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Every Book Recommendation Bill Gates Has Ever Published (2017)

Bill Gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist regularly reviews books on his website and formulates lists of his favorite books of the year, or the best ones on a given subject. Here is every book he's ever recommended on his website, from highly academic texts to The Hunger Games.
Note: In the assorted reviews category, we left off books that had been included in other lists — but when the same book appeared on multiple reading lists, we allowed the repetition.
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String Theory (David Foster Wallace)
String Theory
1
David Foster Wallace
Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
Shoe Dog
2
Phil Knight
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene
3
Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Myth of the Strong Leader (Archie Brown)
The Myth of the Strong Leader
4
Archie Brown
The Grid (Gretchen Bakke)
The Grid
5
Gretchen Bakke
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves
6
Neal Stephenson
How Not to Be Wrong (Jordan Ellenberg)
How Not to Be Wrong
7
Jordan Ellenberg
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Nick Lane)
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
8
Nick Lane
The Power to Compete (Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani)
The Power to Compete
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Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens
10
Yuval Noah Harari
The Road to Character (David Brooks)
The Road to Character
11
David Brooks
Thing Explainer (Randall Munroe)
Thing Explainer
12
Randall Munroe
Being Nixon (Evan Thomas)
Being Nixon
13
Evan Thomas
Sustainable Materials With Both Eyes Open (Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, Et Al.)
Sustainable Materials With Both Eyes Open
14
Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, Et Al.
Eradication (Nancy Leys Stepan)
Eradication
15
Nancy Leys Stepan
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
16
Carol Dweck
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half
17
Allie Brosh
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
18
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
19
Randall Munroe
Xkcd (Randall Munroe)
Xkcd
20
Randall Munroe
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
21
How to Lie With Statistics
How to Lie With Statistics
22
Should We Eat Meat? (Vaclav Smil)
Should We Eat Meat?
23
Vaclav Smil
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street (John Brooks)
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street
24
John Brooks
The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
25
Making the Modern World (Vaclav Smil)
Making the Modern World
26
Vaclav Smil
How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
How Asia Works
27
Joe Studwell
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century
28
Thomas Piketty
The Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Effect
29
Graeme Simsion
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sonia Shah)
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
30
Sonia Shah
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (William H. Foege)
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox
31
William H. Foege
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease (D.A. Henderson)
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease
32
D.A. Henderson
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paul Farmer)
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues
33
Paul Farmer
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises (Tim Geithner)
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
34
Tim Geithner
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln (Doris Kearns Goodwin)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
35
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The Rosie Project (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Project
36
Graeme Simsion
The Sixth Extinction (Elizabeth Kolbert)
The Sixth Extinction
37
Elizabeth Kolbert
Reinventing American Health Care (Ezekiel J. Emanuel)
Reinventing American Health Care
38
Ezekiel J. Emanuel
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
39
Steven Pinker
Getting Better (Charles Kenny)
Getting Better
40
Charles Kenny
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