, sudoku books are flying off the shelves. The addictive logic game, originated in the UK and popularized in Japan, has spread across the globe. The puzzles are now run in daily newspapers throughout Europe and Asia and the mania for sudoku has just now reached American shores. The Los Angeles Times, USA Today and the New York Post and some 60 US newspapers have jumped on the bandwagon. Sudoku may, like the crossword puzzle, stay a lifetime or it may be the meteor-like phenomenon of 2005, but one thing is clear: THE BOOK OF SUDOKU #1 and THE BOOK OF SUDOKU #2 are the first books of their kind to hit the States, and the simplest introductions to the puzzle.