books recommended by Bill Gates

Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

Bill Gates is an American business magnate, software developer, investor, and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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books recommended by Bill Gates

Sapiens

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari

Principles

Principles

Ray Dalio

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

Walter Isaacson

Shoe Dog

Shoe Dog

Phil Knight

Mindset

Mindset

Carol S. Dweck

The Black Swan

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Poor Charlie's Almanack

Charlie Munger

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"

Richard P. Feynman

Outliers

Outliers

Malcolm Gladwell

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

The Catcher in the Rye

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Better Angels of Our Nature

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

How to Change Your Mind

How to Change Your Mind

Michael Pollan

Measure What Matters

Measure What Matters

John Doerr

Factfulness

Factfulness

Hans Rosling

Homo Deus

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

The Three-Body Problem

The Three-Body Problem

Cixin Liu

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

Becoming Steve Jobs

Becoming Steve Jobs

Brent Schlender

The Ride of a Lifetime

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

The Martian

The Martian

Andy Weir

When Breath Becomes Air

When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

Open

Open

Andre Agassi

The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Moonwalking with Einstein

Moonwalking with Einstein

Joshua Foer

Why We Sleep

Why We Sleep

Matthew Walker

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Yuval Noah Harari

Bad Blood

Bad Blood

John Carreyrou

The Moment of Lift

The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

Evicted

Evicted

Matthew Desmond

Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now

Steven Pinker

Tools and Weapons

Tools and Weapons

Brad Smith

Behave

Behave

Robert M. Sapolsky

Educated

Educated

Tara Westover

The Emperor of All Maladies

The Emperor of All Maladies

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Where Good Ideas Come From

Where Good Ideas Come From

Steven Johnson

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Walter Isaacson

The Gene

The Gene

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Cloud Atlas

Cloud Atlas

David Mitchell

Hillbilly Elegy

Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance

Abundance

Abundance

Peter Diamandis

Life 3.0

Life 3.0

Max Tegmark

How Not to Be Wrong

How Not to Be Wrong

Jordan Ellenberg

The Road to Character

The Road to Character

David Brooks

How to Lie with Statistics

How to Lie with Statistics

Darrell Huff

Leadership

Leadership

Doris Kearns Goodwin

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Gentleman in Moscow

Amor Towles

Born a Crime

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Capital in the Twenty-First Century

Thomas Piketty

Business Adventures

Business Adventures

John Brooks

Stress Test

Stress Test

Timothy F. Geithner

The Box

The Box

Marc Levinson

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Mountains Beyond Mountains

Tracy Kidder

Seveneves

Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

Stuff Matters

Stuff Matters

Mark Miodownik

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl

Anne Frank

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo

Billion Dollar Whale

Billion Dollar Whale

Tom Wright & Bradley Hope

The Book of Why

The Book of Why

Judea Pearl & Dana Mackenzie

The Bully Pulpit

The Bully Pulpit

Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games

Suzanne Collins

The Prize

The Prize

Daniel Yergin

The Sixth Extinction

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

The World Is Flat

The World Is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman

A Full Life

A Full Life

Jimmy Carter

Brain Rules

Brain Rules

John Medina

Collapse

Jared Diamond

Energy

Energy

Vaclav Smil

How Asia Works

How Asia Works

Joe Studwell

Life Is What You Make It

Life Is What You Make It

Peter Buffett

On Immunity

On Immunity

Eula Biss

Reinventing Fire

Reinventing Fire

Amory Lovins

String Theory

String Theory

David Foster Wallace

The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Angus Deaton

The Most Powerful Idea in the World

The Most Powerful Idea in the World

William Rosen

Thing Explainer

Thing Explainer

Randall Munroe

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

Andrew Ross Sorkin

What If?

What If?

