Since the early days of the first lockdown in March, Saranac Partners has held a series of conversations with economists, investors, authors and political observers. As part of these wide ranging conversations Richard Urwin has asked each guest to recommend one or more books that listeners might enjoy.

In keeping with the diverse nature of the conversations, the book recommendations have been eclectic – ranging from technical reviews to memoir and poetry.  As we reach the end of the year we thought we would compile this list for holiday reading or perhaps gift inspiration. We very much hope you have enjoyed the speaker series and we look forward to continuing with these conversations in the new year.

Non Fiction

• Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction, Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner
• Uncharted: How to Map the Future, Margaret Heffernan
• Radical Uncertainty, John Kay, Mervyn King
• These Truths: A History of the United States, Jill Lepore
• This America: The Case for the Nation, Jill Lepore
• Uncanny Valley: A memoir – Anna Weiner
• The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom: America and China 1776 to the Present, John Pomfret
• Bad Buying,  Peter Smith
• The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III, Peter Baker and Susan Glasser
• Joe Biden: American Dreamer, Evan Osnos
• Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez
• Can We Be Happier?: Evidence and Ethics, Richard Layard
• The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Bill Bryson
• More: The 10,0000-Year Rise of the World Economy, Philp Coggan
• A random walk down Wall Street, Burton G. Malkiel
• Leading, Alex Ferguson and Michael Moritz
• Billion Dollar Whale, Tom Wright and Bradley Hope

Fiction & Poetry

• Lonesome Dove, Larry McMurtry
• The Physician, Noah Gordon
• Normal People, Sally Rooney
• Selected Poems of Czeslaw Milosz
• Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens