List of significant bridge books and magazines

Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge books deemed significant by various authors and organizations.

Books on bridge and its predecessor games have spanned centuries with the earliest known popular book on the subject of Whist having been published by Edmond Hoyle in 1742 or 1743.

The timelines in the evolutionary path to modern contract bridge books are generally as follows:

The following are books on the various precursor games to modern contract bridge; the first books on contract bridge appeared in 1927.

The following books provide insights into the people and culture of contract bridge and while they may contain occasional references to certain technical aspects of the game, they are generally not instructional in theme. Fictional novels with a bridge theme are listed separately.

The following are listed chronologically:

Each year since 1982, ABTA has recognized one or more books as contributing significantly to the teaching of contract bridge. The following are the award recipients:

Since 2004, the IBTA has chosen one bridge-related title of exceptional merit. Thus far, recipients include:[1]

The ACBL has conducted the following surveys:

The ACBL survey of 1994 was a poll of well-known players and writers only and resulted in the following list of the 20 best books of all time:

The ACBL survey of 2007 resulted in two lists of favourite books as follows:

The 7th edition of the Encyclopedia recommended the following books with the caveat that the "list on this page is by no means definitive. It was influenced to a degree by surveys published in 1994 and 2007 in the Bridge Bulletin", published by the American Contract Bridge League. Listed alphabetically by first author surname.

In his 1999 book, The Mammoth Book of Bridge,Mark Horton lists his recommendations for "Bridge Books You Should Read", grouped as follows:

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