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abracadanny
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In your opinion what is your top 10 favorite magic book list?
Just wondering
AngeloR
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Today, in no particular order:

Amateur Magician's Handbook (Hay)
Apocalypse Vol.1 |Lorayne)
Apocalypse Vol.2
Apocalypse Vol.3
Apocalypse Vol.4
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
Approaching Magic (Regal)
World Beyond (Curry)
Carneycopia (Carney)
Greater Magic (1994 Kaufman edition)

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- Derek Dingle's Complete Works
- The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
- Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
- Secrets of Bro. Hamman
- Carneycopia
- Close-up & Personal (David Regal)
- Lorayne: The Classic Collection 1
- Vortex (Tom Stone)
- The Books of Wonder Vol. 1 (Tommy Wonder)
- Natural Selections Vol. 1 (David Acer)
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Ever changing of course, but as of this writing and in no particular order:

Apocalypse (all 4 volumes counts as ONE title)
Greater Magic (Kaufman ed.)
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
Stewart James in Print
The James File
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsely (both volumes)
Personal Collection (Lorayne)
Approaching Magic (Regal)
The Secret Ways of Al Baker
Smoke and Mirrors (Bannon)

I could add many more without thinking Smile

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Greater Magic (Kaufman edition)
Roy Benson by Starlight (Levent)
Secrets of Brother John Hamman (Kaufman)
Complete Works of Derek Dingle (Kaufman)
The Magic of Milton Kort (Minch)
The Essential Dai Vernon (Ganson)
Richard's Almanac (Kaufman)
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley (Minch)
The Books of Wonder (Minch, Wonder)
Mastering the Art of Magic (Burger)
Pictured to the left my hero and me during FISM 2006 in Stockholm.
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Lorayne: The Classic Collection [1]
Lorayne: The Classic Collection 2
Lorayne: The Classic Collection 3
Approaching Magic
Dear Mr. Fantasy
Apocalypse 1-5
Apocalypse 6-10
Apocalypse 11-15
Apocalypse 16-20
Greater Magic

I know that certain collections can be classified together, but I put it this way since each book would be a separate purchase.
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abracadanny
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Everyone has great lists, I realized I posted this topic but I didn't put mine so here it is
Essential Dai Vernon
Tarbells course
Art of Astonishment book 1
Card College 1
Card College 2
Card College 4
Card College 5
Expert coin magic
Seriously silly
The new modern coin magic
andre combrinck
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Art of Astonishment Vol 1-3-Harris
Books of Wonder Vol 1-2-Wonder/Minch
Stars of Magic-Various
Smoke and Mirrors-Bannon/Kaufmann
13 Steps to Mentalism-Corinda
Paramiracles-Lesley
Tarbell-Tarbell/Lorayne/Tannen
Modern Coin Magic-Bobo
Expert Coin Magic-Roth/Kaufmann
Mind, Myth and Magick-Waters

The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley-Elmsley/Minch
Theatre of the Mind- Richardson
Card College-Giobbi
The Dai Vernon Book of Magic-Ganson

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Approaching Magic
13 Steps to Mentalism
Maximum Entertainment
Scripting Magic
Magic and Showmanship
Paramiracles
Mastering the Art of Magic
Psychological Subtleties 1-3
Magic by Design
Theater of the Mind-Act Two-Curtain Call (Richardson's Trilogy)
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The Expert at the Card Table
Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic
and the Tarbell Course vol. 1-8
Does that count?

Also, Magic and Showmanship by Henning Nelms
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On and off same topic appears, here is my current list in my mind:

Books of Wonder - Tommy Wonder (both vol1 & 2)
Strong Magic - Darwin Ortiz
Designing Miracles - Darwin Ortiz
Foundations - Eberhard Riese
Dear Mister Fantasy - John Bannon
Magic of Ascanio Vol. 1 - Ascanio
The Five Points - Juan Tamariz
The Magic Way - Juan Tamariz
The Complete Walton (both vol 1 & 2) - Roy Walton
The Collected works of Alex Elmsley (both vol 1 & 2)
Most memorable moment - with Maestro Juan Tamariz & Consuelo Lorgia in FISM Busan 2018.

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Currently mine are(no particular order)
Worlds Beyond (Curry)
The Books of Wonder Vol. 1 (Tommy Wonder)
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
Approaching Magic (Regal)
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley (Minch)
The Wisdom of Solomon (Dave Solomon)
Focus (phil goldstein)
The Best of Friends vol. 1 (Harry Lorayne)
THE DAVE CAMPBELL LEGACY (Peter Duffie)
52 MEMORIES (Andy Gladwin)
Andy Gemini
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Unfortunately I don't have 10 books yet! But I will list the ones I have

Mark Wilsons Course In Magic
Royal Road To Card Magic
Encyclopedia Of Card Tricks
Bobos Modern Coin Magic
Paul Zenon Street Magic
Tarbell Course VOL 1
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