List of contract bridge books explained

Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge books deemed significant by various authors and organizations.

History

Books on bridge and its predecessor games have spanned centuries with the earliest known popular book on the subject of Whist having been published by Edmond Hoyle in 1742^[1] or 1743.^[2]

The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows:

• 17th century: the emergence of Whist from earlier games such as Ruff and Honours and Triumph
• 18th and 19th centuries: Whist is widely played with many variants in scoring methods; similar games such as Vint and Khedive are also played
• 1886: Evidence that Bridge-Whist has emerged with John Collinson's four page pamphlet entitled Biritch, or Russian Whist.^[3] (Earlier, in 1869, Christian Vanderheid, an Austrian writer about card games, published Gründlicher Selbstunterricht zur Erlernung des Jarolasch oder das russische Whist (Extensive Self-teaching of Yeralash (Jarolasch) or Russian Whist). The game described by Vanderheid is almost identical to Collinson's Biritch, with the exception that it is not played with a dummy.^[4])
• 1903–1932: from the first known publication on Auction Bridge (also known as Royal Auction Bridge and simply, Auction) to the last publication of Laws of Auction Bridge by the Portland Club
• c. 1915: Bridge Plafond emerges in France and Belgium and is essentially contract bridge without vulnerability
• late 1925: a significant new scoring system was proposed by Harold Vanderbilt introducing the concept of vulnerability, large bonuses for slams and heavy penalties for undertricks. Within two years, "Auction was swept off the tables" in the dawn of modern contract bridge.^[5]
• 1926–1935: numerous books on bidding are published and compete for status as the 'official system' of choice. Ely Culbertson rises to prominence in the US as a self-promoting bridge player, challenging his English and European counterparts to international matches all the while building a business empire based on his bridge writing and related investments. In the early Thirties, Acol is fashioned by S. J. Simon and Jack Marx, and eventually becomes the most popular bidding system in Britain.
• 1935: Culbertson publishes the first Encyclopedia of Bridge.

Precursor games

The following are books on the various precursor games to modern contract bridge; the first books on contract bridge appeared in 1927.^[6]

• Book: Hoyle , Edmond . Edmond Hoyle . A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist: Containing the Laws of the Game and also Some Rules... . W. Webster . Bath, London . 1743 . 86 pages. / London: Thomas Osborne, 10th Edition, 1750, 224 pages
• Book: Hoyle , Edmond . Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Backgammon Complete . Thomas Osborne, Stanley Crowder and Richard Baldwin (London), 12th Edition, 214 pages . 1761 .
• Book: Payne , William . Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist, with all Necessary Calculations; and the Laws of the Game . T. Payne & Sons (London) . c. 1770 .
• Book: Mattews , Thomas . Advice to the Young Whist Player: Containing Most of the Maxims of the Old School with Author's Observation on Those He Thinks Erroneous... . Various editions to 1828. W. Meyler and Son (Bath), 4th Edition, 1810, 68 pages . 1804 .
• Book: Cavendish, pseudonym of [[Henry Jones (writer)|Henry Jones]], M.R.C.S. . The Laws and Principles of Whist Stated and Explained and its Practice Illustrated on an Original System by Means of Hands Played Completely Through. (Spine title: Cavendish on Whist) . Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 1st Edition . 1862 . / 8th Edition, 1868, 120 pages; 9th Edition, 1872, 120 pages; 11th Edition, 1876, 268 pages; 12th Edition, 1879, 268 pages; 13th Edition, 1881, 268 pages; 15th Edition, 1885, 272 pages; 20th Edition, 1892, 303 pages; 21st Edition, 1893, 320 pages; 22nd Edition (The Seventy-fifth Thousand), 1895, 306 pages; 23rd Edition (The Eighty-sixth Thousand), 1898, 306 pages; 24th Edition (Containing the New Code of Laws Revised in 1900), 1901, 306 pages. American Editions published by: John Wurtele Lovell (New York), 1880 from the 12th English Edition, 257 pages; John Wurtele Lovell (New York), 1881 from the 12th English Edition, 257 pages; Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899 from the 23rd English Edition, 348 pages.
• Book: Baldwin . J. L. . John Loraine Baldwin . Clay . James . James Clay (author) . The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game (Spine title: Short Whist) . Harrison (London) . 1864 . / Second Edition, 1870 / First American Edition: Henry Holt and Company (New York), 1874, 153 pages. / New American edition from the second English Edition, 1880, 163 pages.
• Book: Pole , William . William Pole . Quarterly Review . January 1871 . Article on the evolution of Whist.
• Book: Pole , William . The Theory of the Modern Scientific Game of Whist... (Cover and spine title: Pole on Whist) . Longmans, Green, and Co. (London), 7th Edition, 1874, 112 pages. . 1874 . / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (London) 1879, 144 pages. / Longmans, Green, and Co. (London), 14th Edition, 1883, 112 pages. / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (London) 1884, 114 pages. / Frederick A. Stokes (New York), 1887, 136 pages. / 1889, 128 pages.
• Book: Cavendish, pseudonym of [[Henry Jones (writer)|Henry Jones]] . Whist Developments . Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 172 pages . 1883 .
• Book: Pole , William . The Philosophy of Whist . Thos. De La Rue & Co. (London), 218 pages . 1884 .
• Book: Foster , R. F. . Robert Frederick Foster . Foster's Whist Manual . Mudie and Sons (London), 1st Edition . 1890 . / Brentano's (New York, Chicago, Washington), 2nd Edition, 1891, 168 pages. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 2nd Edition, 1891, 168 pages. Brentano's (New York, Chicago, Washington), 3rd Edition with American Leads, 25th Thousand, 1896, 195 pages. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 4th Edition, 1899. Frederick Warne and Co. with Mudie and Sons, (London), 5th Edition, Thirty-fifth Thousand, 1900, 168 pages.
• Book: Coffin , Charles Emmet . The Gist of Whist . J. Selwin Tait & Sons . 1893 . / Brentano's (New York), 5th Edition, 1895, 109 pages
• Book: Hamilton , C.D.P. . Modern Scientific Whist . Brentano's (New York), 599 pages . 1894 .
• Book: Pole , William . William Pole . The Evolution of Whist . Longmans, Green, and Co. (New York, London), 269 pages . 1895 .
• Book: Doe , John (George Cavendish Benedict) . The Bridge Manual . Mudie and Sons, (London) . 1900 .
• Book: Melrose , C.J. . Bridge Whist . Charles Scribner's Sons, (New York) . 1901 .
• Book: Elwell , Joseph B. . Joseph Bowne Elwell . Bridge: Its Principles and Rules of Play (Cover and spine title: Elwell on Bridge) . Charles Scribner's Sons (New York) . 1902 . / 1903, 136 pages / 1907, 136 pages / 1911, 136 pages.
• Book: Elwell , Joseph B. . Advanced Bridge: The Higher Principles of the Game Analysed and Explained, and Their Application Illustrated, by Hands Taken from Actual Play (Cover and spine title: Elwell's Advanced Bridge) . George Newnes, (London), 277 pages / Charles Scribner's Sons (New York), 277 pages . 1904 . / 6th Edition, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York), 1907, 297 pages.
• Book: Pole , William . William Pole . Whist . George Bell & Sons (London, New York), 104 pages. . 1905 .
• Book: Ames , Fisher . The Game of Bridge . Little, Brown and Company (Boston), 190 pages . 1906 .
• Book: Valet de Pique . Bridge and Auction Bridge . Eveleigh Nash, (London) . 1912 .
• Book: Bergholt , Ernest . Royal Auction Bridge . George Routledge & Sons, (London) . c. 1915 .

People and culture

The following books provide insights into the people and culture of contract bridge and while they may contain occasional references to certain technical aspects of the game, they are generally not instructional in theme. Fictional novels with a bridge theme are listed separately.

