The Essential Books to Read
- The Aspiring Beginner's must-read list
- Learn to Play Bridge - software by Fred Gitelman, distributed by the ACBL
- 5 Weeks to Winning Bridge, Alfred Sheinwold, 1959.
- Goren's New Bridge Complete (Revised), Charles Goren, 1985.
- The Aspiring Intermediate's must-read list
- Standard Bidding with SAYC, Ned Downey and Ellen Pomer, 2005.
- Modern Bridge Conventions, Bill Root and Richard Pavlicek, 1981.
- How to Play a Bridge Hand, Bill Root, 1990.
- The Aspiring Club Player's must-read list
- To Bid or Not to Bid, Larry Cohen, 1992.
- Opening Leads, Mike Lawrence, 1996.
- Workbook on the Two-Over-One System, Mike Lawrence, 1987.
- Partnership Defense in Bridge, Kit Woolsey, 1991.
- The Aspiring Advanced Player's must-read list
- How to Read Your Opponents' Cards, Mike Lawrence, 1973.
- Why You Lose at Bridge, S. J. Simon, 1946.
- Matchpoints, Kit Woolsey, 1982.
- And last, but most definitely least, The Aspiring Director's must-read list
- Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge, ACBL, 1999.
- Duplicate Decisions, ACBL, 2004.
- NABC casebooks