Randall Munroe

Why Nations Fail

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoğlu & James A. Robinson

Awakening Joy

Awakening Joy

James Baraz

Energy and Civilization

Energy and Civilization

Vaclav Smil

Hit Refresh

Hit Refresh

Satya Nadella

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Hot, Flat, and Crowded

Thomas L. Friedman

Interventions

Interventions

Kofi Annan

Lincoln in the Bardo

Lincoln in the Bardo

George Saunders

Reinventing American Health Care

Reinventing American Health Care

Ezekiel J. Emanuel

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I

Richard P. Feynman

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. II

Richard P. Feynman

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III

The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. III

Richard P. Feynman

The Signal and the Noise

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

The Sympathizer

The Sympathizer

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Blueprint

Blueprint

Nicholas A. Christakis

Hacking Darwin

Hacking Darwin

Jamie Metzl

SuperFreakonomics

SuperFreakonomics

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

From the Ground Up

From the Ground Up

Howard Schultz

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

13 Things That Don't Make Sense

Michael Brooks

A Champion's Mind

A Champion's Mind

Pete Sampras

A Separate Peace

A Separate Peace

John Knowles

A World-Class Education

A World-Class Education

Vivien Stewart

Academically Adrift

Academically Adrift

Richard Arum

Army of None

Army of None

Paul Scharre

Being Nixon

Being Nixon

Evan Thomas

Believe Me

Believe Me

Eddie Izzard

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

Beyond Smoke and Mirrors

Douglas S. Massey

Beyond the Crash

Beyond the Crash

Gordon Brown

Big History

Big History

Cynthia Stokes Brown

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

David Foster Wallace

Broken Genius

Broken Genius

Joel N. Shurkin

Buffett

Buffett

Roger Lowenstein

Capitalism Without Capital

Capitalism Without Capital

Jonathan Haskel

Change.edu

Change.edu

Andrew S. Rosen

Class Warfare

Class Warfare

Steven Brill

Creating the Twentieth Century

Creating the Twentieth Century

Vaclav Smil

Dad Is Fat

Dad Is Fat

Jim Gaffigan

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China

Ezra F. Vogel

Dirt and Disease

Dirt and Disease

Naomi Rogers

Educational Economics

Educational Economics

Marguerite Roza

Energies

Energies

Vaclav Smil

Energy at the Crossroads

Energy at the Crossroads

Vaclav Smil

Energy Myths and Realities

Energy Myths and Realities

Vaclav Smil

Energy Transitions

Energy Transitions

Vaclav Smil

Enriching the Earth

Enriching the Earth

Vaclav Smil

Epic Measures

Epic Measures

Jeremy N. Smith

Eradication

Eradication

Nancy Leys Stepan

Everything Happens for a Reason

Everything Happens for a Reason

Kate Bowler

For the Love of Physics

For the Love of Physics

Walter Lewin

Frank Stewart's Bridge Club

Frank Stewart's Bridge Club

Frank Stewart

Getting Better

Getting Better

Charles Kenny

Give Smart

Give Smart

Thomas J. Tierney

Global Catastrophes and Trends

Global Catastrophes and Trends

Vaclav Smil

Global Health

Global Health

Ann Lindstrand

Global Warming

Global Warming

John Theodore Houghton

Harvesting the Biosphere

Harvesting the Biosphere

Vaclav Smil

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself

Health Care Will Not Reform Itself

George C. Halvorson

House on Fire

House on Fire

William H. Foege

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place

Bjørn Lomborg

Hyperbole and a Half

Hyperbole and a Half

Allie Brosh

I Contain Multitudes

I Contain Multitudes

Ed Yong

Identity

Identity

Francis Fukuyama

In FED We Trust

In FED We Trust

David Wessel

Jim Grant

Jim Grant

Peter Adamson

Liberating Learning

Liberating Learning

Terry M. Moe

The Limits to Growth

The Limits to Growth

Donella H. Meadows et al.

Making the Modern World

Making the Modern World

Vaclav Smil

Modernist Cuisine

Modernist Cuisine

Nathan Myhrvold

Money Well Spent

Money Well Spent

Paul Brest & Hal Harvey

Nine Pints

Nine Pints

Rose George

One Billion Hungry

One Billion Hungry

Gordon Conway

Origin Story

Origin Story

David Christian

Parenting With Love and Logic

Parenting With Love and Logic

Foster Cline

Polio

Polio

David M. Oshinsky

Poor Economics

Poor Economics

Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo

Poor Numbers

Poor Numbers

Morten Jerven

Presidents of War

Presidents of War

Michael Beschloss

Prime Movers of Globalization

Prime Movers of Globalization

Vaclav Smil

Priorities in Health

Priorities in Health

Dean T. Jamison

Railroader

Railroader

Howard Green

Science Business

Science Business

Gary P. Pisano

Should We Eat Meat?

Should We Eat Meat?

Vaclav Smil

Showing Up for Life

Showing Up for Life

Bill Gates Sr.

