One system. Multiple books. An entire arsenal of mind reading.
A Book Test is one of the most powerful tools in mentalism: an apparently ordinary book that allows you to reveal words, thoughts and information that should be completely impossible for you to know.
The Progressive Book Test range was designed around three things that matter to me as a working performer: it should be easy to use, require nothing to memorize, and give you more than one trick.
Explore The Collection →The system is designed to be direct and intuitive. Your spectator can freely navigate the book while you concentrate on presentation rather than complicated procedure.
No endless fishing. No awkward questioning. No need to force one specific page.
There are no giant word lists, complicated codes or memorized patterns to keep straight while you're performing.
The system gives you the information you need so you can spend your energy performing the effect instead of trying to remember how it works.
That's the entire point of the system. Each title contains multiple methods that can be performed independently or combined into a larger routine.
As the routine progresses, the revelations can become increasingly more impossible.
The Progressive Book Test range includes a variety of recognizable literary titles in different sizes, cover finishes, page colors and physical styles.
The important part is that the underlying system remains consistent across the collection. Once you understand the method, you don't have to relearn an entirely different system every time you pick up another title.
The Progressive Book Test system gives you multiple ways to reveal information, structure routines and build increasingly impossible moments.
Know the first word of virtually any selected page without needing to know the page number in advance.
Reveal a word found on the first line of the following page, creating a second impossible revelation using the same system.
Instead of discovering the spectator's thought, apparently plant the thought you want them to have.
Allow a spectator to choose a word from within the book while you remain completely hands-off — even from another room.
Divine three different thought-of words from three different areas of a single book, with each revelation becoming progressively stronger.
Toss one or more books into the audience and reveal the thoughts of multiple spectators as part of one large-scale routine.
Certain titles contain additional hidden ideas and possibilities unique to that particular book.
The all-new Kicker Book Tests take the system even further, allowing you to create impossible predictions, force pages, build customized endings and add even more surprising moments to your routine.
The collection is available in several formats designed for different performance environments — from intimate strolling magic to large stage performances.
The most compact books in the Progressive range. Designed specifically for strolling performers, close-up workers and situations where pocket space matters.
Strolling • Close-Up • Mix & Mingle
A versatile middle ground featuring larger text while remaining comfortable for close-up performance. These books can also transition beautifully into stand-up and stage environments.
Close-Up • Parlour • Stage
The largest books in the collection, featuring the largest text and greater visual presence for audiences watching from farther away.
Stage • Theatre • Parlour
Three specialty titles using the Progressive system, each featuring an additional customizable kicker ending that gives the routine one final unexpected moment.
Strolling • Close-Up • Standup
Moby Dick is a special companion book designed to expand the possibilities of the rest of the Progressive Book Test collection.
Using Moby Dick, you can reveal the Flashback and Flashforward words from any of the eight compatible titles below — without ever needing to touch those books yourself.
You don't need every title to begin. Choose the format that best matches the way you perform, then expand the collection as your routines and performance environments grow.
Start with the format that fits the way you already perform and discover how much mileage you can get from one deceptively ordinary-looking book.
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