The Royal Road to Card Magic is a classic instructional guide to sleight-of-hand card magic, originally published in 1948 and later republished by Dover. Jean Hugard and Frederick Braué present a progressive course that takes beginners through fundamental card-handling techniques and gradually introduces more advanced methods.

The book covers overhand and riffle shuffles, flourishes, the glide, glimpse, key card, palm, false shuffles and cuts, double lift, pass, Hindu shuffle, classic force, top and bottom changes, arrangements and complete card routines. It contains more than 120 illustrations and material for performing over 100 card tricks.