Bill Gates' Recommendations II
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 4.44 avg rating — 44,189 ratings
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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by:
Matthew Desmond
4.47 avg rating — 109,975 ratings 4. 
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
by:
John Carreyrou
4.41 avg rating — 276,401 ratings 
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Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
by:
Hans Rosling
4.36 avg rating — 197,309 ratings 
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Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
by:
Steven Pinker
4.20 avg rating — 31,753 ratings 10. 
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
by:
Trevor Noah
4.49 avg rating — 778,919 ratings 11. 
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by:
J.D. Vance
3.85 avg rating — 488,906 ratings 
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Hit Refresh: The Quest to Rediscover Microsoft's Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone
by:
Satya Nadella
3.79 avg rating — 17,730 ratings 
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Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
by:
Mark Miodownik
4.11 avg rating — 20,498 ratings 17. 
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
by:
Nina Munk
3.93 avg rating — 1,450 ratings 18. 
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating — 23,745 ratings
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How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by:
Jordan Ellenberg
3.95 avg rating — 20,875 ratings 22. 
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by:
Nick Lane
4.18 avg rating — 5,766 ratings 23. 
The Power to Compete: An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy
by:
Hiroshi Mikitani
3.54 avg rating — 419 ratings 
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Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
by:
Paul Scharre
3.81 avg rating — 2,777 ratings 25. 
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
by:
Tracy Kidder
4.20 avg rating — 87,501 ratings 27. 
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
by:
Andy Puddicombe
4.03 avg rating — 13,207 ratings 
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Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
by:
Kate Bowler
3.80 avg rating — 51,885 ratings 
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Mosquitoes, Malaria, and Man: A History of the Hostilities Since 1880 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life
by:
Ed Yong
4.18 avg rating — 30,340 ratings 
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Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
by:
Rose George
3.83 avg rating — 3,839 ratings 
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Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
by:
Howard Green
4.29 avg rating — 440 ratings 43. 
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
by:
Tom Wright
4.07 avg rating — 37,104 ratings 44. 
Money Well Spent: A Strategic Plan for Smart Philanthropy
by:
Paul Brest
3.60 avg rating — 80 ratings 
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Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment
by:
Francis Fukuyama
3.85 avg rating — 6,395 ratings 47. 
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
by:
Max Tegmark
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26,834 ratings 48. 
Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
by:
Jonathan Haskel
3.78 avg rating — 2,400 ratings 
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Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
by:
Eddie Izzard
3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings 
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Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
by:
Randall Munroe
4.14 avg rating — 12,052 ratings 55. 
Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients.
by:
Jeremy N. Smith
4.12 avg rating — 808 ratings 56. 
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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
by:
Angus Deaton
3.82 avg rating — 2,418 ratings 61. 
Value-Added Measures in Education: What Every Educator Needs to Know 3.41 avg rating — 32 ratings
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
by:
David McCullough
4.22 avg rating — 22,143 ratings 64. 
Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era
by:
Amory B. Lovins
4.01 avg rating — 330 ratings 65. 
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Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech
by:
Gary P. Pisano
3.70 avg rating — 111 ratings 67. 
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back 3.81 avg rating — 4,013 ratings
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Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System 3.68 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
by:
John Medina
4.01 avg rating — 34,188 ratings 
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For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
by:
Walter Lewin
4.25 avg rating — 4,033 ratings 78. 
Priorities in Health: Disease Control Priorities Companion Volume
by:
Dean T. Jamison
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
by:
Steven Johnson
3.99 avg rating — 15,388 ratings 
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The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World 3.62 avg rating — 131 ratings
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Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
by:
Gordon Brown
3.45 avg rating — 197 ratings 87. 
Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
by:
Joel N. Shurkin
3.80 avg rating — 125 ratings 88. 
Modernist Cuisine: The Art and Science of Cooking
by:
Nathan Myhrvold
4.59 avg rating — 1,583 ratings 
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Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses (The William G. Bowen Series)
by:
Taylor Walsh
3.30 avg rating — 20 ratings 94. 
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
by:
J.E. Gordon
4.15 avg rating — 525 ratings 95. 
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves 4.15 avg rating — 41,839 ratings
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How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
by:
Bjørn Lomborg
3.39 avg rating — 155 ratings 
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World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse
by:
Lester R. Brown
3.90 avg rating — 418 ratings 99. 
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
by:
Arthur Allen
3.81 avg rating — 289 ratings 100. 
Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
by:
Bill Gates Sr.
3.76 avg rating — 1,174 ratings