Hi, I am looking for mentalism books that are kind of medium level.
I wanted to buy Prism by Max Maven but it is sold out, I have also looked for a couple of books by Derren Brown and found the same result.
Start with :
Anneman's Practical Mental Magic has a lot of great routines in it, but was written in the 1940s so it's language is a bit dated but the methods are the classics. It is around $13.
Fulves's Self Working Mental Magic - Don't be fooled by the title, this has a lot of good stuff. It is around $13.
If you want to continue, read
Craig Browning's Introduction to Mentalism which is a FREE e-book a lybrary.com or lulu.com. You also might want to check out Bob Cassidy's
39 Steps to Mentalism (click on the link) which lists 39 books to read.
Then get
Bob Cassidy's FundaMentals. You can get it at lybrary.com.
Other sources:
Mark Wilson's Complete Course - It has everything (cards, coins, bills, rope, sponge balls), including a section on mental magic. The four-way test is professional quality material and the Tic Tac Toe routine is great. It is around $15.
Anneman's The Jinx - Worth having an electronic copy. It is for sale at lybrary.com and I think you can get access to it if you register with Ask Alexander at the Conjuring Research Center. There is enough material (mentalism and other magic) to last anyone a lifetime.
I'm also going to make an off the wall recommendation -- a subscription to
Genii Magazine. You get internet access to all the back issues and there is a lot of good material from there. Max Maven has a column with a lot of good routines in it.
If you are looking for mental magic card tricks,
Bannon's Mentalissimo is a good book.
13 steps to mentalism is kind of the "essential", Banachek has his PSY series, volumes 1,2 and 3.
Thirteen Steps is more advanced and not the first book I'd recommend. Think of that more as something to read once you've covered the basics.
Banachek's Psychological Subtleties are just that - subtleties to use in improving your performance and is most useful after you've been performing a while.