• Book: Culbertson , Ely . Ely Culbertson . The Strange Lives of One Man, An Autobiography . The John C. Winston Company . Chicago, Philadelphia, Toronto . 693 . 1940 .
• Book: Ramsey , Guy . Aces All . Museum Press Limited . London . 205 . 1955 .
• Book: Olsen , Jack . Jack Olsen . The Mad World of Bridge . Holt, Rinehart & Winston . New York . 1960 .
  • Book: Mackey , Rex . The Walk of the Oysters: An Unholy History of Contract Bridge . W.H.Allen . London . 1964 . / Prentice-Hall Inc. (Englewood Cliffs N. J.) 1965, 217 pages.
• Book: Reese , Terence . Terence Reese . Story of an Accusation . Simon and Schuster . New York . 246 . 1967 .
• Book: Mollo , Victor . Victor Mollo . The Bridge Immortals . Hart Publishing Company, Inc . New York . 256 . 1968 .
• Book: Flint . Jeremy . Jeremy Flint . North . Freddie . Tiger Bridge: The Game at The Top . Hodder and Stoughton . London . 184 . 1970 . 0-340-12854-2. / Simon and Schuster (New York), 191 pages.
• Book: Schenken , Howard . Howard Schenken . The Education of a Bridge Player . Simon and Schuster . 286 . 1973 . / Robert Hale (London), 1976, 221 pages, .
• Book: Emery , Sue . No Passing Fancy – Fifty Years of Contract Bridge . American Contract Bridge League . Memphis . 128 . 1977 .
• The Bridge Bum by Alan Sontag, 1977
• Book: Reese , Terence . Terence Reese . Bridge at the Top . Faber and Faber . London . 143 . 1977 . 0-571-11123-8.
• Book: Daniels , David . The Golden Age of Contract Bridge . Stein and Day . New York . 212 . 1980 . 0-8128-2576-4.
• Book: Clay , John . Culbertson: The Man Who Made Contract Bridge . Weidenfeld and Nicolson . London . 1985 . 0-297-78436-6 . registration .
• Book: Mahmood , Zia . Zia Mahmood . Bridge My Way . Faber . London . 191 . 1991 . 0-571-16562-1. / Granovetter Books (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), 1992, 252 pages, / Netco Press (Little Falls, N.J.), 1994, 252 pages, / Netco Press, (Little Falls, N.J.), 2003, 264 pages,
• Book: Hamman . Bob . Bob Hamman . Manley . Brent . At the Table: My Life and Times . DBM Publications . Memphis, TN . 314 . 1994 . 0-9642584-0-4.
• Book: Clay , John . Tales from the Bridge Table . Hodder & Stoughton . London . 284 . 1998 . 0-340-58979-5.
• Book: Smith , Marc . Marc Smith (bridge) . World Class: Conversations with the Bridge Masters . Master Point Press . Toronto . 288 . 1999 . 1-894154-15-0.
• Book: Shenkin , Barnet . Playing With the Bridge Legends . Master Point Press . Toronto . 240 . 2000 . 978-1-894154-21-5.
• Book: Truscott . Alan . Alan Truscott . Truscott . Dorothy . Dorothy Hayden Truscott . The New York Times Bridge Book: An Acetodal History of the Development, Personalities and Strategies of the World's Most Popular Card Game . St. Martin's Press . New York . 263 . 2002 . 0-312-29090-X .
• Book: Truscott , Alan . Alan Truscott . The Great Bridge Scandal . Master Point Press . Toronto . 251 . 2004 . 1-894154-67-3.
• Book: Balfour , Sandy . Vulnerable in Hearts: A Memoir of Fathers, Sons and Contract Bridge . Atlantic Books . London . 291 . 2005 . 1-84354-365-6.
• Book: McPherson , Edward . The Backwash Squeeze & Other Improbable Feats: A Newcomer's Journey into the World of Bridge . Harper Collins Publishers . New York . 340 . 2007 . 978-0-06-112764-9 .
• Book: Hughes , Roy . Roy Hughes (bridge) . Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela . Master Point Press . Toronto . 336 . 2007 . 978-1-897106-21-1.
• Book: Wolff , Bobby . Bobby Wolff . The Lone Wolff, An Autobiography of a Bridge Maverick . Master Point Press . Toronto . 287 . 2008 . 978-1-897106-37-2 .

Fictional novels

• Book: Reese . Terence . Terence Reese . Flint . Jeremy . Jeremy Flint . Trick 13 . Weidenfeld and Nicolson . London . 1979 . 0-297-77582-0.
• Book: Christie , Agatha . Agatha Christie. Cards on the Table. Bantam Doubleday Dell. New York. 1984. 0-553-35025-0.
• Book: Cole , William . Fishheads . Devyn Press . Louisville . 1991 . 978-0-910-79190-8.
• Book: Sachar , Louis . Louis Sachar . . Delacorte Press – Delacorte Books for Young Readers . New York . 2010 . 978-0-385-73662-6.
• Book: Powell , Richard . . Devyn Press . Louisville, KY . 1991 . 978-0-910-79141-0.

Encyclopedias, dictionaries and almanacs

The following are listed chronologically:

• Book: Russell , Fisher . Dictionary of Contract Bridge: the Webster of Contract . Colonial Press Inc . Clinton, MA . 1933 . 32 pages.
• Book: Culbertson , Ely, Editor . Ely Culbertson . The Encyclopedia of Bridge . The Bridge World, Inc . New York . 1935 . 477 pages.
• Book: Reese . Terence . Terence Reese . Dormer . Albert . Bridge Player's Dictionary . Sterling Publishing Company . New York . 1959 . 3190513 . 252 pages.
• 691 pages.
• 674 pages.
• 793 pages.
• 858 pages.
• 922 pages.
• Book: Baron . Randall . The Bridge Player's Dictionary . Devyn Press, Inc . Louisville, KY . 1993 . 0-939460-50-5. 277 pages.
• 827 pages (plus 38 page Bibliography)
• 826 pages (plus 60 page Bibliography)
• Book: Hasenson , Peter . British Bridge Almanack . 77 Publishing . London . 2004 . 0-9549241-0-X. 490 pages.
• Book: Horton , Mark . Mark Horton (bridge) . The Mammoth Book of Bridge . registration . Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc . New York . 1999 . 0-7867-0691-0. 536 pages.
• Book: Levé , Guy . The Encyclopedia of Card Play Techniques at Bridge . First . Master Point Press . Toronto, Ontario, Canada . 2007 . 978-1-897106-25-9. 423 pages.
• 634 pages (plus two CDs: 1. The Encyclopedia and 2. Biographies and Results).

