List of significant bridge books and magazines
Encyclopedia
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.
having been published by Edmond Hoyle
in 1742 or 1743.
The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows:
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
, is a trick-taking
Trick-taking game
A trick-taking game is a card game or tile-based game in which play centers on a series of finite rounds or units of play, called tricks. The object of such games then may be closely tied to the number of tricks taken, as in plain-trick games such as Whist, Contract Bridge, Napoleon, Rowboat, and...
card game
Card game
A card game is any game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played, be they traditional or game-specific. Countless card games exist, including families of related games...
of skill
Game of skill
A game of skill is a game where the outcome is determined mainly by mental and/or physical skill, rather than by pure chance.One benefit of games of skill is that they are a means of exploring one's own capabilities. Games encourage the player to look at, understand, and experience things...
and chance
Game of chance
A game of chance is a game whose outcome is strongly influenced by some randomizing device, and upon which contestants may or may not wager money or anything of monetary value...
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 WhistWhist
Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It derives from the 16th century game of Trump or Ruff, via Ruff and Honours...
having been published by Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Hoyle was a writer best known for his works on the rules and play of card games. The phrase "according to Hoyle" came into the language as a reflection of his generally-perceived authority on the subject; since that time, use of the phrase has expanded into general use in situations in...
in 1742 or 1743.
The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows:
- 17th century: the emergence of WhistWhistWhist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries. It derives from the 16th century game of Trump or Ruff, via Ruff and Honours...
from earlier games such as Ruff and HonoursRuff and HonoursRuff and Honours, a successor of the French game Triomphe with many different spellings, is a 17th century card game derivative of Ruff, the ancestor of Whist, which in turn was the forerunner of bridge and many other trick-taking card games like Whisk and Swabbers.-History:This game was first...
and TriumphTrumpA trump is a type of card in some card games.Trump may also refer to:* Trump * Trump * Trumps * The Trump * HMS Trump , a British submarine* The Trump Organization, a business conglomerate... - 18th and 19th centuries: Whist is widely played with many variants in scoring methods; similar games such as VintVintVint is a Russian card-game, similar to both bridge and whist and it is sometimes referred to as Russian whist. Vint means a screw in Russian, and the name is given to the game because the four players, each in turn, propose, bid and overbid each other until one, having bid higher than the others...
and KhediveKhediveThe term Khedive is a title largely equivalent to the English word viceroy. It was first used, without official recognition, by Muhammad Ali Pasha , the Wāli of Egypt and Sudan, and vassal of the Ottoman Empire...
are also played - 1886: Evidence that Bridge-Whist has emerged with John Collinson's four page pamphlet entitled Biritch, or Russian Whist. (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.)
- 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
- c1915: 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 underticks. Within two years, "Auction was swept off the tables" in the dawn of modern contract bridge.
- 1926-1935: numerous books on bidding are published and compete for status as the 'official system' of choice. Ely CulbertsonEly CulbertsonEly Culbertson was an entreprenurial American contract bridge personality dominant during the Thirties and Forties. He played a major role in the early popularization of the game, and was widely regarded as "the man who made contract bridge"...
rises to prominence in the USA 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, AcolAcolAcol is the bridge bidding system that, according to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, is "standard in British tournament play and widely used in other parts of the world". It is named after the Acol Bridge Club, previously located on Acol Road in London NW6, where the system started to evolve...
is fashioned by S. J. SimonS. J. SimonS.J. "Skid" Simon was a British author and bridge player. From 1937 until his death he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly with a background of ballet or of English history...
and Jack MarxJack Marx (bridge)Jack Marx was a British international bridge player who was instrumental in developing the Acol System of bidding.- Life :Marx went to Repton School, and served as a Captain in World War II in the RASC....
