by Barry Meadow

Barry Meadow worked as a handicapper and racing-magazine editor, contributing an article on mule racing that appeared in Sports Illustrated. For five years he gambled full-time on the harness races at Los Alamitos in California.

approx. $26

by Fred Renzey 

Extremely informative and user friendly, has a tremendous amount of hand by hand analysis. It reads as if the author just left the blackjack table and drove directly to your house to tell you the way it is.

approx. $14

by Mason Malmuth

This text assumes that the reader already knows how to count cards, and it introduces techniques that should be useful to the successful player well into the 1990's and beyond. Shuffle tracking, theoretical concepts, blackjack biases, current blackjack, mistaken ideas, supplemental strategies, playing in a casino, obsolete techniques, and front loading.

approx. $12

by Bryce Carlson

Advanced Omega II System, Free Hit, Quadruple Down, Reno Shuffle, and more secrets. Mathematically accurate, highly informative, up-to-date, and beautifully written.

approx. $12

by Walter Thomason

Advice and strategies with charts and diagrams. Comparing to most of other Blackjack book, this one is easy to understand and fun to read. The author seems to know a lot about Blackjack. 

approx. $10

by Scott Frank

The author gives a different approach to winning at blackjack. Scott Frank presents the CORE System to counting cards in an easy to understand way. Scott's theories are helpful. Strategies do work. 

approx. $10

by Stanford Wong

Wealth of tactics for the would be professional. Sharp, clear thinking and incisive writing. Coverage of cheating techniques used by dealers around the world. 

approx. $10

by Michael Benson, Bert Randolph Sugar

An easy-to-understand guide to blackjack's basic strategy and card counting. Included are: a comprehensive list of blackjack rules; how to avoid the surveillance techniques houses use to weed out card counters; inside tips from the professionals; a money management guide to maximize winnings and minimize losses; and 40 strategy charts.

approx. $10

by Walter W. Blackshear

Understanding of the changing "win-loss cycle of blackjack", winning strategy to maximize profits during the "payoff cycle" and minimize losses when the cards change, and defense against the "losing streak" or "hot dealer".

approx. $18

by Arnold Snyder

Much text instead of dozens of tables. Doesn't seem to be helpful.

approx. $18