Montanaro’s Christmas Reading List 2022

Every year just before Christmas, we ask our team to come up with a list of book recommendations to help with present ideas and offer some interesting material to enjoy over the holiday period.

We hope you enjoy these as much as we have – and if you have any recommendations of your own, please do send them through!

• Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger – Peter Bevelin
• The Lessons of History – Will Durant
• The Great Crash 1929 – John Kenneth Galbraith
• What We Owe The Future – William MacAskill
• Where are the customers’ yachts? – Fred Schwed
• The smartest guys in the room – Bethany McLean
• The Avoidable War – Kevin Rudd
• War on the West – Douglas Murray
• Chip War: The Fight for the World’s Most Critical Technology – Chris Miller
• The Danger Within Us – Jeanne Lenzer
• Bad Blood – John Carreyrou
• The Escape Artist – Jonathan Freedland
• Belle Greene – Alexandra Lapierre
• Rewilding the Sea: How to Save Our Oceans – Charles Clove
• The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity – Alexandre Antonelli
• Cloud Cuckoo Land – Anthony Doerr
• Gilgi, One of Us – Irmgard Keun 
• Pnin – Vladimir Nabokov 
• I am a Cat – Natsume Soseki (who is often regarded as the Shakespeare of Japan)
• Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II – Robert Hardman
• Open: An Autobiography – Andre Agassi

The views expressed in this article are those of the author at the date of publication and not necessarily those of Montanaro Asset Management Ltd. The information contained in this document is intended for the use of professional and institutional investors only. It is for background purposes only, is not to be relied upon by any recipient, and is subject to material updating, revision and amendment and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made, and no liability whatsoever is accepted in relation thereto. This memorandum does not constitute investment advice, offer, invitation, solicitation, or recommendation to issue, acquire, sell or arrange any transaction in any securities. References to the outlook for markets are intended simply to help investors with their thinking about markets and the multiple possible outcomes. Investors should always consult their advisers before investing. The information and opinions contained in this article are subject to change without notice.