, 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. / Thomas Osborne (London), 10th Edition, 1750, 224 pages / 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. / 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. Article on the evolution of Whist. / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (Londom) 1879, 144 pages. / Longmans, Green, and Co. (London), 14th Edition, 1883, 112 pages. / G.W. Carleton & Co. Publishers (Londom) 1884, 114 pages. / Frederick A. Stokes (New York), 1887, 136 pages. / 1889, 128 pages. / 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. / Brentano's (New York), 5th Edition, 1895, 109 pages / 1903, 136 pages / 1907, 136 pages / 1911, 136 pages. / 6th Edition, Charles Scribner's Sons (New York), 1907, 297 pages.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. / Prentice-Hall Inc. (Englewood Cliffs N. J.) 1965, 217 pages. / Simon and Schuster (New York), 191 pages. / Robert Hale (London), 1976, 221 pages, ISBN 0-7091-5349-X.- The Bridge Bum by Alan SontagAlan SontagAlan M. Sontag is a world champion American bridge player and author of bridge books.-Bridge career:Although he is a six-time world champion in contract bridge, winning the prestige Bermuda Bowl twice, Sontag is best known as the author of The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten...
, 1977 / Granovetter Books (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), 1992, 252 pages, ISBN 0-940257-12-2 / Netco Press (Little Falls, N.J.), 1994, 252 pages, ISBN 0-9634715-2-X / Netco Press, (Little Falls, N.J.), 2003, 264 pages, ISBN 978-0963471529
Encyclopedia and Almanacks
The following are listed chronologically: 691 pages. 674 pages. 793 pages. 858 pages. 922 pages. 827 pages (plus 38 page Bibliography) 826 pages (plus 60 page Bibliography) 634 pages (plus two CDs: 1. The Encyclopedia and 2. Bibliographies and Results)American Bridge Teachers' Association (ABTA)
Each year since 1982, ABTA has recognized one or more books as contributing significantly to the teaching of contract bridge. The following are the award recipients:- 1982 -
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- 1987 - Commonsense Bidding by William S. RootWilliam S. RootWilliam S. Root was a professional American bridge player. He represented the United States twelve times in international competition, including the Bermuda Bowl in 1967...
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- 1992 - Advanced Book: To Bid or Not to Bid, The LAW of Total Tricks by Larry CohenLarry CohenLawrence G. "Larry" Cohen is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as a B-Movie auteur of horror and science fiction films - often containing a police procedural element - during 1970s and 1980s...
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- 1996 - Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty BergenMarty BergenMarty A. Bergen is an American bridge player and writer. A 10-time national champion and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master he retired from active competition in 1993...
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- 1997 - Advanced Book:
- 1997 - Basic Book:
- 1998 - Beginner/Student Book:
- 1998 - Advanced Book:
- 1999 - Basic Book:
- 1999 - Advanced Book:
- 1999 - Student Book: 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara SeagramBarbara SeagramBarbara Seagram is a Canadian bridge teacher, author and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of seventeen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which received the...
and Marc SmithMarc Smith (bridge)Marc Smith is a British bridge player, columnist and book author. Marc Smith represented Great Britain as a junior, winning the 1985 European Union Junior Teams Championship. He has a host of wins in national events, and reached the final of the World Mixed Pairs Championship playing with his... - 2000 - Advanced Book:
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- 2010 - Beginner Book: / 231p.
- 2010 - Intermediate Book: / 160 pages.
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International Bridge Press Association (IBPA)
Since 2004, the IBTA has chosen one bridge-related title of exceptional merit. Thus far, recipients include:http://www.ibpa.com/
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1994 survey
The ACBL survey of 1994 was a poll of well-known players and writers only and resulted in the following list of the 20 best books of all time:
- Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. SimonS. J. SimonS.J. "Skid" Simon was a British author and bridge player. From 1937 until his death he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly with a background of ballet or of English history...
- Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- Right Through the Pack by Robert Darvas and Norman de V. Hart
- Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
- To Bid or Not to Bid by Larry CohenLarry CohenLawrence G. "Larry" Cohen is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as a B-Movie auteur of horror and science fiction films - often containing a police procedural element - during 1970s and 1980s...
- Adventures in Card Play by Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
and Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles... - The Expert Game by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Defensive Bridge Play Complete by Eddie Kantar
- Play Bridge with Reese by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Michael LawrenceMichael LawrenceMichael Lawrence is an English writer for children and young adults. He is best known as the author of the Withern Rise trilogy and the Jiggy McCue books.- Biography :...
- Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
and Nico GardenerNico GardenerNico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played... - Five Weeks to Winning Bridge by Alfred SheinwoldAlfred SheinwoldAlfred Sheinwold was an American bridge player, administrator, international team captain and prolific author of books about bridge. He was, with Edgar Kaplan, co-developer of the Kaplan-Sheinwold bidding system...
- Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy HaydenDorothy Hayden TruscottDorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...
- Bridge Squeezes CompleteBridge Squeezes CompleteBridge Squeezes Complete is a book on contract bridge written by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mathematics professor Clyde E. Love, originally published in 1959...
by Clyde E. LoveClyde E. LoveClyde E. Love was a contract bridge author and mathematics professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is well-known in bridge circles for his 1959 book Bridge Squeezes Complete, one of the earliest efforts to codify then-existing squeeze play. Love established rules for recognizing... - Matchpoints by Kit WoolseyKit WoolseyKit Woolsey is an American bridge and backgammon player. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965....
- Bridge With the Blue Team by Pietro ForquetPietro ForquetPietro Forquet is an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 15 World championship titles with Blue Team, playing with Eugenio Chiaradia, Guglielmo Siniscalco and, for the most part, Benito Garozzo. Apart from his excellent play, he was renowned for his nerves of...
- The Official Encyclopedia of BridgeThe Official Encyclopedia of BridgeThe Official Encyclopedia of Bridge presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards...
by Henry Francis et al. - All 52 Cards by Marshall MilesMarshall MilesMarshall Lauren Miles is an American bridge player and author.-Bridge career:Miles' crowning achievement was winning the World Senior Teams Olympiad in Istanbul in 2004...
- Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. WatsonLouis H. WatsonLouis H. Watson of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor...
2007 survey
The ACBL survey of 2007 resulted in two lists of favourite books as follows:
Top 10 books as rated by Experts - in descending order- The Expert Game by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. SimonS. J. SimonS.J. "Skid" Simon was a British author and bridge player. From 1937 until his death he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly with a background of ballet or of English history...
- Adventures in Card Play by Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
and Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles... - Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- Bridge in the Menagerie by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
- 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. WatsonLouis H. WatsonLouis H. Watson of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor...
- Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
and Nico GardenerNico GardenerNico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played... - Bridge With the Blue Team by Pietro ForquetPietro ForquetPietro Forquet is an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 15 World championship titles with Blue Team, playing with Eugenio Chiaradia, Guglielmo Siniscalco and, for the most part, Benito Garozzo. Apart from his excellent play, he was renowned for his nerves of...
- Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
Top 10 books as rated by Other Readers - in descending order- Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. WatsonLouis H. WatsonLouis H. Watson of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor...
- Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty BergenMarty BergenMarty A. Bergen is an American bridge player and writer. A 10-time national champion and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master he retired from active competition in 1993...
- How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Michael LawrenceMichael LawrenceMichael Lawrence is an English writer for children and young adults. He is best known as the author of the Withern Rise trilogy and the Jiggy McCue books.- Biography :...
- Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. SimonS. J. SimonS.J. "Skid" Simon was a British author and bridge player. From 1937 until his death he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly with a background of ballet or of English history...
- Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara SeagramBarbara SeagramBarbara Seagram is a Canadian bridge teacher, author and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of seventeen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which received the...
and Marc SmithMarc Smith (bridge)Marc Smith is a British bridge player, columnist and book author. Marc Smith represented Great Britain as a junior, winning the 1985 European Union Junior Teams Championship. He has a host of wins in national events, and reached the final of the World Mixed Pairs Championship playing with his... - Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
and Nico GardenerNico GardenerNico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played... - Adventures in Card Play by Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
and Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles... - Standard Bridge Bidding for the 21st Century by Max Hardy
- The Secrets of Winning Bridge by Jeff RubensJeff RubensJeff Rubens is a bridge player and writer; he is the editor of the magazine The Bridge World and the author of several bridge books, including Secrets of Winning Bridge....
Mark Horton's book recommendations
In his 1999 book, The Mammoth Book of Bridge, Mark HortonMark Horton (bridge)Mark Horton is a British author, journalist and expert on bridge, as well as a former lawyer and chess champion. He has been the editor of Bridge Magazine since 1995. The magazine was founded in 1926 and is the world's oldest bridge magazine, and it is now distributed through Chess & Bridge in the...
lists his recommendations for "Bridge Books You Should Read", grouped as follows:
Classics
General- Five Weeks to Winning Bridge by Alfred SheinwoldAlfred SheinwoldAlfred Sheinwold was an American bridge player, administrator, international team captain and prolific author of books about bridge. He was, with Edgar Kaplan, co-developer of the Kaplan-Sheinwold bidding system...
- Bid Better, Play Better by Dorothy HaydenDorothy Hayden TruscottDorothy Hayden Truscott was the top-ranked woman in bridge for many years and authored or co-authored books on the game.-Career:...
- Matchpoints by Kit WoolseyKit WoolseyKit Woolsey is an American bridge and backgammon player. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965....
Bidding- Commonsense Bidding by William S. RootWilliam S. RootWilliam S. Root was a professional American bridge player. He represented the United States twelve times in international competition, including the Bermuda Bowl in 1967...
- To Bid or Not to Bid, The Law of Total Tricks by Larry CohenLarry CohenLawrence G. "Larry" Cohen is an American film producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known as a B-Movie auteur of horror and science fiction films - often containing a police procedural element - during 1970s and 1980s...
- Bridge Conventions Complete by Amalya Kearse
- The Complete Book of Hand Evaluation by Michael LawrenceMichael LawrenceMichael Lawrence is an English writer for children and young adults. He is best known as the author of the Withern Rise trilogy and the Jiggy McCue books.- Biography :...
- The Complete Book of Overcalls by Michael LawrenceMichael LawrenceMichael Lawrence is an English writer for children and young adults. He is best known as the author of the Withern Rise trilogy and the Jiggy McCue books.- Biography :...
Declarer Play- Watson on the Play of the Hand at Contract Bridge by Louis H. WatsonLouis H. WatsonLouis H. Watson of New York City was a highly ranked American contract bridge player and author who rose to prominence in the 1930s. A popular personality, he was considered by Ely Culbertson to be his most likely successor...
- How to Read Your Opponents Cards by Michael LawrenceMichael LawrenceMichael Lawrence is an English writer for children and young adults. He is best known as the author of the Withern Rise trilogy and the Jiggy McCue books.- Biography :...
- Card Play Technique or the Art of Being Lucky by Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
and Nico GardenerNico GardenerNico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played... - Reese on Play: An Introduction to Good Play by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- The Expert Game by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Play these Hands with Me by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Bridge Squeezes Complete by Clyde Love
- The Dictionary of Suit Combinations by Jean-Marc Roudinescu
- Adventures in Card Play by Géza OttlikGéza OttlikGéza Ottlik was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist.He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931-1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from...
and Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
Defender's Play- Killing Defence at Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- Opening Leads by Robert Ewen
Entertainment- Why You Lose at Bridge by S. J. SimonS. J. SimonS.J. "Skid" Simon was a British author and bridge player. From 1937 until his death he collaborated with Caryl Brahms on a series of comic novels and short stories, mostly with a background of ballet or of English history...
