The Bill Gates Booklist
Bill Gates's Book Recommendations
Educated by Tara Westover
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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard *
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Principles: Life and Work by Ray Dalio
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication by David Foster Wallace *
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China by Ezra F. Vogel *
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The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb *
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The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin *
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Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe *
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words by Randall Munroe *
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How to Lie with Statistics by Darrell Huff, Irving Geis *
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xkcd: volume 0 by Randall Munroe
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The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World by Daniel Yergin
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![]() “A refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, and chaotic journey riddled with mistakes, endless struggles, and sacrifice. Here Knight opens up in a way few CEOs are willing to do. I don’t think Knight sets out to teach the reader anything. Instead, he accomplishes something better. He tells his story as honestly as he can. It’s an amazing tale.”—Bill Gates
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by Phil Knight *
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The Myth of the Strong Leader by Archie Brown *
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The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger
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The Ride of a Lifetime by Bob Iger
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The Great Influenza by John M. Barry *
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Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo. B
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Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
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The Martian by Andy Weir
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Polio: An American Story by David M. Oshinsky
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Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education by Terry M. Moe, John E. Chubb
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton
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Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
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Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah Harari *
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
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On Immunity: An Inoculation by Eula Biss
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed by Jared Diamond
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared M. Diamond
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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis by Jared Diamond
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
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Einstein — His Life And Universe by Walter Isaacson
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The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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The Gene: An Intimate History by Siddhartha Mukherjee *
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Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner *
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Super Freakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitts, Stephen J. Dubner *
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These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore *
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![]() “Rosen has a facility for the telling anecdote and the quirky aside. Open nearly any page of the book and you’ll learn tidbits like that Abraham Lincoln had a love of things mechanical and is the only American president to be awarded a patent (for air chambers that add buoyancy to steam ships and other boats). . . . The Most Powerful Idea in the World is enjoyable reading, although it does go into a lot of detail about steam engines, and you will learn more about how they work than you might expect.”
The Most Powerful Idea in the World by William Rosen (Best Books of 2013)
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Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil *
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Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization by Vaclav Smil
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Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities by Vaclav Smil *
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles *
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Presidents of War by Michael Beschloss *
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Nine Pints by Rose George
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Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
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The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion *
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The Friend by Sigrid Nunez
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Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker *
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New Power by Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
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Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
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The Heart by Maylis de Kerangal *
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Thirst by Scott Harrison
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Capitalism Without Capital by Jonathan Haskel and Stian Westlake
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Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders *
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Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian *
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The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness by Andy Puddicombe
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Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
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Social Value Investing by Howard W. Buffett and William B. Eimicke
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Born a Crime by Trevor Noah *
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Alice and Bob Meet the Wall of Fire by Thomas Lin, Quanta Magazine
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen *
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond *
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The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui *
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Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty *
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The Road to Character by David Brooks *
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Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas *
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success by Carol Dweck *
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Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? by Nancy Leys Stepan *
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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler (Summer Reading 2012)
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Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update by Donella H. Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis L. Meadows (Summer Reading 2012)
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A Full Life by Jimmy Carter *
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Why Does College Cost So Much? by Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldma
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![]() "Knowing and admiring Peter as we do, LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT captures his spirit, passion, and values beautifully. As parents, it’s the kind of dialogue about our life’s purpose and opportunity we’re having with our children. We will have everyone in our family read and discuss LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT ."
Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment by Peter Buffett
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The Cost of Hope: A Memoir by Amanda Bennett
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Smallpox: The Death of a Disease — The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer by D. A. Henderson, Richard Preston
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For the Love of Physics by Walter Lewin
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Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat by Richard P. Feynman
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Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 2: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter by Richard P. Feynman
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Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 3: Quantum Mechanics by Richard P. Feynman
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises by Karl Sabbagh
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Where Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
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The New Science of Strong Materials or Why You Don’t Fall through the Floor by J. E. Gordon, Philip Ball
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Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature by Vaclav Smil
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