Favorite Instructional Bridge Book(s)

For me there are two categories of bridge books I like, those that are enjoyable to read and those from which I learn a lot. Some books find the intersection between the two, the sweet spot of bridge books, if you will, including:

Play Bridge with Mike Lawrence by Mike Lawrence
and
Tao of Bridge by Brent Manley

Which books do you find fall into this category?

What books are instructional really depends on your level. For beginner players, anything by Edwin Kantar is excellent. As you progress, Mike Lawrence is a great place. For the more advanced, I recommend books like Bridge Squeezes Complete, To Bid or Not to Bid and for the truly adventurous Adventures in Card Play.

I recently read and reviewed Frank Stewart's Winning Defense for the Advancing Bridge Player. I thought I was a great collection of topics, clear, well organized, etc. My only real beef was that sometimes a hand would be shown on one page and the related text would be on the overleaf.

I usually enjoy Eddie Kantar's writing, and solving his two puzzles is for me one of the highlights of the monthly ACBL magazine.

I do wish some bridge books would be more considerate about the placement of the hand diagrams. I try to embrace the poor layout as a memory test.

I enjoy Eddie Kantar's writing as well. The first bridge book I read was his Bridge for Dummies which was a great place to start. (Little did I know then that the road I was on would lead me into the madness that is duplicate bridge.)

My favorite part of the Bridge Bulletin is "It's Your Call". I play every month on-line.

Kantar is enjoyable to read even for advanced players.

I would like to add Kelsey and Reese as good choices for instructional books.