The Best Jigsaw Puzzles to Do When You're Stuck at Home

A pretty sweet image awaits those who complete this InGooooD puzzle. Collection Pavilion is one of the thousand-piecers in the company's Fantasy Series. It definitely inspires me to sit in my lounger and read some old books off my shelves. And also to build a forested lake on my rooftop.

This puzzle is considered an entry level "easy solve" puzzle; each piece has a letter on the back to tip you off about where it goes in the puzzle.

The 1000 colours shown above are Clemens Habicht's CMYK color gamut jigsaw puzzle. They call piecing it together "soothing" and "therapeutic." But they also spell "color" with a "U" so I don't think they can be trusted. Attempting to assemble one of these puzzles may end up being more tortuous that trying to tackle a 27-step Yosegi.

When the table topic of what five things you would want with you while stranded on a deserted island comes up, people always try to be clever, talking about music or mementos or clean water. But who cares if you're hydrated, nostalgic, and groovin' to Juice Newton in a banana leaf loin cloth when you're bored out of your fucking mind? What you really need is something to engage and keep you occupied for the next 30 years, or until you get taken out by a falling coconut.

Enter a 24,000 piece jigsaw puzzle (aptly entitled "Life" so you'll never forget what you're missing). The task of assembly is made slightly less daunting with the divvying of pieces into four separate packets, each containing a vertical sector of the 14' x 5' puzzle that is distinguishable from the others, but ultimately better as part of its cohesive whole. Like The Beatles.

The 4th dimension is time. 4D puzzles of famous skylines - including Westeros, Gotham City, and Hogwart's - sprawl width- and lengthwise, rise vertically with scale-model buildings, and cap their dimensional empire with the axis of time. The New York model, for example, reflects 101 years of architectural history with plastic building replicas depicting the city as it appeared as far back as 1812, forward to 1971, when the World Trade Towers were built, and up to 2013's erection of the Freedom Tower.

How many pieces in the world's largest jigsaw puzzle? Right now, the record stands at an obscene 51,300, courtesy of Kodak and the 27 Wonders of the World. Assembled the puzzle covers 28.5' x 6.25' of space, which is more than I have available in any given room of my condo. Especially with all the rolls of toilet paper I'm hoarding.

Only 37 pieces and pretty cheap. Why buy one Howling Wolf 3D Crystal Jigsaw Puzzle when you can buy 3? Don't forget to set them up around a Levimoon?