Magic Books
Hey everyone, for those of you who have them, could you recommend some of the best magic books currently out there? I'm especially interested in mentalism and books with practical tricks, not just theory.
Hope you can help me out!
Hey everyone, for those of you who have them, could you recommend some of the best magic books currently out there? I'm especially interested in mentalism and books with practical tricks, not just theory.
Hope you can help me out!
-Foundational Card Magic
-The Great School of Card Magic (Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5)
-Memorandum (It's not widely known or the absolute best, but I still highly recommend it.)
-Bobo's Coin Magic
-13 Steps to Mentalism
-All of Ascanio's volumes
-The Fine Art of Magic by Kaplan
-And for even more, check out: https://www.librosdemagia.com/
Cheers!
Thanks a lot, what a variety!
13 Steps to Mentalism
Thanks for the contribution, champ!
It's not about mentalism, but while we're on the subject, the best one I've read was hands down Roberto Giobbi's Card College.
For mentalism, @maximiliano often recommends Jon Zabal's.
And for highly practical self-working card magic:
https://magiaycardistry.com/producto/roberto-extra-light/
https://magiaycardistry.com/producto/roberto-super-light/
https://magiaycardistry.com/producto/roberto-light/
I was just about to say, Jon Zabal's work or David Cortés' Aparentente libre, I think are really excellent (I absolutely loved '13 escalones,' but it felt a bit much, I'm not sure how to describe it).
As for other current books I'd recommend, there are a ton, haha, but if I had to pick one for general magic, it'd be Joaquin Matas' A fuego lento. For coin magic, Gea's Numismagia y Percepción. For card magic, Lorentz Schar's Cards against reality. And for theory, Gea's Drama y estructura I find very interesting.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some; my mind's a bit foggy right now, and I've been focusing more on older books lately.