Book of the Year Awards

American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA)

Each year since 1982,^[7] ABTA has recognized one or more books as contributing significantly to the teaching of contract bridge. The following are the award recipients:^[8]

• 1982 – Book: Sydnor , Caroline . Caroline Sydnor . How To Win More Tricks . Book Three of the Bridge Made Easy Series .
• 1983 – Book: Blackwood , Easley . Easley Blackwood, Sr. . Complete Book of Opening Leads . Devyn Press . 1983 .
• 1984 – Francis . Henry G., Editor-in-Chief . Truscott . Alan F., Executive Editor . Alan Truscott . Frey . Richard L., Editor Emeritus . Hayward . Diane, Editor, Fourth Edition --> . Henry G. Francis, Editor-in-Chief; Alan F.Truscott, Executive Editor; Richard L. Frey, Editor Emeritus; Diane Hayward, Fourth Edition Editor . . 4th . Crown Publishers, Inc . New York ., 922 pages. . 1984 . 0-517-55272-8.
• 1985 – Book: Lampert , Harry . Harry Lampert . The Fun Way to Advanced Bridge . Simon & Schuster, Inc. . 1985 . 0-671-53066-6.
• 1986 – Book: Kantar , Edwin . Edwin Kantar . A New Approach to Play and Defense . HDL Publishing . 1986 . 0-937359-01-7.
• 1987 – Commonsense Bidding by William S. Root
• 1988 – Book: Goodwin . Jude . Jude Goodwin . Ellison . Don . Don Ellison . Teach me to Play: a First Book of Bridge . Pando Publications . 1988 .
• 1989 – Book: Baron . Randall . Randall Baron . Stewart . Frank . Frank Stewart (bridge) . The Devyn Press Bridge Teacher's Manual – Vol I to III; The Bridge Student Text – Vol I to III . Devyn Press .
• 1990 – Book: Root , William . William S. Root . How To Play A Bridge Hand . Crown Publishers, Inc. . 1990 . 0-517-57457-8.
• 1991 – Basic Book: Book: Klinger , Ron . Ron Klinger . Guide To Better Card Play . 1991 . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company . 9780395591079 . registration .
• 1991 – Advanced Book: Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence (bridge) . – Topics on Bridge Series .
• 1992 – Book: Sands . Norma . Norma Sands . Janitschke . Jan . Jan Janitschke . The Bridge Mini-Series .
• 1992 – Advanced Book: To Bid or Not to Bid, The LAW of Total Tricks by Larry Cohen
• 1993 – Basic Book: Book: Sydnor , Caroline . Caroline Sydnor . How to Set Your Opponents . Sydnor . Book Four of Bridge Made Easy Series .
• 1993 – Advanced Book: Book: Mahmood , Zia . Zia Mahmood . Bridge My Way .
• 1994 – Book: Root , William . William S. Root . How to Defend a Bridge Hand . Crown Publishers, Inc. . 1994 . 0-517-59160-X .
• 1995 – Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence (bridge) . The Complete Book Of Takeout Doubles .
• 1996 – Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen
• 1996 – Book: Kantar , Edwin . Edwin Kantar . Kantar Lessons III (Teaching Book) .
• 1997 – Advanced Book: Book: Hall-Hall . How The Experts Win At Bridge .
• 1997 – Basic Book: Book: Kantar , Eddie . Edwin Kantar . Bridge for Dummies . IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA) / Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 2006 . 1997 . 978-0-7645-5015-7 .
• 1998 – Beginner/Student Book: Book: McMullin . Easybridge! .
• 1998 – Advanced Book: Book: Granovetters . Forgive Me, Partner .
• 1999 – Basic Book: Book: Kantar , Edwin . Edwin Kantar . Eddie Kantar Teaches Modern Bridge Defense . 1999 . Master Point Press . 978-1-894154-02-4.
• 1999 – Advanced Book: Book: Kantar , Edwin . Edwin Kantar . Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense . 1999 . Master Point Press . 978-1-894154-03-1.
• 1999 – Student Book: 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith
• 2000 – Advanced Book: Book: Kantar , Edwin . Edwin Kantar . Kantar Lessons Vol 4 .
• 2000 – Beginner/Intermediate Book: Book: Grant , Audrey . Audrey Grant . Improving your Judgement – Opening The Bidding .
• 2001 – Book: Grant , Audrey . Audrey Grant . Commonly Used Conventions . American Contract Bridge League (Memphis), 359 pages . 2000 . 978-0-943855-14-1.
• 2002 – Book: Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Smith . Marc . Marc Smith (bridge) . Bridge Technique Series . Master Point Press .
• 2003 – Beginner/Novice Book: Book: Grant , Audrey . Audrey Grant . Bridge Basics I .
• 2003 – Intermediate/Advanced Book: Book: Thurston , Paul . Paul Thurston . 25 Steps to Learning 2/1 . 2002 . Master Point Press . 1-894154-46-0.
• 2004 – Book: Bird , David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Notrump Contracts .
• 2005 – Book: Bergen , Marty . Marty Bergen (bridge) . Declarer Play the Bergen Way .
• 2006 – Book: Laderman , Julian . A Bridge to Simple Squeezes . Master Point Press . Toronto . 151 . 2nd . 2007 . 154712413 . 978-1-897106-26-6.
• 2007 – Beginner Book: Book: Brown , Gary . Learn to Play Bridge . 2008 . Master Point Press . 978-1-897106-39-6.
• 2007 – Intermediate Book: Book: Harrington , Pat . Major Suit Raises I & II .
• 2008 – Intermediate Book: Book: Roth , Danny . How Good is Your Bridge? . 2007 . Master Point Press . 978-1-897106-32-7.
• 2008 – Novice Book: Book: Anderson , Joan . Hands on Weak Two-Bids .
• 2009 – Book: Laderman , Julian . A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play . 2009 . Master Point Press (Toronto) . 978-1-897106-44-0. / 176p.
• 2010 – Beginner Book: Book: Seagram . Barbara . Barbara Seagram . Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand . 2009 . Master Point Press (Toronto) . 978-1-897106-51-8. / 231p.
• 2010 – Intermediate Book: Book: Kantar , Eddie . Edwin Kantar . Take All Your Chances (at Bridge) . 2009 . Master Point Press (Toronto) . 978-1-897106-55-6. / 160 pages.
• 2011 – Book: Dufresne . Mary Ann . Ellingsen . Marion . Bridge with Bells and Whistles .
• 2012 – Beginner/Intermediate: Book: O'Connor , Patrick . A First Book Of Bridge Problems .
• 2012 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Cuebidding 1 – Controls. Bernhardt. Melissa. Whirlwind Bridge. 2012. 978-0615797076. Atlanta, GA. Tucker. Patty.
• 2013 – Intermediate/Advanced Book: Book: Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Bourke . Tim . Tim Bourke . 15 Winning Cardplay Techniques . Vivisphere . Poughkeepsie, NY . 2013 . 978-1-58776-183-6.
• 2013 – Beginner Book: Book: Seagram . Barbara . Barbara Seagram . Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Declarer Play at Bridge: A Quizbook . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2013 . 978-1-897106-91-4.
• 2014 – Beginner: Book: O'Connor , Patrick . A Second Book Of Bridge Problems .
• 2014 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Grant , Audrey . Improve Your Declarer Play – Five Steps to Simplify the End Game . 7 October 2013 . American Contract Bridge League . 978-0-939460-38-0.
• 2015 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Bird , David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Winning Duplicate Tactics . Master Point Press . 2014 . 978-1-77140-017-6.
• 2015 – Beginner/Intermediate: Book: Larry N. Cohen . Larry Teaches Opening Leads . Larry Cohen . 2014 .
• 2016 – Beginner/Intermediate: Book: Boehm , Augie . Augie Boehm . Bridge Smarts .
• 2017 – Beginner/Intermediate: Book: Treble , Bill . Bill Treble . Defending at Bridge – A First Course .
• 2017 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Rodwell , Eric . Eric Rodwell . Eric Rodwell's Bidding Topics .
• 2018 – Newcomer: Book: Bayone , Jeff . Jeff Bayone . A Taste of Bridge . ^[9]
• 2018 – Beginner/Novice: Book: Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Seagram . Barbara . Barbara Seagram . Planning the Play - The Next Level . Master Point Press . ^[9]
• 2018 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence (bridge) . Judgement at Bridge 2 . Baron Barclay . ^[9]
• 2019 – Beginner: Book: Berg , Lynn . Lynn Berg . Startup Bridge and Beyond . ^[7]
• 2019 – Intermediate: Book: Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Cohen . Larry . Larry N. Cohen . On the Other Hand: Bridge Cardplay Explained . ^[7]
• 2019 – Advanced: Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence (bridge) . Insights on Bridge: Moments in Bridge, Book 1 . ^[7]
• 2020 – Beginner/Novice: Book: Grant , Audrey . Audrey Grant . Five Tips to Simplify the Defense . Baron Barclay .
• 2020 – Intermediate/Advanced: Book: Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Cohen . Larry . Larry Cohen (bridge) . Defense: On the Other Hand . Master Point Press .
• 2020 – Advanced: Book: Rodwell , Eric . Eric Rodwell . Bidding Topics: Book Two .
• 2021 – Beginner/Novice: Book: Cohen , Larry . Larry Cohen (bridge) . Larry Teaches Modern Bidding, Volumes 1, 2 & 3 .
• 2021 – Intermediate: Book: Seagram , Barbara . Barbara Seagram . Barbara's Bridge Tips . Master Point Press .
• 2021 – Advanced: Book: Timm , Neil . Neil Timm . Two-over-one Game Force: The Final Word . Trafford Publishing .

