The following books are intended for adult readers, but older children or teenagers may also find them quite lively and entertaining. You can purchase these books, on-line, in our Houdini Store.
Listed in order of their publication, most recent first:
Harry Houdini: Death-Defying Showman
by Rita Thievon Mullin
Sterling Publishing, New York, 2007
Houdini!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss
by Kenneth Silverman
HarperCollins, New York, 1996
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 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
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Denmark signs a Czech
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