I always thought the best buy in magic is the Apocalypse set. So many hidden gems.

Richard's Almanac for me.

It's smaller, sure, but just more enjoyable to read.

Amazing!

The Card Magic of Nick Trost

I suspect I will be adding The Magic of Ascanio Vol 1 and The Magic Rainbow to my list of books to revisit consistently. So much good thinking to unpack and process.

Gerald Deutsch's Perverse Magic: The First Sixteen Years.

Greater Magic and Tarbell.

Brad Henderson's The Dance. Helps me become a more polished reader.

1. Maximum Entertainment by Ken Weber.
2. Scripting Magic by Pete McCabe
3. Seriously Silly by David Kaye (a great reference when looking at performing for younger children)
4. Card College V1 - V5 by Roberto Giobbi
5. The Show Doctor by Jeff McBride
6. Worlds Beyond by Paul Curry
7. Tarbell

Designing miracles
(I'll cheat and add a DVD series: The classic magic of Michael Vincent)
ECT
Lessons in card mastery
Mnemonica
RTCM
Strong magic
Approaching magic
Card control (Buckley)
Modern coin magic
And once I start forgetting things, diversify the magic I do or improve in technical ability: Japan ingenuous, The amazing miracles of Shigeo Takagi, Game changer and Confident Deceptions

Nice list Prahlad

Some (many?) really don't know about the good stuff!!!

Ok Mr. Lorayne. I freely admit I refer to your Super-Power Memory book quite a bit when I was a Junior in college. It helped me tremendously; my grades improved significanly. I still use the methods you taught to memorize facts, figures, and faces today. I once ran into a person on the train that I met once 20 years ago at the gym. I sat down and started a conversation with him. Told him after about two minutes of small talk that I was receiving some deep insight, played it up (showmanship) and then told him his first name. He really freaked out as he didn't remember me at all. After about two minutes of his horrified shock and seeing that he may conclude that I am some stalker (which I am definitely not), I told him how we met 20 years before at the gym, and that I am a savant with faces and names. I mentioned your great Super-Power Memory book as the reason I can recall people's names months and years after an introduction.

I also love your magic Related books ..all great stuff

I have been gifted a copy of Apocalypse book and 2, and I think these are truly amazing. So much magic is crammed into these. I can make a start with my Boston box set now. Learned a couple of Harry Lorayne card tricks too...nice.!!
So um yeah, if you can find it, the first Apocalypse. The second one is pretty *** good too.