International Bridge Press Association (IBPA)

Annually since 2004, the IBPA^[10] has chosen one bridge-related title of exceptional merit as follows:

• 2004 – Book: Pottage , Julian . Julian Pottage . Play or Defend? . 2003 . Master Point Press . 978-1-894154-55-0.
• 2005 – Book: Kleinman . Danny . Danny Kleinman . Straguzzi . Nick . Nick Straguzzi . The Principle of Restricted Talent . 2004 . Master Point Press . 978-1-894154-92-5.
• 2006 – Book: Auken , Sabine . Sabine Auken . I Love This Game . 2006 . Master Point Press . 978-1-897106-06-8.
• 2007 – Book: Hughes , Roy . Roy Hughes (bridge) . Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela, 336 pages . Master Point Press . 2007 . 978-1-897106-21-1.
• 2008 – Book: Pottage , Julian . Julian Pottage . A Great Deal of Bridge Problems . Vivisphere Publishing .
• 2009 – Book: Klinger , Ron . Ron Klinger . Right through the Pack Again . 11 September 2008 . Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Orion Publishing, 222 pages . 978-0-297-84476-1.
• 2009 – Book: Vine , Frank . Frank Vine . North of the Master Solvers' Club . Master Point Press, Toronto, 183 pages . 2008 . 978-1-897106-40-2.
• 2010 – Book: Martens , Krzysztof . Owl, Fox and Spider .
• 2011 – Book: Rodwell . Eric . Eric Rodwell . Horton . Mark . Mark Horton (bridge) . The Rodwell Files . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2011 . 978-1-897106-67-9.
• 2012 – Book: Hughes , Roy . The Contested Auction . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2012 . 978-1-897106-86-0.
• 2013 – Book: Jacob , Bill . Fantunes Revealed . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2012 . 978-1-55494-765-2.
• 2014 – Book: Bourke . Tim . Corfield . Justin . The Art of Declarer Play . 25 February 2014 . KD Books & Publishing . 978-1-4942-4725-6., 386 pages
• 2015 – Book: Martens , Krzysztof . Professional Slam Bidding, Parts 1 & 2 .
• 2016 – Book: Bird , David . The Abbott, the Parrot and the Bermuda Bowl .
• 2017 – Book: Hans , Sartaj . Bidding the Best .
• 2018 – Book: Woolsey , Kit . Kit Woolsey . The Language of Bridge . Bridge Winners Press . ^[11]
• 2019 - Book: Juhl , Jeppe . Master of Bridge Psychology: Inside the Remarkable Mind of Peter Fredin . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2019 . 240 pages.^[12]

American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) surveys

The ACBL has conducted the following surveys:

1994 survey

The ACBL survey of 1994 was a poll of well-known players and writers only^[13] and resulted in the following list of the 20 best books of all time:

• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon
• Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart
• Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence Reese
• Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor Mollo
• To Bid or Not to Bid by Larry N. Cohen
• Adventures in Card Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey
• The Expert Game by Terence Reese
• Defensive Bridge Play Complete by Eddie Kantar
• Play Bridge with Reese by Terence Reese
• How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Mike Lawrence
• Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener
• Five Weeks to Winning Bridge by Alfred Sheinwold
• Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy Hayden
• Bridge Squeezes Complete by Clyde E. Love
• Matchpoints by Kit Woolsey
• Bridge With the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet
• The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge by Henry Francis et al.
• All 52 Cards by Marshall Miles
• Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. Watson

2007 survey

The ACBL survey of 2007 resulted in two lists of favourite books^[14] as follows:

Top 10 books as rated by Experts – in descending order

• The Expert Game by Terence Reese
• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon
• Adventures in Card Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey
• Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor Mollo
• Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart
• Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. Watson
• Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener
• Bridge With the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet
• Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence Reese

Top 10 books as rated by Other Readers – in descending order

• Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. Watson
• Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen
• How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Mike Lawrence
• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon
• Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith
• Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener
• Adventures in Card Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey
• Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century by Max Hardy
• The Secrets of Winning Bridge by Jeff Rubens

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th edition) recommendations

The 7th edition of the Encyclopedia recommended the following books with the caveat that the "list on this page is by no means definitive. It was influenced to a degree by surveys published in 1994 and 2007 in the Bridge Bulletin", published by the American Contract Bridge League. Listed alphabetically by first author surname.

• Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen
• Declarer Play the Bergen Way by Marty Bergen
• 52 Great Tips on Declarer Play by David Bird
• Another 52 Great Bridge Tips by David Bird
• Matchpoints Versus IMPs by August Boehm
  • To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks by Larry N. Cohen Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart
    • Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet Commonly Used Conventions in the 21st Century by Audrey Grant How the Experts Win at Bridge by Burt and Rose Hall
• Two Over One Game Force (Revised and Expanded) by Max Hardy
• The Mysterious Multi by Mark Horton and Jan van Cleeff
• Canada's Bridge Warriors: Eric Murray and Sami Kehela by Roy Hughes
• Roman Keycard Blackwood: The Final Word by Eddie Kantar
• Take All Your Tricks by Eddie Kantar
• Modern Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar
• Advanced Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar
• Test Your Play II by Eddie Kantar
• Topics in Declarer Play by Eddie Kantar
• Killing Defense at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Adventures in Card Play by Hugh Kelsey with Géza Ottlik
• Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge by Ron Klinger
• Modern Losing Trick Count by Ron Klinger
• A Bridge to Simple Squeezes by Julian Laderman
• A Bridge to Inspired Declarer Play by Julian Laderman
• How to Read Your Opponents' Cards by Mike Lawrence
• Judgment at Bridge by Mike Lawrence
• The Complete Book on Balancing by Mike Lawrence
• The Complete Book of Overcalls by Mike Lawrence
• Play Bridge with Mike Lawrence by Mike Lawrence
• Bridge Squeezes Complete by Clyde E. Love
• Winning Endplay Strategy by Clyde Love
  • All 52 Cards by Marshall Miles Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor Mollo
• Card Play Technique by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener
  • The Devil's Ticket: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand and a New American Age by Gary Pomerantz A Great Deal of Bridge Problems by Julian Pottage
• Thinking on Defense by Jim Priebe
• Reese on Play by Terence Reese
• Master Play by Terence Reese
• Play These Hands with Me by Terence Reese
• The Expert Game by Terence Reese
• The Rodwell Files by Eric Rodwell and Mark Horton
  • • Commonsense Bidding by William Root The Secrets of Winning Bridge by Jeff Rubens 5 Weeks to Winning Bridge by Alfred Sheinwold
• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon
• Frank Stewart's Bridge Club by Frank Stewart

Mark Horton's recommendations

In his 1999 book, The Mammoth Book of Bridge,^[15] Mark Horton lists his recommendations for "Bridge Books You Should Read", grouped as follows:

Classics

General

• Five Weeks to Winning Bridge by Alfred Sheinwold
• Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy Hayden
• Matchpoints by Kit Woolsey

