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
14498 Super Freakonomics Steven D. Levitt 2009 American English
14598 Interventions Kofi Annan 2012 Ghanaian English
14132 Energy Vaclav Smil 1999 Czech English
1022 Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders 2017 American English
5480 The Ministry For the Future Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 American English
14334 The Earth's Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2002 Czech English
14553 World On The Edge Lester R. Brown 2011 American English
14519 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
14334 Beyond Smoke And Mirrors Douglas S. Massey 2002 American English
14457 The Post American World Fareed Zakaria 2008 American English
14132 Tropical Infectious Diseases Richard L. Guerrant 1999 American English
14831 Origin Story David Christian 2018 American English
14498 Showing Up For Life Bill Gates 2009 American English
14410 The Man Who Fed The World Leon Hesser 2006 American English
14457 13 Things That Don't Make Sense Michael Brooks 2008 British English
14051 The Power To Compete Hiroshi Mikitani, Ryoichi Mikitani 2014 Japanese English
14831 Everything Happens For A Reason Kate Bowler 2018 American English
14410 Science Business Gary P. Pisano 2006 American English
13805 Global Warming John Theodore Houghton 1986 British English
14553 For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin 2011 American English
14629 Harvesting The Biosphere Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14457 Energies Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
15561 The Mosquito Timothy C. Winegard 2019 Canadian English
14212 Jim Grant Peter Adamson 2001 British Unknown
14457 Money Well Spent Paul Brest, Hal Harvey 2008 American English
14362 Energy At The Crossroads Vaclav Smil 2003 Canadian English
14831 The Perfect Weapon David E. Sanger 2018 American English
14498 Health Care Will Not Reform Itself George C. Halvorson 2009 American English
14831 Outbreak Culture Pardis Sabeti 2018 American English
14410 How To Spend $50 Billion To Make The World A Better Place Bjørn Lomborg 2006 Danish English
14649 The Myth Of The Strong Leader Archie Brown 2014 British English
14598 The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond 2012 American English
14553 Eradication Nancy Leys Stepan 2011 American English
15561 Growth Vaclav Smil 2019 Canadian English
14519 Prime Movers Of Globalization Vaclav Smil 2010 Canadian English
14629 Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil 2013 Czech English
14679 Epic Measures Jeremy N. Smith 2015 American English
14553 Unlocking The Gates Taylor Walsh 2011 American English
14457 Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald 2008 American English
14362 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
14629 Making The Modern World Vaclav Smil 2013 Canadian English
14679 The Vital Question Nick Lane 2015 British English
5467 Six Days Of The Condor James Grady 1974 American English
14122 Turtles All The Way Down John Green 2017 American English
15561 Good Economics For Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2019 American English
14457 Global Catastrophes And Trends Vaclav Smil 2008 Czech English
14434 The Grid Phillip F. Schewe 2007 American English
14598 Sustainable Materials Julian M. Allwood 2012 British English
13211 Hyperbole And A Half Allie Brosh 2013 American English
14498 Liberating Learning Terry M. Moe 2009 American English
14434 The Foundation Joel L. Fleishman 2007 American English
2296 The Limits To Growth Donella H. Meadows 1972 American English
14389 Creating The Twentieth Century Vaclav Smil 2005 Czech English
14434 The Making Of A Tropical Disease Randall M. Packard 2007 American English
14553 Unlocking Energy Innovation Richard K. Lester 2011 American English
14553 That Used To Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum 2011 American English
4393 The Friend Sigrid Nunez 2018 American English
14553 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
14519 Xkcd Randall Munroe 2010 American English
14457 A Champion's Mind Pete Sampras 2008 American English
14553 Modernist Cuisine Nathan Myhrvold 2011 American English
14553 Change.Edu Andrew S. Rosen 2011 American English
14679 Being Nixon Evan Thomas 2015 American English
14519 Energy Myths And Realities Vaclav Smil 2010 Czech English
14629 Poor Numbers Morten Jerven 2013 Norwegian English
14831 Nine Pints Rose George 2018 British English
10287 I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong 2016 British English
14553 The Cat's Table Michael Ondaatje 2011 Canadian English
14519 Educational Economics Marguerite Roza 2010 American English
14697 Late To The Ball Gerald Marzorati 2016 American English
14730 Believe Me Eddie Izzard 2017 British English
14519 The Fever Sonia Shah 2010 American English
13316 Brief Interviews With Hideous Men David Foster Wallace 1999 American English
13702 Polio David M. Oshinsky 2005 American English
13359 The New Science Of Strong Materials J. E. Gordon 1968 British English
14553 Poor Economics Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo 2011 American English
15610 A Thousand Brains Jeff Hawkins 2021 American English
6120 The Best We Could Do Thi Bui 2017 American English
14831 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
14553 The Magic Of Reality Richard Dawkins 2011 British English
15588 Broken Genius Joel N. Shurkin 2020 American English
14598 The Cost Of Hope Amanda Bennett 2012 American English
14598 A World Class Education Vivien Stewart 2012 American English
14831 Army Of None Paul Scharre 2018 American English
14498 Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Mathews 2009 American English
14410 Priorities In Health Dean T. Jamison 2006 American English
14553 House On Fire William H. Foege 2011 American English
14629 The Bet Paul Sabin 2013 American English
14434 Vaccine Arthur Allen 2007 American English
14553 Class Warfare Steven Brill 2011 American English
13532 The Path Between The Seas David McCullough 1977 American English
14553 The Quest Daniel Yergin 2011 American English
14023 The Man Who Stayed Behind Sidney Rittenberg 1993 American English
14498 In Fed We Trust David Wessel 2009 American English
14553 The City That Became Safe Franklin E. Zimring 2011 American English
14389 The End Of Poverty Jeffrey D. Sachs 2005 American English
15588 Breath From Salt Bijal P. Trivedi 2020 American English
14498 Smallpox D. A. Henderson 2009 American English
14519 Why America Is Not A New Rome Vaclav Smil 2010 Canadian English
14519 Stretching The School Dollar Frederick M. Hess 2010 American English
13522 Perception And Misperception In International Politics Robert Jervis 1976 American English
14553 Value Added Measures In Education Douglas N. Harris 2011 American English
14553 The Headspace Guide To Meditation And Mindfulness Andy Puddicombe 2011 British English
14598 One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway 2012 British English
13256 The Idealist Nina Munk 2013 American English
14323 Upheaval Jared Diamond 2019 American English
14629 Dad Is Fat Jim Gaffigan 2013 American English
14323 How To Randall Munroe 2019 American English
14730 Capitalism Without Capital Jonathan Haskel 2017 British English
14457 Sustainable Energy David J. C. Mackay 2008 British English
14519 Why Does College Cost So Much? Robert B. Archibald 2010 American English
15561 Prepared Diane Tavenner 2019 American English