- 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 MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St....
- Miracles of Card Play by David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
and Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields... - Bridge with the Blue Team by Pietro ForquetPietro ForquetPietro Forquet is an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 15 World championship titles with Blue Team, playing with Eugenio Chiaradia, Guglielmo Siniscalco and, for the most part, Benito Garozzo. Apart from his excellent play, he was renowned for his nerves of...
- The Bridge Bum by Alan SontagAlan SontagAlan M. Sontag is a world champion American bridge player and author of bridge books.-Bridge career:Although he is a six-time world champion in contract bridge, winning the prestige Bermuda Bowl twice, Sontag is best known as the author of The Bridge Bum, a book "on everybody's list of the top ten...
For beginners
General- Bridge for Dummies by Eddie Kantar
- Win at Bridge in 30 Days by David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
- Bridge for Bright Beginners by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
- Bridge Basics by Ron KlingerRon KlingerRon Klinger is a leading bridge author, writing more than 50 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International Master.-Biography:...
- Teach Me to Play - A First Book of Bridge by Jude Goodwin and Don Ellison
- Bridge for Beginners by Audrey GrantAudrey GrantAudrey Grant is a Canadian professional educator and contract bridge expert, known for her "simple and humorous" approach to teaching bridge....
and Zia MahmoodZia MahmoodZia Mahmood is a Pakistani professional bridge player. He is a World Bridge Federation and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master. He has a knack for bringing out the best in his partners and is regarded as one of the greatest players of the game... - Bridge for Beginners by Nico GardenerNico GardenerNico Gardener was a British international bridge player, born in Riga, Latvia .After the Russian Revolution his family moved to the Ukraine, and then to Moscow, where he trained as a ballet dancer. He later moved to Berlin, where he read languages and history at Berlin University, and played...
and Victor MolloVictor MolloVictor Mollo was a British bridge journalist and writer. He is most famous for his "Bridge in the Menagerie" series of books, depicting vivid characters of bridge players with animal names through a series of exciting and entertaining deals, bridge fables of a sort.-Biography:Mollo was born in St.... - Beginning Bridge by Alan Hiron and Maureen Hiron
Bidding- Teach Yourself Basic Bidding by Alan TruscottAlan TruscottAlan Fraser Truscott was a bridge player, author and columnist. He wrote the daily bridge column for The New York Times for 41 years, from 1964 to 2005 and served as Executive Editor for all six editions of The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 1964 to 2002.- Britain :Truscott was born in Brixton,...
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 KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
Defender's Play- Introduction to Defender's Play by Eddie KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
For advancing players
General- Winning Contract Bridge Complete by Edgar KaplanEdgar KaplanEdgar Kaplan was an American bridge player and one of the principal contributors to the game. His career spanned six decades and covered every aspect of bridge. He was a teacher, author, editor, administrator, champion player, theorist, expert Vugraph commentator, coach/captain and authority on...
- The Complete Book of Bridge by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
and Albert Dormer - The Mistakes You Make at Bridge by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
and Roger TrézelRoger TrezelRoger Trézel was a famous French bridge player. A World Bridge Federation Grand Master, he was the winner of World Team Olympiad in Turin 1960, Bermuda Bowl in Paris 1956, and World Open Pairs Championship in Cannes 1962. He is one of only 10 players who collected the Triple Crown of Bridge...
Bidding- Points Schmoints! Bergen's Winning Bridge Secrets by Marty BergenMarty BergenMarty A. Bergen is an American bridge player and writer. A 10-time national champion and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master he retired from active competition in 1993...