Bidding

• Commonsense Bidding by William S. Root
• To Bid or Not to Bid, The Law of Total Tricks by Larry N. Cohen
• Bridge Conventions Complete by Amalya Kearse
• The Complete Book of Hand Evaluation by Mike Lawrence
• The Complete Book of Overcalls by Mike Lawrence

Declarer Play

• Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. Watson
• How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Mike Lawrence
• Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener
• Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence Reese
• The Expert Game by Terence Reese
• Play these Hands with Me by Terence Reese
• Bridge Squeezes Complete by Clyde E. Love
• The Dictionary of Suit Combinations by Jean-Marc Roudinescu
• Adventures in Card Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey

Defender's Play

• Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Opening Leads by Robert Ewen

Entertainment

• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon
• Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart
• Bridge Humor by Eddie Kantar
• The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table by Eddie Kantar
• Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor Mollo
• Miracles of Card Play by David Bird and Terence Reese
• Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro Forquet
• The Bridge Bum by Alan Sontag

For beginners

General

• Bridge for Dummies by Eddie Kantar
• Win at Bridge in 30 Days by David Bird
• Bridge for Bright Beginners by Terence Reese
• Bridge Basics by Ron Klinger
• Teach Me to Play – A First Book of Bridge by Jude Goodwin and Don Ellison
• Bridge for Beginners by Audrey Grant and Zia Mahmood
• Bridge for Beginners by Nico Gardener and Victor Mollo
• Beginning Bridge by Alan Hiron and Maureen Hiron

Bidding

• Teach Yourself Basic Bidding by Alan Truscott and Dorothy Hayden
• Basic Acol by Ben Cohen and Rhoda Barrow
• Really Easy Bidding by the English Bridge Union Teachers' Association (EBUTA)

Declarer Play

• Introduction to Declarer's Play by Eddie Kantar

Defender's Play

• Introduction to Defender's Play by Eddie Kantar

For advancing players

General

• Winning Contract Bridge Complete by Edgar Kaplan
• The Complete Book of Bridge by Terence Reese and Albert Dormer
• The Mistakes You Make at Bridge by Terence Reese and Roger Trézel

Bidding

• Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty Bergen
• 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara Seagram and Marc Smith
• Modern Bridge Conventions by Bill Root and Richard Pavlicek
• Judgement in Bridge by Mike Lawrence
• Hand Evaluation in Bridge by Brian Senior
• Preempts from A-Z by Ron Andersen and Sabine Zenkel
• Raising Partner by Brian Senior
• Precision Bidding in Acol by Eric Crowhurst
• Acol in Competition by Eric Crowhurst
• Washington Standard by Steve Robinson

Declarer Play

• Countdown to Winning Bridge by Tim Bourke and Marc Smith
• The Basic Elements of Play and Defence by G. C. H. Fox
• Play of the Hand Complete by Eddie Kantar
• Guide to Better Card Play by Ron Klinger

Defender's Play

• Kantar for the Defense, Volume 1 by Eddie Kantar
• Kantar for the Defense, Volume 2 by Eddie Kantar
• Opening Leads by Mike Lawrence
• Step-by-Step Signalling by Mark Horton
• Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense by Eddie Kantar

For experienced players

General

• The Complete Book of BOLS Tips by Sally Brock
• The Secrets of Winning Bridge by Jeff Rubens
• For Experts Only by Matthew Granovetter
• Matchpoint Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Hoffman on Pairs Play by Martin Hoffman
• Expert Tuition for Tournament Players by Raymond Brock and Sally Brock

Bidding

• Partnership Bidding by Andrew Robson and Oliver Segal
• The Modern Losing Trick Count by Ron Klinger
• Better Bridge with Bergen, Volumes 1 & 2 by Marty Bergen
• Precision and Super Precision Bidding by Giorgio Belladonna and Benito Garozzo
• Powerhouse Hands by Albert Dormer
• Aces Scientific by Bobby Goldman

Declarer Play

• Step-by-Step: Deceptive Declarer Play by Barry Rigal
• Advanced Play at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey
• Secrets of Expert Card Play by David Bird and Tony Forrester
• Simple Squeezes by Hugh Kelsey
• Positive Declarer's Play by Terence Reese and Julian Pottage
• Bridge: Tricks of the Trade by Terence Reese and David Bird

Defender's Play

• Dynamic Defense by Mike Lawrence
• Secrets of Expert Defence by David Bird and Tony Forrester
• Step-by-Step: Deception in Defence by Barry Rigal
• Partnership Defense in Bridge by Kit Woolsey
• Positive Defence by Terence Reese and Julian Pottage

British Bridge Almanack survey

The British Bridge Almanack^[16] reported on a survey of leading British bridge personalities. The survey presented a chronological list of 16 books by British authors deemed to have made a significant contribution to the development of the game. It asked the personalities to add as many as three titles of their choosing and then to identify their top five. Of the 24 reported respondents, 19 identified one or more titles.

Initial list

• Lederer Bids Two Clubs by Richard Lederer, 1934
• The Acol System of Contract Bridge by Ben Cohen and Terence Reese, 1938
• Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon, 1945
• Reese on Play by Terence Reese, 1947
• Card Play Technique by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener, 1955
• The Theory of Bidding by Norman Squire, 1957
• Winning Points at Match-Point Bridge by Norman Squire and Maurice Harrison-Gray, 1959
• Play Bridge with Reese by Terence Reese, 1960
• The Expert Game by Terence Reese, 1960
• The Acol System Today by Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, 1961
• Develop Your Bidding Judgement by Terence Reese, 1962
• Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey, 1966
• The Play of the Cards by Terence Reese and Albert Dormer, 1967
• Advanced Play at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey, 1968
• Hoffman on Pairs Play by Martin Hoffman, 1982
• Partnership Bidding at Bridge by Andrew Robson and Oliver Segal, 1993

Added titles

These additional titles were nominated by respondents.

• Bridge is an Easy Game by Iain Macleod, 1952
• Country Life Book of Bridge by Maurice Harrison-Gray, 1972
• Adventures in Card-Play by Géza Ottlik and Hugh Kelsey, 1979
• The Bidding Dictionary by Alan Truscott, 1996
• The Big Game: Rubber Bridge in a London club by Richard Sheehan, 1999

Most mentioned

These were the leaders by number of selections (as many as five per respondent).

• 17 mentions: The Expert Game by Terence Reese, 1960
• 14 mentions: Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. Simon, 1945
• 12 mentions: Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh Kelsey, 1966
• 11 mentions: Reese on Play by Terence Reese, 1947
• 8 mentions: Play Bridge with Reese by Terence Reese, 1960
• 7 mentions: Card Play Technique by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener, 1955

No other title received more than three mentions.

Biographies

• Book: Hamman . Bob . Bob Hamman . Brent . Manley . At the Table . DBM Publications . Memphis, Tennessee . 1994 . 94-67897 . 0-9642584-0-4. 314 pages.
• Book: Mollo, Victor . The Bridge Immortals . Hart Publishing Company . New York City . 1968 . 256 pages.
• Book: Ramsey, Guy . Aces All . Museum Press Limited . London . 1955 . 205 pages.
• Book: Sontag, Alan . Alan Sontag . The Bridge Bum . William Morrow and Company Inc. . New York . 1977 . 0-688-03197-8 . 240 pages.
• Book: Wolff, Bobby . Bobby Wolff . The Lone Wolff . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2008 . 978-1-897106-37-2 . 287 pages.

Bibliographies

Encyclopedic bibliographies

Several encyclopedias on the subject of bridge have provided bibliographies of bridge related publications.

The Encyclopedia of Bridge

The Encyclopedia of Bridge of 1935 acknowledges certain authors' publications in their brief biographies but no summary tabulation or categorization of bridge literature or evaluative commentary is provided.

