Bridge Club Lending Library Books by Title

• 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 ACBL Diamond Series, by Audrey Grant. An introduction to declarer play: counting winners and losers, promotion, finessing, trumping, sidcarding, enties, holding up, the drawing of trumps and its postponement. Sequel to The ACBL Club Series; textbook for the Diamond Series lessons.

• The Best of Jake Winkman, by Don Von Elsner. A collection of short stories revolving around Jake Winkman, bridge pro.

• Bridge in the Fourth Dimension, by Victor Mollo. Fascinating stories featuring the Hideous Hog, the Rueful Rabbit, and a whole Menagerie of other characters playing deals in which almost anything turns out to be possible.

• 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.

• How the Experts Do It: Improving your Bridge, by Terence Reese and David Bird. A collection of short topics followed by quizzes, increasing in difficulty. Mostly declarer play, from the finesse to the squeeze, with some defensive sections.

• How to Defend a Bridge Hand, by William S. Root. A comprehensive guide to defense, with chapter end quizzes plus a final cumulative quiz. Complete with a section on conventional leads and signals.

• Kantar for the Defense, by Edwin B. Kantar. One hundred defensive problems with solutions and explanations.

• Kosher Bridge, by David Bird and Ron Klinger. A series of humorous episodes of bridge played out by the Rabbi and other characters involved with the synagogue.

• Murder at the Bridge Table, by Matthew Granovetter. A mystery novel woven around a series of bridge lessons.

• 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.

• Why You Lose at Bridge, by S. J. Simon. An entertaining examination of common losing tactics, illustrated by caricature players such as Mr. Smug and The Unlucky Expert, culminating in an example rubber which you could win easily by bidding and playing sensibly replacing any of the original players.