Jamy Ian Swiss Book Reviews
For eighteen years (June 1994 - January 2013), Jamy Ian Swiss wrote thoughtful, opinionated, long-form reviews of magic books for Genii magazine. Jamy's reviews contain insights deeper than just product recommendations, and so we have worked to assemble the entire series (almost 450 magic book reviews) in one complete and fully searchable archive.
Also, from October 2016 through January 2020, Jamy wrote reviews for the Lyons Den at the Magicana website.
Read Jamy's essay, Critical Thinking on his tenure as a book reviewer, or search for, or choose a review below:
| Book |
|---|
| The Full Facts Book of Cold Reading Ian Rowland |
| Annals of Conjuring Sidney W. Clarke |
| Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond Paul Curry |
| Tools of the Trade Chuck Smith |
| Discovering Invisibility Jim Steinmeyer |
| Try the Impossible Simon Aronson |
| Caution: Practical Joker Ahead Bruce Walstad |
| The Annotated Magic of Slydini Lewis Ganson |
| Side Shows: My Life with Gooks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade Daniel Waldron; Howard Bone |
| In a Class by Himself: The Legacy of Don Alan Jon Racherbaumer |
| Fusillade: A Treatise on the Multiple Selection Routine Doc Eason & Paul Cummins |
| Mastering the Art of Magic Eugene Burger |
| Monkey Shines Volumes One & Two Chris "Doc" Dixon |
| The Silver Surf Troy Hooser |
| Son of Simon Says: More Close-Up Magic of Simon Lovell Simon Lovell |
| Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig Lewis Ganson |
| Harry Lorayne's Apocalypse: Volumes 1-5 Harry Lorayne |
| Neo-Magic Artistry S. H. Sharpe |
| The Conservation of Magic Leo Behnke |
| Card College: Volume 4 Roberto Giobbi |
| Rings In Your Fingers Dariel Fitzkee |
| Chan Canasta: A Remarkable Man David Britland |
| The James File Allan Slaight |
| Life, Death & Other Card Tricks Robert E. Neale |
| Intercept Harvey Berg |
| Joshua Jay's Magic Atlas Joshua Jay |
| Tricks of my Trade: The Magic of Doug Conn Paul Cummins |
| Servais Le Roy: Monarch of Mystery Mike Caveney & William Rauscher |
| Real World Magic Jerry MacGregor |
| Destiny, Chance and Free Will & Other Presentations Allan Zola Kronzek |
| Arcardia Roger Crosthwaite |
| The Annotated Discovery Of Witchcraft Booke XIII Stephen James Forrester |
| Pure Effect: Direct Mind-Reading and Magical Artistry Derren Brown |
| Trickery Treats: Card Craft Continued J.K. Hartman |
| Steve Mayhew's Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals Jack Carpenter |
| Quartet: A Fake Card And Ten Routines Therewith Guy Hollingworth |
| Antonio Diavolo: A Souvenir of his Performance John Gaughan & Jim Steinmeyer |
| Magic in Fiction: A Short Title Checklist Michael Canick |
| Maurice Fogel Chris Woodward |
| The Gardner-Smith Correspondence Martin Gardner & Marshall D. Smith |
