Anyone know of any good card books? I'm looking for no gimmick stuff, simply impromptu with a regular deck. I'm getting more into this sort of routine. I was hoping to expand on it adding a little more diversity and quantity to my lacking card routine. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. 8)

Hello Luke15

Try Easy Card Tricks by Bob Longe. It's published by Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Check your local book store for ISBN 0-8069-0950-1.

While you're browsing, consider the books by Karl Fulves (published by Dover, I think.)

Have fun!

Julie

It might help those suggesting books if they knew what your skill level was?

What kind of material do you do right now?

Amateur I suppose. I'm quite familiar with a deck of cards, but I can't say there is anything extraordinary I can do with them at the moment. I'm ready to step it up, I'm not looking for the "Beginners Course in Card Tricks" I guess is what I'm trying to imply.

Take a look at the new "Card College Light" by Robert Giobbi.
It's getting rave reviews everywhere as an ideal book for new material.

After that, you might want to also take a look at the various volumes of "Card College", which gets into more advanced material.

Of course, if you want to get a lot of material for not very much money, you can't go wrong with "Royal Road to Card Magic" by Hugard. It by itself could theoretically keep you busy for a couple of years.
It's put out by Dover, and costs under ten bucks.....it's been a cardworkers bible for many, many years now.

Anything and everything by Harry Lorayne is terrific (start with "Close-Up Card Magic"). If you are looking for something simpler have you checked into "Magic with Cards," by Frank Garcia and George Schindler, or Steve Beam's "Semi-Automatic Card Tricks" series?

You cannot go wrong with The Card Magic of Nick Trost. Trust me on this....
Rennie

I'll second SilverKing's suggestion about Card College Light. Even though this book is about sleightless tricks, I would recommend this to even guys who can do the most difficult sleights. It is that good. Roberto Giobbi has really done a beautiful job with this. The Card Magic of Nick Trost is good too, if nothing else for the sheer volume of effects. I still would stick with Card College Light, though. It really is excellent.

Rennie,

I have seen you mention The Card Magic Magic of Nick Trost many times. I consider it one of the top 5 book purchases I have ever made in the last 20 years. A GREAT book that L&L should republish for the unfortunate souls who missed it first time around.

Best,

Vlad

If your looking to go to the next step i.e basic to intermediate sleights books by Aldo Colombini Nick Trost Bob Longe & Peter Duffie are a good way to go.

Read everything ever written by Harry Lorayne on card magic- period.

Royal Road to Card Magic

One book that is often overlooked is Basic Card Technique by Anthony Norman. It's a classic.

And don't forget to get something on presentation and showmanship. There are hundreds of guys who can do very fine technical card work, but they may be lacking in showmanship. If you can make your magic look significant and entertaining, you will be way ahead of the guy who bores the poo out of people with low impact presentations of card tricks.