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Books recommended by Bill Gates

Bill Gates recommends 230 books, among them The Limits to Growth, The Magic of Reality and The Making of a Tropical Disease.

The Limits to Growth

Donella H. Meadows et al.

Technology

The Magic of Reality

Richard Dawkins

Spirituality & religion

The Making of a Tropical Disease

Randall M. Packard

Science & nature

The Man Who Fed the World

Leon Hesser

Biography & memoir

The Man Who Stayed Behind

Sidney Rittenberg

History

The Moment of Lift

Melinda Gates

Biography & memoir

The Mosquito

Timothy C. Winegard

History

The Most Powerful Idea in the World

William Rosen

History

The Myth of the Strong Leader

Archie Brown

Economics & politics

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander

Economics & politics

The New Science of Strong Materials

J.E. Gordon

Science & nature

The Path Between the Seas

David McCullough

History

The Perfect Weapon

David E. Sanger

Economics & politics

The Power to Compete

Hiroshi Mikitani & Ryoichi Mikitani

Economics & politics

The Prize

Daniel Yergin

History

The Quest

Daniel Yergin

Economics & politics

The Rational Optimist

Matt Ridley

Economics & politics

The Ride of a Lifetime

Robert Iger

Biography & memoir

The Rise and Fall of American Growth

Robert J. Gordon

History

The Road to Character

David Brooks

Philosophy

The Signal and the Noise

Nate Silver

Economics & politics

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert

History

The Splendid and the Vile

Erik Larson

History

The Spy and the Traitor

Ben Macintyre

History

The Vital Question

Nick Lane

Science & nature

The World Is Flat

Thomas L. Friedman

Economics & politics

The World Until Yesterday

Jared Diamond

History

These Truths

Jill Lepore

History

Thing Explainer

Randall Munroe

Science & nature

This Time Is Different

Carmen M. Reinhart & Kenneth S. Rogoff

Money & investing