
Feature Houdini Book List
Find out more about Harry Houdini with this booklist.
Houdini Book List
Recommended reading about Houdini courtesy of the Outagamie, Wisconsin Historical Society Musuem and Website.
Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss
by Kenneth Silverman
HarperCollins, New York, 1996
(This book is out-of-print, so try a library or second-hand bookstore)
The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini
by Ruth Brandon
Random House, New York, 1993
Death and the Magician
by Raymund Fitz Simons
Athenum, New York, 1985
The Great Illusionist
by E.A. Dawes
Cartwell Books, 1979
Houdini: His Legend and His Magic
by Doug Henning, with Charles Reynolds
Warner Books, 1977
Houdini: A Pictorial Life
by Milbourne Christopher
Thomas Crowell Company, New York, 1976
The Original Houdini Scrapbook
by Walter Gibson
Sterling Publishing, New York, 1976
Houdini: His Life in Art
by James Randi and Burt Sugar
Grosset and Dunlap, New York, 1976
Houdini: A Mind in Chains
by Bernard Meyer
Dutton, 1976
Houdini: The Untold Story
by Milbourne Christopher, 1969
The Master Magicians
by Walter Gibson
Citadel Press, 1966
Magic and Magicians
by Bill Severn
David McKay Company, New York, 1958
There are also many childrens' books about Houdini, including:
The Importance of Harry Houdini
by Adam Woog
Lucent Books, Inc., San Diego, 1995
The Houdini Box
by Brian Selznick
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1991
Harry Houdini: Young Magician
by Kathryn Kilby Borland, 1993 (c. 1969)
The Great Houdini
by Louis Sabin, 1990
Harry Houdini: Master of Magic
by Robert Kruaske, 1973