1. Drawing Room Deceptions
2. Williamson's Wonders
3. Unexplainable Acts
4. The Book or Don't Forget to Point
5. Magic For Dummies


1. Wonderful material. Great read. I use the material, techniques and ideas every day.
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4. Great guys, lots of hidden gems (tweezer coin production is awesome), but this is the one time for me that 'the book' wasn't as good as 'the movie'. These guys need to be seen live.
5. It's a good bit to pull it out during a closeup performance.

Bobo's Coin Magic, Routined Manipulation by Ganson, Stars Of Magic, Royal Road or Expert Card Magic, Maybe something by Walter Cummings. Books are great even if you own the same DVD, written words help video or DVD, like bread and butter.

Here are my top 5:

1. Abracadabra - By Nathaniel Schiffman
2. The Complete Illustrated Book of Close-Up Magic - By Walter B. Gibson
3. Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic - By Mark Wilson
4. The Expert at the Card Table - By S. W. Erdnase
5. Modern Coin Magic - By J. B. Bobo

I would recommend all of these for any magician!
For beginners, look at Abracadabra for a theoretical introduction, then learn some basic skills from Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic!
The Expert at the Card Table and Modern Coin Magic are for those who want to learn some serious manipulation!!!

Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz
Pure Effects - Derren Brown
Absolute Magic - Derren Brown
The Black Book - Paul Osborn
Illusion Works series - Rand Woodbury

Jeremy

Stewart James in Print: The First Fifty Years
The Compleat Invocation
The Stars of Magic
The James Files
Williamson's Wonders

My top 5 not in any order:
1. Close Up Card Magic
2. Complete Works of Derek Dingle
3. Stars of Magic
4. 21st Century Coin Mechanics
5. Routined Manipulation