James Buchan is a Scottish novelist and historian who writes on aspects of the Scottish Enlightenment. His books have been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Books in order of publication:
Novels
A Parish of Rich Women (1984) Whitbread Book of the Year award , Betty Trask Award
Davy Chadwick (1987)
Slide (1991)
Heart’s Journey in Winter (1995) (The Golden Plough in US) Guardian Fiction Prize
High Latitudes (1996)
A Good Place to Die (1999) (The Persian Bride in US)
The Gate of Air (2008)
A Street Shaken by Light (2022)
Non-fiction
Frozen Desire: The Meaning of Money (1997)
Capital of the Mind: How Edinburgh Changed the World (2003) (Crowded with Genius: Edinburgh’s Moment of the Mind” in US)
Adam Smith and the Pursuit of Perfect Liberty (2006) (The Authentic Adam Smith: His Life and Ideas in US)
Days of God: The Revolution in Iran and its Consequences (2012) The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Book Prize (Silver Medal)
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century (2018)
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