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2025 winner
The Library Cat
Five shelves of colourful spines and one orange cat asleep in the only gap.
1,000
50 × 70 cm
4 of 5
10 to 12 hours
£26
a month for members, shipping included
The story behind it
Why it looks like this
Ines’s first puzzle with us, and the 2025 Puzzle of the Year. The cat is based on one who lives in a Leeds bookshop and ignores everyone.
Build shelf by shelf. The spines look random, and they are, which is exactly why it takes a whole weekend.
Meet the artist
Ines Okafor
I draw the bits of a place you only notice when you sit still.
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While you’re here
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Coastal
Low Tide, Marram Bay
Art by Ines Okafor
Sunset over the dunes, a striped towel and the grass that holds the beach together.
500
Botanical
Greenhouse No. 3
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Three glass arches, too many leaves and a chequered floor for the stubborn.
1,000
After dark
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Eleven at night, a heatwave, and one swimmer who has the pool to themselves.
500
Market day
Citrus Stand
Art by Ada Lindqvist
A striped awning, three crates of lemons and oranges, and honest prices.
500
Desert
Bloom Season
Art by Sofia Brandt
A pink desert morning with three cacti in flower and wildflowers underfoot.
1,000
Mountains
Switchback
Art by Jonah Pike
A yellow road zigzags up through the pines to a cable car and three snowy peaks.