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge

The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) is a publication of the American Contract Bridge League first published in 1964 with the 7th edition published in 2011. Up to the 6th, each OEB edition contains a bibliography of bridge related publications grouped by subject (history, bidding, play, reference, etc.) and rates selected publications as:(a) having made a significant contribution to the technical development of the game;(b) being mandatory for inclusion in a modern technical library;(c) being optional for inclusion in a modern technical library; or (d) none of the foregoing. Subject categories and ratings for a publication may vary between editions of the OEB. The 1st edition bibliography spans 8 pages and lists about 400 titles; the 6th edition bibliography, prepared by Tim Bourke, spans 60 pages and lists approximately 4,100 titles;Up to the 6th, each edition of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge contains a bibliography of bridge and bridge related books; the following is a summary of their contents.

OEB Edition	Year	Page Range	Number of Pages	Number of Categories	Number of Entries
1	1964	684-691	8	15
2	1971	783-793	11	15
3	1976	849-858	10	15
4	1984	902-922	21	17
5	1994	Not numbered	38
6	2001	Not numbered	60	29	4096
7	2011	Not included	NA	NA	NA

The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia

The Bridge Players Encyclopedia (BPE) was published in 1967 by Paul Hamlyn (London) and is an International Edition based on The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge of 1964 but geared to the needs of British and European players. The edition modified American spellings, "translated" bidding structures to the more widely used Acol system, omitted biographical notes on some lesser known Americans and added biographical notes on some British and European players. Although content differs from the 1964 OEB, the publication contains a 9-page bibliography of approximately 500 titles with subject categorization and rating schemes similar to those of the previous OEB editions.

Bibliographies in Wikipedia articles

By subject

• Bridge conventions
• Hand evaluation
• Losing-Trick Count
• Odds, Probabilities
• Opening leads
• Preemptive bidding
• Signalling
• Squeeze plays
• Suit combinations

By author

• Pierre Albarran
• Tim Bourke
• John Brown
• Michelle Brunner
• Walter Buller
• Ben Cohen
• Larry Cohen
• Ely Culbertson
• Joseph Elwell
• Jeremy Flint
• Robert Frederick Foster
• Charles Goren
• Mark Horton
• Oswald Jacoby
• Eddie Kantar
• Hugh Kelsey
• Ron Klinger
• Harry Lampert
• Michael Lawrence
• Rixi Markus
• Jeff Meckstroth
• Marshall Miles
• Victor Mollo
• Hubert Phillips
• Julian Pottage
• Terence Reese
• Andrew Robson
• Eric Rodwell
• William S. (Bill) Root
• George Rosenkranz
• Barbara Seagram
• S. J. Simon
• Marc Smith
• Paul Stern
• Alan Truscott
• Louis H. Watson
• Kit Woolsey

Other bibliographies

• Book: Bourke . Tim . Tim Bourke . Sugden . John . Bridge Books in English from 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography . Bridge Book Buffs . Cheltenham, England . 2010 . 978-0-9566576-0-2.

Bibliography

Following are details about books referenced in preceding sections, listed by first named author's surname beginning with:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

- A -Book: Andersen . Ron . Zenkel . Sabine . Preempts from A-Z . Magnus Books . Stamford, Conn. . 1993 . 93-079256 . 978-0-9637533-0-4 . 290 pages.- B -Book: Belladonna . Giorgio . Giorgio Belladonna . Garozzo . Benito . Benito Garozzo . Precision and Super Precision Bidding . Book: Bergen , Marty . Marty Bergen (bridge) . Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets . Magnus Books (Stamford, CT), 210p . 1995 . 0-9637533-2-0 . Book: Bergen , Marty . Better Bridge with Bergen, Volumes 1 & 2 . Book: Bird , David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Win at Bridge in 30 Days . Book: Bird . David . Forrester . Tony . Tony Forrester . Secrets of Expert Card Play . Book: Bird . David . Forrester . Tony . Secrets of Expert Defence . Book: Bird . David . Reese . Terence . Terence Reese . Miracles of Card Play . Book: Bourke . Tim . Tim Bourke . Smith . Marc . Marc Smith (bridge) . Countdown to Winning Bridge . Book: Brock . Raymond . Raymond Brock . Brock . Sally . Expert Tuition for Tournament Players . Book: Brock , Sally . The Complete Book of BOLS Tips . - C -

• Book: Chua , Cathy . Fair Play or Foul? Cheating Scandals in Bridge . Melbourne, Australia . 1998 . 0-908065-45-0.
• Book: Cohen . Ben . Ben Cohen (bridge) . Barrow . Rhoda . The Bridge Players' Encyclopedia . Paul Hamlyn . London . 1967 . 674 pages.

Book: Cohen . Ben . Barrow . Rhoda . Basic Acol . 1993 . CollinsWillow . 9780002184403 . registration . Book: Cohen , Larry . Larry Cohen (bridge) . To Bid or Not to Bid: The LAW of Total Tricks . Natco Press . Boca Raton, FL . 9th printing, 1997, revised and expanded . 1992 . 92-80759 . 0-9634715-0-3. 286 pages.

• Book: Cole , William . Fishheads . Devyn Press . Louisville . 1991 . 978-0-910-79190-8.

Book: Crowhurst , Eric . Precision Bidding in Acol . Pelham . London . 1974 . 978-0-7207-0765-6. 240 pages. (1983) London: Pelham. . 256 pages.Book: Crowhurst , Eric . Acol in Competition . Pelham Books Ltd. . London . 1980 . 0-7207-1273-4 . registration . 383 pages.

• Book: Crowhurst . Eric . Kambites . Andrew . Understanding Acol. The Good Bidding Guide . Victor Gollancz Ltd in association with Peter Crawley . London . Master Bridge Series . 1992 . 0-575-05253-8. 157 pages.

- D -Book: Darvas . Robert . Lukacs . Paul . Spotlight on Card Play . 1st . Nicholas Kaye Limited . London . 1960 . Book: Darvas . Robert . Hart . Norman de Villiers . Compèred by Stern . Paul . Paul Stern . . Contract Bridge Equipment Ltd . London . 1947 . Book: Dormer , Albert . Albert Dormer . Powerhouse Hands . 1975 . Prentice-Hall . 9780136866671 . registration .

• Book: Downey . Ned . Pomer . Ellen . Standard Bidding with SAYC . Master Point Press . Toronto . 175 . 2005 . 978-1-897106-03-7.

- E -Book: Landy , Sandra . English Bridge Union Teachers' Association Committee (EBUTA) . Really Easy Bidding . The English Bridge Union . Aylesbury, UK . 1998 . 0-9506279-2-5. Book: Ewen , Robert . Opening Leads . Prentice-Hall, Inc. . Englewood Cliffs, N.J. . 1970 . 0-13-637371-2. 226 pages.Book: Ewen , Robert . Pre-emptive Bidding . Prentice-Hall, Inc. . Englewood Cliffs, N.J. . 1975 . 0-13-695296-8. 162 pages. Also: (1976) London: Robert Hale Books. . 162 pages.- F -Book: Feldheim, Harold . The Weak Two Bid in Bridge . Barclay Bridge Supplies . Port Chester, NY . 1971 . Revised 1973, further revised 1991.

• Book: Flannery, Bill . The Flannery 2 Diamonds Opening . Devyn Press . Louisville, KY . 1984 . 0-910791-13-9 .