Six Days of the Condor

Six Days of the Condor

James Grady

Smallpox

Smallpox

D.A. Henderson

Stretching the School Dollar

Stretching the School Dollar

Frederick M. Hess

Sustainable Energy

Sustainable Energy

David J.C. Mackay

Sustainable Materials

Sustainable Materials

Julian M. Allwood

Tap Dancing to Work

Tap Dancing to Work

Carol J. Loomis

That Used to Be Us

That Used to Be Us

Thomas L. Friedman & Michael Mandelbaum

The Art of Being Unreasonable

The Art of Being Unreasonable

Eli Broad

The Best We Could Do

The Best We Could Do

Thi Bui

The Bet

The Bet

Paul Sabin

The Cat's Table

The Cat's Table

Michael Ondaatje

The City That Became Safe

The City That Became Safe

Franklin E. Zimring

The Cost of Hope

The Cost of Hope

Amanda Bennett

The Earth's Biosphere

The Earth's Biosphere

Vaclav Smil

The End of Poverty

The End of Poverty

Jeffrey D. Sachs

The Fever

The Fever

Sonia Shah

The Foundation

The Foundation

Joel L. Fleishman

The Future of Capitalism

The Future of Capitalism

Paul Collier

The Grid

The Grid

Phillip F. Schewe

The Hair of the Dog

The Hair of the Dog

Karl Sabbagh

The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness

The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness

Andy Puddicombe

The Heart

The Heart

Maylis de Kerangal

The Idealist

The Idealist

Nina Munk

The Magic of Reality

The Magic of Reality

Richard Dawkins

The Making of a Tropical Disease

The Making of a Tropical Disease

Randall M. Packard

The Man Who Fed the World

The Man Who Fed the World

Leon Hesser

The Man Who Stayed Behind

The Man Who Stayed Behind

Sidney Rittenberg

The Myth of the Strong Leader

The Myth of the Strong Leader

Archie Brown

The New Science of Strong Materials

The New Science of Strong Materials

J.E. Gordon

The Path Between the Seas

The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough

The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon

David E. Sanger

The Post-American World

The Post-American World

Fareed Zakaria

The Power to Compete

The Power to Compete

Hiroshi Mikitani & Ryoichi Mikitani

The Quest

The Quest

Daniel Yergin

The Rosie Effect

The Rosie Effect

Graeme Simsion

The Rosie Project

The Rosie Project

Graeme Simsion

The Vital Question

The Vital Question

Nick Lane

The World Until Yesterday

The World Until Yesterday

Jared Diamond

This Time Is Different

This Time Is Different

Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff

Titan II

Titan II

David Stumpf

Tomorrow's Table

Tomorrow's Table

Pamela C. Ronald

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Tropical Infectious Diseases

Richard L. Guerrant

Turtles All the Way Down

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green

Unlocking Energy Innovation

Unlocking Energy Innovation

Richard K. Lester

Unlocking the Gates

Unlocking the Gates

Taylor Walsh

Upheaval

Upheaval

Jared Diamond

Vaccine

Vaccine

Arthur Allen

Value-Added Measures in Education

Value-Added Measures in Education

Douglas N. Harris

Who's Teaching Your Children?

Who's Teaching Your Children?

Vivian Troen

Why America Is Not a New Rome

Why America Is Not a New Rome

Vaclav Smil

Why Does College Cost So Much?

Why Does College Cost So Much?

Robert B. Archibald

Why Don't Students Like School?

Why Don't Students Like School?

Daniel T. Willingham

Work Hard. Be Nice.

Work Hard. Be Nice.

Jay Mathews

World on the Edge

World on the Edge

Lester R. Brown

xkcd

xkcd

Randall Munroe

Destined for War

Destined for War

Graham Allison

Growth

Growth

Vaclav Smil

Late to the Ball

Late to the Ball

Gerald Marzorati

Outbreak Culture

Outbreak Culture

Pardis Sabeti

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

Robert Jervis

Plagues and the Paradox of Progress

Plagues and the Paradox of Progress

Thomas J. Bollyky

Prepared

Prepared

Diane Tavenner

The Friend

The Friend

Sigrid Nunez

The Mosquito

The Mosquito

Timothy C. Winegard

These Truths

These Truths

Jill Lepore

How To

How To

Randall Munroe

Good Economics for Hard Times

Good Economics for Hard Times

Abhijit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo

The Great Influenza

The Great Influenza

John M. Barry

The Choice

The Choice

Dr. Edith Eva Eger

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Reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.

— Bill Gates

I would continuously search for new ideas. I read every book and magazine I could. Heck, 3 bucks for a magazine, 20 bucks for a book. One good idea that led to a customer or solution and it paid for itself many times over.

— Mark Cuban