- 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know by Barbara SeagramBarbara SeagramBarbara Seagram is a Canadian bridge teacher, author and administrator. In addition to being recognized for her professional bridge teaching business and as co-author of seventeen bridge books, she is most widely known for co-writing 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know, which received the...
and Marc SmithMarc Smith (bridge)Marc Smith is a British bridge player, columnist and book author. Marc Smith represented Great Britain as a junior, winning the 1985 European Union Junior Teams Championship. He has a host of wins in national events, and reached the final of the World Mixed Pairs Championship playing with his... - Modern Bridge Conventions by Bill RootWilliam S. RootWilliam S. Root was a professional American bridge player. He represented the United States twelve times in international competition, including the Bermuda Bowl in 1967...
and Richard PavlicekRichard PavlicekRichard Pavlicek is an American bridge player, author and columnist.-Career:Pavlicek began to play bridge in 1964 at the age of 18 while stationed in Stuttgart, West Germany, with the U.S. Army. Upon returning to Florida in 1966 he started to play in bridge tournaments in his spare time. Since... - 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 BourkeTim BourkeTim Bourke is an Australian bridge player, author and internationally renowned collector and composer of bridge hands having composed most of the hands in David Bird's "Abbot" series since 1996...
and Marc SmithMarc SmithMarc Kelly Smith is an American poet, and the creator and founder of the poetry slam movement, for which he received the nickname Slam Papi.... - The Basic Elements of Play and Defence by G. C. H. Fox
- Play of the Hand Complete by Eddie KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
- Guide to Better Card Play by Ron KlingerRon KlingerRon Klinger is a leading bridge author, writing more than 50 books on the game. He is an Australian Grand Master and a World Bridge Federation International Master.-Biography:...
Defender's Play- Kantar for the Defense, Volume 1 by Eddie KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
- Kantar for the Defense, Volume 2 by Eddie KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
- Opening Leads by Mike Lawrence
- Step-by-Step Signalling by Mark HortonMark Horton (bridge)Mark Horton is a British author, journalist and expert on bridge, as well as a former lawyer and chess champion. He has been the editor of Bridge Magazine since 1995. The magazine was founded in 1926 and is the world's oldest bridge magazine, and it is now distributed through Chess & Bridge in the...
- Eddie Kantar Teaches Advanced Bridge Defense by Eddie KantarEdwin KantarEdwin Bruce Kantar is an American bridge player, 2-time World Teams Bridge Champion and prolific author of bridge books.-Biography:...
For experienced players
General- The Complete Book of BOLS Tips by Sally Brock
- The Secrets of Winning Bridge by Jeff RubensJeff RubensJeff Rubens is a bridge player and writer; he is the editor of the magazine The Bridge World and the author of several bridge books, including Secrets of Winning Bridge....
- For Experts Only by Matthew Granovetter
- Matchpoint Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- 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 BergenMarty BergenMarty A. Bergen is an American bridge player and writer. A 10-time national champion and American Contract Bridge League Grand Life Master he retired from active competition in 1993...
- Precision and Super Precision Bidding by Giorgio BelladonnaGiorgio BelladonnaGiorgio Belladonna was an Italian bridge player, one of the most famous in bridge history. He won 16 World championship titles with the Blue Team, playing with Walter Avarelli and Benito Garozzo...
and Benito GarozzoBenito GarozzoBenito Garozzo is one of the most famous bridge players in the history of the game. He has won 13 world championship titles with the Italian Blue Team, playing with Pietro Forquet and later Giorgio Belladonna... - Powerhouse Hands by Albert Dormer
- Aces Scientific by Bobby GoldmanBobby GoldmanRobert Goldman was an American bridge player, teacher and author. He won three Bermuda Bowls , Olympiad Mixed Teams 1972, and 20 North American Bridge Championships...
Declarer Play- Step-by-Step: Deceptive Declarer Play by Barry Rigal
- Advanced Play at Bridge by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- Secrets of Expert Card Play by David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
and Tony ForresterTony ForresterAnthony R. Forrester is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World International Master. Forrester is the bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.... - Simple Squeezes by Hugh KelseyHugh KelseyHugh Walter Kelsey was a bridge player and writer. He won the Gold Cup, the most prestigious British competition, twice, in 1969 and 1980. He represented Scotland twelve times in the Camrose Trophy, played between the constituent countries of the British Isles...