Book: Forquet, Pietro . Pietro Forquet . Bridge With the Blue Team . A.B. Publications . 1983 . 0-575-06391-2. Book: Fox, G. C. H . The Basic Elements of Play and Defence . - G -Book: Gardener . Nico . Nico Gardener . Mollo . Victor . Victor Mollo . Bridge for Beginners . Book: Goldman , Bobby . Bobby Goldman . Aces Scientific . Book: Goodwin . Jude . Ellison . Don . Teach Me to Play – A First Book of Bridge . Book: Goren . Charles . Charles Goren . Olsen . Jack . Jack Olsen . Bridge Is My Game: Lessons of a Lifetime . registration . Doubleday & Company Inc. (Garden City, New York) . 1965 . / 190 pages.Book: Granovetter , Matthew . For Experts Only . Book: Grant . Audrey . Audrey Grant . Rodwell . Eric . Eric Rodwell . 2/1 Game Force . Baron Barclay Bridge Supply . Louisville, KY . 2009 . 978-0-939460-84-7. - H -Book: Hamman . Bob . Bob Hamman . Brent . Manley . At the Table . DBM Publications . Memphis, Tennessee . 1994 . 94-67897 . 0-9642584-0-4. Book: Hardy, Max . Two Over One Game Force . Revised and Expanded . Devyn Press . Kentucky . 1989 . 29781186 . 978-0-910791-35-9. Book: Hardy, Max . Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century . SQueeZe Books . 2000 . 00-104457 . 978-1-58776-049-5. Book: Hardy, Max . Advanced Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century . SQueeZe Books . 2002 . 2002104136 . 978-1-58776-125-6. Book: Hayden, Dorothy . Dorothy Hayden Truscott . Bid Better, Play Better . (1966-1986). First edition 1966: Harper & Row (New York), 196p. / 1966: Award Books (New York), 254p. / 1967: Universal (New York), 254p. / 1967: Award Books (New York), Tandem (London), 254p. / 1970: Award Books (New York), Tandem (London), 254p. / 1981: Pinnacle Books (New York), 235p. / 1986: Perennial Library (New York), 235p. Book: Hiron . Alan . Hiron . Maureen . Beginning Bridge . 1989 . Crowood Press . 9781852233518 . registration . Book: Hoffman, Martin . Martin Hoffman (bridge) . Hoffman on Pairs Play . Faber and Faber (London), 184p . 1982 . 0-571-11750-3. Book: Horton, Mark . Mark Horton (bridge) . Step-by-Step Signalling . 1994 . - I -- J -

• Book: Jabbour , Zeke . Lawless Territory . American Contract Bridge League, Bridge Bulletin, August 2004, pp. 27–28 . 2004 .
• Book: Jannersten , Eric . Card Reading - the art of guesssing right at the bridge table . Hart Publishing Company Inc. . New York . 1972 . 72-78414 .

- K -

• Kantar, Eddie (Edwin): For a complete listing of Eddie Kantar books, see Edwin Kantar bibliography.

Book: Play of the Hand Complete . Eddie Kantar . 1965 . 108 pages.Book: Kantar , Eddie . Introduction to Declarer's Play . 1968 . Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 142p., / Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 147p. / Muller (London), 1971,, 147pBook: Kantar , Eddie . Introduction to Defender's Play . registration . 1968 . Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall . Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 153p. / Prentice Hall (Endlewood Cliffs, NJ), 153p. / Muller (London), 1971,, 153p / Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 1977,, 153pBook: Kantar , Eddie . Defensive Bridge Play Complete . Wilshire Book Company (North Hollywood, CA), 528p. / 1975, 1976 . 1974 . 978-0-87980-287-5 . Book: Kantar , Eddie . Bridge Humor . Wilshire Book Company . North Hollywood, CA . Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library . 1977 . 978-0-87980-342-1 . 151 pages.Book: Kantar , Eddie . Kantar for the Defense, Volume 1 . Wilshire Book Co. . North Hollywood, CA . Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library . 1983 . 978-0-87980-400-8. 200 pages.Book: Kantar , Eddie . Kantar for the Defense, Volume 2 . Wilshire Book Co. . North Hollywood, CA . Melvin Powers Self-improvement Library . 1984 . 978-0-87980-409-1. 200 pages.Book: Kantar , Eddie . The Best of Eddie Kantar: Funny Stories from the Bridge Table . Granovetter Books . 1989 . 978-0-940257-03-0. 214 pages.Book: Kantar , Eddie . Bridge for Dummies . registration . 1997–2008 . Wiley . 9780764550157 . IDG Books Worldwide (Foster City, CA), 1997,, 382p. / Second Edition: Wiley Publishing Inc., (Hoboken, NJ), 2006,, 388p. / Large Print Edition: Thorndike Press (Waterville, Me), 2008,, 563pBook: Kantar , Eddie . Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense . Master Point Press . Toronto . 1999 . 978-1-894154-03-1. 240 pages.Book: Kaplan , Edgar . Edgar Kaplan . Winning Contract Bridge Complete . Fleet Publishing Corp. . 1964 . Book: Kearse , Amalya . Amalya Lyle Kearse . Bridge Conventions Complete . Devyn Press Inc. . Louisville, KY . Revised and Expanded . 1990 . 0-910791-76-7. 1121 pages.Book: Kelsey , Hugh . Hugh Kelsey . Killing Defence at Bridge . Faber and Faber . London . 1966 . 191 pages.Book: Kelsey , Hugh . Advanced Play at Bridge . Faber and Faber . London . 1968 . 192 pages.Book: Kelsey , Hugh . Simple Squeezes . Victor Gollancz Ltd. . 1985 . 0-575-03607-9. 120 pages.Book: Kelsey , Hugh . Matchpoint Bridge . Book: Kleinman , Danny . The No Trump Zone . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2004 . 1-894154-70-3. 217 pages.Book: Bridge Scandal in Houston . 4th . Danny Kleinman . 2005 . 146 pages.Book: Klinger , Ron . Ron Klinger . Guide to Better Card Play . Cassell in association with Peter Crawley . London . Master Bridge Series . New . 2001 . 0-304-35769-3. Book: Klinger , Ron . Bridge Basics . Book: Klinger . Ron . collab Pat Husband & Andrew Kambites . Basic Bridge . Victor Gollancz . London . 1994 . 0-575-05690-8. Book: Klinger , Ron . Bidding to Win at Contract Bridge, Book One: The Modern Losing Trick Count . Modern Bridge Publications . Sydney, Australia . 122 . 1986 . 0-9592305-2-1 . - (2009) The Modern Losing Trick Count: Bidding to Win at Contract Bridge (13th impression). London: by Cassell in association with Peter Crawley, pp. 143. .

• Book: Koelman , Johannes M.V.A. . A New Losing-Trick Count . The Bridge World, May 2003, Vol 74, Issue 8, p. 26 .

- L -Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence (bridge) . How to Read Your Opponents Cards . First Edition: Prentice-Hall, Inc., (Englwood Cliffs, NJ), 175p. / Second Edition: Devyn Press Inc., (Louisville, KY), 1986, 175p . 1973 . 0-910791-48-1. Book: Lawrence , Mike . Judgement in Bridge . Max Hardy, 6th Printing, 1987, 151p . 1976 . 0-939460-02-5 . Book: Lawrence , Mike . The Complete Book of Overcalls . Max Hardy (Hawthorne, CA) . 202p . 1980 . Book: Lawrence , Mike . The Complete Book on Hand Evaluation in Contract Bridge . Max Hardy . Hawthorne, CA . 194 . 1983 . 0-939460-27-0.

• Book: Lawrence , Mike . How to Play Card Combinations . Devyn Press, Inc . Louisville, KY . 1988 . 978-0-910791-63-2 .

Book: Lawrence , Mike . Mike Lawrence's Opening Leads, 289 pages . C&T Bridge Supplies . 1996 . Book: Lawrence , Mike . Dynamic Defense . registration . Devyn Press, 226 pages . 1982 . 9780910791014 .

• Book: Lawrence . Mike . Wirgren . Anders . I Fought the Law of Total Tricks . 2004 .
• Book: Lederer , Richard . Lederer Bids Two Clubs . Richard Lederer (bridge player) . 1934 . William & Norgate . B0008D0LTO .
• Book: Levé , Guy . The Encyclopedia of Card Play Techniques at Bridge . Master Point Press . Toronto . 2007 . 978-1-897106-25-9. 423 pages.

