Bridge Club Lending Library Bidding Books

• The ACBL Club Series, by Audrey Grant. An introduction to bridge with emphasis on a basic standard American bidding system. Assumes no previous knowledge of the game. Textbook for the Club Series lessons.

• The Complete Book on Balancing in Contract Bridge, by Mike Lawrence. Thorough discussion of balancing situations with suggested agreements and numerous example hands. Quiz at the end.

• To Bid or Not to Bid: The Law of Total Tricks, by Larry Cohen. Exposition and application of the highly influential law of total tricks in competitive auctions. The law essentially states that if the deal were played once by each side in that side's longest fit, the total number of tricks taken (by the declaring sides) would be equal to the total number of trumps held.