- Positive Declarer's Play by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
and Julian PottageJulian PottageJulian Pottage is a British contract bridge author, player and teacher, who studied mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge. He's also well-known as a collector of bridge problems, and writes a monthly problem column in Britain's Bridge Magazine... - Bridge: Tricks of the Trade by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
and David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
Defender's Play- Dynamic Defense by Mike Lawrence
- Secrets of Expert Defence by David BirdDavid BirdDavid Bird is the world's most prolific bridge writer, with over one hundred books to his name. He is bridge correspondent for the Mail on Sunday and the London Evening Standard; he contributes regularly to many magazines, including Bridge Plus, English Bridge, Bridge Magazine and the ACBL Bridge...
and Tony ForresterTony ForresterAnthony R. Forrester is an English bridge player and writer. He is a British and English international and a World International Master. Forrester is the bridge columnist for The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph.... - Step-by-Step: Deception in Defence by Barry Rigal
- Parnership Defense in Bridge by Kit WoolseyKit WoolseyKit Woolsey is an American bridge and backgammon player. He graduated from Oberlin College in 1964. He earned a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1965....
- Positive Defence by Terence ReeseTerence ReeseJohn Terence Reese was a British bridge player and writer, regarded as one of the finest of all time in both fields...
and Julian PottageJulian PottageJulian Pottage is a British contract bridge author, player and teacher, who studied mathematics at Trinity College Cambridge. He's also well-known as a collector of bridge problems, and writes a monthly problem column in Britain's Bridge Magazine...
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 titles 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. 8th edition will be published in 2014. 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 BourkeTim BourkeTim Bourke is an Australian bridge player, author and internationally renowned collector and composer of bridge hands having composed most of the hands in David Bird's "Abbot" series since 1996...
, 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
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of Entries1 684-691 8 15 2 783-793 11 15 3 849-858 10 15 4 902-922 21 17 5 Not numbered 38 6 Not numbered 60 29 4096 7 Not included 0 0 0
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.
By subject
- Bridge conventions
- Hand evaluation
- Losing-Trick Count
- Opening leads
- Signalling
- Squeeze plays
By author
- Pierre Albarran
- Tim Bourke
- John Brown
- Michelle Brunner
- Walter Buller
- Ben Cohen
- Larry Cohen
- Ely Culbertson
- Robert Frederick Foster
- Charles Goren
- Mark Horton
- Oswald Jacoby
- Eddie Kantar
- Hugh Kelsey
- Michael Lawrence
- Rixi Markus
- Marshall Miles
- Victor Mollo
- Julian Pottage
- Terence Reese
- Andrew Robson
- William S. (Bill) Root
- George Rosenkranz
- Barbara Seagram
- S. J. Simon
- Marc Smith
- Paul Stern
- Alan Truscott
- Louis H. Watson
- Kit Woolsey
Book articles in Wikipedia
- 25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know is a book on contract bridge co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and British player and author Marc Smith. It was published by Master Point Press in 1999....
- Bridge Squeezes CompleteBridge Squeezes CompleteBridge Squeezes Complete is a book on contract bridge written by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mathematics professor Clyde E. Love, originally published in 1959...
- Contract Bridge for BeginnersContract bridge for beginnersContract Bridge For Beginners is a book written by Charles Goren on the rules and basic strategies of contract bridge. First published by Simon & Schuster Inc. of New York in 1953 and by Eyre & Spottiswoode of London in 1959, each has been reprinted numerous times...
- Planning the Play of a Bridge HandPlanning the Play of a Bridge HandPlanning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book on contract bridge co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and British author David Bird. It was published by Master Point Press in 2009....
- The Official Encyclopedia of BridgeThe Official Encyclopedia of BridgeThe Official Encyclopedia of Bridge presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards...
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