Book: Love, Clyde E. . Clyde E. Love . Bridge Squeezes Complete or Winning End Play Strategy . Barclay Bridge Supplies, Sterling Publishing Company Inc. . Long Island City, NY . 1st . 1959 . 59014249 . - M -Book: Mahmood . Zia . Zia Mahmood . Grant . Audrey . Audrey Grant . Bridge for Beginners. Book: Marston . Paul . Hughes . Nick . Opening Two Bids . Grand Slam Books . Sydney, Australia . 1992 . 1-875282-01-7. 59 pages.

• Book: Mendelson, Paul . . Mendelson's Guide to the Bidding Battle . Colt Books . Cambridge, UK . 1998 . 0-905899-86-5.

Book: Mollo, Victor . Streamlined Bridge or Bidding without Tears . David Marlowe Ltd . London . 1st . 1947 . Illustrated by Anton. Book: Mollo, Victor . Victor Mollo . Bridge in the Menagerie . Faber and Faber . London . 1965 . Book: Mollo, Victor . The Bridge Immortals . Hart Publishing Company . New York City . 1968 . Book: Mollo, Victor . You Need Never Lose at Bridge: Happy Days in the Menagerie . 1st . Methuen . London . 1983 . 0-413-52500-7. Book: Mollo . Victor . Gardener . Victor Mollo . Nico . Nico Gardener . Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky . George Newnes Limited . London . 1st . 1955 . 21982767. 381 pages.Book: Morehead . Albert . Frey . Richard L.. Richard L. Frey. Morehead on Bidding . Simon & Schuster . New York . 2nd. 1974 . 73-21053. 671-21699-6. Book: Mould, Alan . Step by Step Pre-empts . B.T. Batsford Ltd . London . 1997 . 0-7134-8163-3. 143 pages.- N -- O -Book: Ottlik . Géza . Géza Ottlik . Kelsey . Hugh . Hugh Kelsey . Adventures in Card Play . Victor Gallancz Ltd. in association with Peter Crawley . London . 1979 . Also, Book: Adventures in Card Play . 14 July 2005 . (2005) London: Cassell in association with Peter Crawley, 7th Impression . 0-304-36807-5. - P -- Q -- R -

• Reese, Terence: For a complete listing of Terence Reese books, see Terence Reese bibliography.

Book: Reese , Terence . Bridge for Bright Beginners . registration . Sterling Publishing Co. (New York) . 1964 . 151 pages. / Dover Publications (New York), 151 pages. / Oak Tree Press (London), 151 pages. / Oak Tree Press (London), 1965, 151 pages. / Cornerstone Library (New York), 1968 and 1969, 144 pages. / Dover Publications (New York), 1973,, 151 pages.Book: Reese . Terence . Bird . David . David Bird (bridge writer) . Bridge: Tricks of the Trade . Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley . Master Bridge Series . 1989 . 978-0-575-04504-0. 144 pages. / 1991,, 144 pages.Book: Reese . Terence . Dormer . Albert . The Complete Book of Bridge . Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc. . 1974 . 0-8415-0277-3 . 485 pages. (1985), Faber,, 469 pages.Book: Reese . Terence . Pottage . Julian . Julian Pottage . Positive Declarer's Play . Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley . Master Bridge Series . 1986 . 978-0-575-03839-4. , 128 pages.Book: Reese . Terence . Pottage . Julian . Positive Defence . Victor Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley . Master Bridge Series . 1985 . 978-0-575-03562-1. , 128 pages. / Master Point Press (Toronto) 2005,, 160 pages.Book: Reese . Terence . Trézel . Roger . Roger Trézel . The Mistakes You Make at Bridge . Gollancz (London) in association with Peter Crawley . Master Bridge Series . 1984 . 978-0-575-03424-2. 1989,, 168 pages. / Reprint: Houghton Mifflin (Boston) in association with Peter Crawley, 1992, / New Edition: Gollancz (London), 1994,, 168 pages. / Revised Edition by Ron Klinger: Cassell (London) in association with Peter Crawley, 2006,, 160 pages.Book: Rigal , Barry . Step-by-Step: Deceptive Declarer Play . Book: Rigal , Barry . Step-by-Step: Deception in Defence . Book: Robinson , Steve . Washington Standard . Devyn Press (Louisville, KY) . 1996 . 978-0-939460-59-5. 300 pages.Book: Robson . Andrew . Andrew Robson . Segal . Oliver . Partnership Bidding . Book: Root . Bill . William S. Root . Pavlicek . Richard . Richard Pavlicek . Modern Bridge Conventions . Crown Publishers Inc. . 1981 . 978-0-517-54573-7. 244 pages; Three Rivers Press (New York),, 244 pages; 1992, Crown Publishers Inc., Crown Trade Paperbacks (New York),, 244 pages.Book: Root , Bill . Commonsense Bidding . registration . Crown Publishers Inc. (New York) . 1986 . 9780517561300 . (hardcover), (softcover), 216 pages; 1995, Three Rivers Press (New York),, 216 pages.

• Book: Root , Bill . The ABCs of Bridge . Crown Publishers Inc . New York . 1998 . 0-609-80162-7 . registration .

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See also

Lists

• List of bridge competitions and awards
• List of contract bridge magazines
• List of contract bridge people

Books

• 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know
• Bridge Squeezes Complete
• The Cardturner
• Contract Bridge for Beginners
• Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand
• The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge

External links

• The Bridge World recommended books for beginners
• The Bridge World recommended books for intermediates
• The Bridge World recommended books for advanced players
• The Bridge Library

Notes and References

1. Book: Truscott . Alan . Alan Truscott . Truscott . Dorothy . Dorothy Hayden Truscott . The New York Times Bridge Book . St. Martin's Press . New York . 1 . 2002 . 0-312-29090-X . 263 pages.
2. "Bibliography, Section A" in
3. Web site: Biritch, or Russian Whist . This page gives a transcription of the booklet "Biritch, or Russian Whist" by John Collinson . Pagat.com .
4. Web site: Bob van de Velde . Yeralash or the discovery of a missing link . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120404035714/http://bridgetopics.com/sites/default/files/news/pdf/jarolasch.pdf . 2012-04-04 .
5. Book: Goren , Charles . Charles Goren . The Sports Illustrated Book of Contract Bridge . Chancellor Hall, Ltd. . 1961 . 14 . LOC 61-17743. 518 pages.
6. Book: Bourke . Tim . Tim Bourke . Sugden . John . An Annotated Bibliography of Bridge Books in English 1886-2010 . Bridge Book Buffs . Cheltenham, England . vii . 2010 . 978-0-9566576-0-2. 711 pages plus supplement.
7. ACBL Bridge Bulletin, September 2019, page 33.
8. Web site: ABTA Book Awards . ABTA . American Bridge Teachers’ Association.
9. ACBL Bridge Bulletin, September 2018, page 29.
10. Web site: IBPA Official website.
11. Web site: 2018 IBPA Awards, p. 21.. International Bridge Press Association.
12. http://www.jannersten.org:1500/~server/IBPA/archive/Awards/2019_IBPA_Awards_HBF.pdf IBPA Book of the Year, awarded at the IBPA AGM at the World Bridge Championships in Wuhan, September 23, 2019
13. ACBL Bridge Bulletin, June 2007, page 20
14. ACBL Bridge Bulletin, June 2007, pages 20-22
15. Mark Horton (1999). The Mammoth Book of Bridge, Carroll & Graf Publishers Inc. (New York),, pages 272-278.
16. Book: Hasenson, Peter . British Bridge Almanack . 77 Publishing . London . 156–165 . 2004 . 0-9549241-0-X.