Lorraine's list of best books

Sid Lorraine's list of best books was published in his column "Sid Lorraine's Chatter" in Tops for June 1939 in response to a question posed to him in a letter.

Books published prior to 1920 (not including magazines):

• The Old and the New Magic - Henry R. Evans
• Our Magic - Jasper Maskelyne and David Devant
• Art of Magic - T. Nelson Downs & Hilliard
• The Expert at the Card Table - Erdnase
• Modern Magic - Pr. Hoffmann
• Sleight of Hand - Edwin Sachs
• Magicians' Tricks, How They Are Done - Henry Hatton & Adrian Plate
• Expert Billiard Ball Manipulation, Part 1 & 2 - Burling Hull
• The Modern Conjurer - C. Lang Neil
• Original Magical Creations - Stanley Collins
• Original Mysteries for Magicians - Brunel White
• The Magical Entertainer - P. T. Selbit
• Problems in Mystery - Max Sterling
• Magical Originalities - Ernest E. Noakes
• Modern Coin Manipulation - T. Nelson Downs
• Secrets of Conjuring and Magic - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin

Books published after 1920:

• Quicker than the Eye - John Mulholland
• The Story of Magic - John Mulholland
• Magical Masterpieces - Louis Nikola
• The Nikola Card System - Louis Nikola
• Encyclopedia of Cigarette Tricks - Keith Clark
• Greater Magic - John Northern Hilliard
• The World's Cut and Restored Rope Tricks - Burling Hull
• Manipulative Series - Laurie Ireland
• Card Manipulations No. 1 - Card Manipulations No. 5 - Jean Hugard
• The Three Shell Game - Tom Osborne
• Al Baker's Book - Al Baker
• Magic and Stagecraft - Guy Jarrett
• And a Pack of Cards - Jack Merlin
• Popular Card Tricks - Walter Gibson
• Advanced Lessons in Cups and Balls - Eddie Joseph
• Mathemagic - Royal Heath
• Thimble Magic - Jean Hugard
• 202 Methods of Forcing - Ted Annemann
• Magic of the Hands - Edward Victor