Bill Gate's Book Recommendations

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Bill Gates, 258 Books

All books recommended by Bill Gates

This list was originally published in 2024 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Rank Book Authors Year Country Language Actions
14499 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14599 Interventions Kofi Annan 2012 Ghanaian English
14132 Energy Vaclav Smil 1999 Czech English
1022 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 American English
5481 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
14335 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14554 World On The Edge Lester R. Brown 2011 American English
14520 Energy Transitions Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14180 Titan Ii David Stumpf 2000 American English
13986 Parenting With Love And Logic Foster Cline 1990 American English
14335 Beyond Smoke And Mirrors Douglas S. Massey 2002 American English
14458 The Post American World Fareed Zakaria 2008 American English
14132 Tropical Infectious Diseases Richard L. Guerrant 1999 American English
14834 Origin Story David Christian 2018 American English
14499 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14411 The Man Who Fed The World Leon Hesser 2006 American English
14458 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks 2008 British English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14834 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14411 Science Business Gary P. Pisano 2006 American English
13806 Global Warming John Theodore Houghton 1986 British English
14554 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14630 Harvesting The Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14458 Energies Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
15567 The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard 2019 Canadian English
14212 Jim Grant Peter Adamson 2001 British Unknown
14458 Money Well Spent Paul Brest, Hal Harvey 2008 American English
14363 Energy At The Crossroads Vaclav Smil 2003 Canadian English
14834 The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger 2018 American English
14499 Health Care Will Not Reform Itself George C. Halvorson 2009 American English
14834 Outbreak Culture Pardis Sabeti 2018 American English
14411 How To Spend $50 Billion To Make The World A Better Place Bjørn Lomborg 2006 Danish English
14650 The Myth Of The Strong Leader Archie Brown 2014 British English
14599 The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond 2012 American English
14554 Eradication Nancy Leys Stepan 2011 American English
15567 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
14520 Prime Movers Of Globalization Vaclav Smil 2010 Canadian English
14630 Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14680 Epic Measures Jeremy N. Smith 2015 American English
14554 Unlocking The Gates Taylor Walsh 2011 American English
14458 Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald 2008 American English
14363 Who's Teaching Your Children? Vivian Troen 2003 American English
1391 A Separate Peace John Knowles 1959 American English
14051 The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion 2014 Australian English
14630 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14680 The Vital Question Nick Lane 2015 British English
5468 Six Days Of The Condor James Grady 1974 American English
14122 Turtles All The Way Down John Green 2017 American English
15567 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
14458 Global Catastrophes And Trends Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14435 The Grid Phillip F. Schewe 2007 American English
14599 Sustainable Materials Julian M. Allwood 2012 British English
13214 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
14499 Liberating Learning Terry M. Moe 2009 American English
14435 The Foundation Joel L. Fleishman 2007 American English
2297 The Limits To Growth Donella H. Meadows 1972 American English
14390 Creating The Twentieth Century Vaclav Smil 2005 Czech English
14435 The Making Of A Tropical Disease Randall M. Packard 2007 American English
14554 Unlocking Energy Innovation Richard K. Lester 2011 American English
14554 That Used To Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum 2011 American English
4394 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
14554 Give Smart Thomas J. Tierney 2011 American English
14011 Dirt And Disease Naomi Rogers 1992 American English
14212 Frank Stewart's Bridge Club Frank Stewart 2001 American English
14520 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14458 A Champion's Mind Pete Sampras 2008 American English
14554 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14554 Change.Edu Andrew S. Rosen 2011 American English
14680 Being Nixon Evan Thomas 2015 American English
14520 Energy Myths And Realities Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14630 Poor Numbers Morten Jerven 2013 Norwegian English
14834 Nine Pints Rose George 2018 British English
10290 I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong 2016 British English
14554 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14520 Educational Economics Marguerite Roza 2010 American English
14698 Late To The Ball Gerald Marzorati 2016 American English
14732 Believe Me Eddie Izzard 2017 British English
14520 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
13319 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13703 Polio David M. Oshinsky 2005 American English
13362 The New Science Of Strong Materials J. E. Gordon 1968 British English
14554 Poor Economics Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2011 American English
15616 A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins 2021 American English
6122 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
14834 Identity Francis Fukuyama 2018 American English
14212 Enriching The Earth Vaclav Smil 2001 Canadian English
14122 The Choice Dr. Edith Eva Eger 2017 American English
14554 The Magic Of Reality Richard Dawkins 2011 British English
15594 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
14599 The Cost Of Hope Amanda Bennett 2012 American English
14599 A World Class Education Vivien Stewart 2012 American English
14834 Army Of None Paul Scharre 2018 American English
14499 Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Mathews 2009 American English
14411 Priorities In Health Dean T. Jamison 2006 American English
14554 House On Fire William H. Foege 2011 American English
14630 The Bet Paul Sabin 2013 American English
14435 Vaccine Arthur Allen 2007 American English
14554 Class Warfare Steven Brill 2011 American English
13533 The Path Between The Seas David McCullough 1977 American English
14554 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14023 The Man Who Stayed Behind Sidney Rittenberg 1993 American English
14499 In Fed We Trust David Wessel 2009 American English
14554 The City That Became Safe Franklin E. Zimring 2011 American English
14390 The End Of Poverty Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 American English
15594 Breath From Salt Bijal P. Trivedi 2020 American English
14499 Smallpox D. A. Henderson 2009 American English
14520 Why America Is Not A New Rome Vaclav Smil 2010 Canadian English
14520 Stretching The School Dollar Frederick M. Hess 2010 American English
13524 Perception And Misperception In International Politics Robert Jervis 1976 American English
14554 Value Added Measures In Education Douglas N. Harris 2011 American English
14554 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14599 One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway 2012 British English
13259 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
14324 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14630 Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan 2013 American English
14324 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14732 Capitalism Without Capital Jonathan Haskel 2017 British English
14458 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14520 Why Does College Cost So Much? Robert B. Archibald 2010 American English
15567 Prepared Diane Tavenner 2019 American English