The Bill Gates Book List

1.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating — 276,378 ratings
2.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 4.16 avg rating — 172,950 ratings
3.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,800 ratings
4.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,597 ratings
5.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,773,021 ratings
6.
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow 4.19 avg rating — 278,904 ratings
7.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,796 ratings
8.
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking 3.95 avg rating — 20,875 ratings
9.
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words 4.14 avg rating — 12,052 ratings
10.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 4.14 avg rating — 191,217 ratings
11.
xkcd: volume 0
xkcd: volume 0 4.32 avg rating — 7,182 ratings
12.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.10 avg rating — 169,815 ratings
13.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating — 33,859 ratings
14.
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do 3.92 avg rating — 6,021 ratings
15.
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War 3.81 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
16.
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness 4.03 avg rating — 13,207 ratings
17.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci 4.19 avg rating — 122,275 ratings
18.
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved 3.80 avg rating — 51,879 ratings
19.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,917 ratings
20.
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything 4.06 avg rating — 7,463 ratings
21.
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think 4.36 avg rating — 197,297 ratings
22.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,830 ratings
23.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,947 ratings
24.
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens
Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens 3.86 avg rating — 10,157 ratings
25.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 132,999 ratings
26.
Energy and Civilization: A History
Energy and Civilization: A History 4.09 avg rating — 3,928 ratings
27.
The Heart
The Heart 3.85 avg rating — 11,921 ratings
28.
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis 3.85 avg rating — 488,825 ratings
29.
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety 3.87 avg rating — 7,326 ratings
30.
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis 4.16 avg rating — 5,503 ratings
31.
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike 4.46 avg rating — 350,840 ratings
32.
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History 4.36 avg rating — 54,021 ratings
33.
The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age
The Myth of the Strong Leader: Political Leadership in the Modern Age 3.65 avg rating — 787 ratings
34.
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
The Grid: The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future 3.87 avg rating — 4,503 ratings
35.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,817 ratings
36.
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life
by: Nick Lane
4.18 avg rating — 5,766 ratings
37.
The Power to Compete: An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy
The Power to Compete: An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy 3.54 avg rating — 419 ratings
38.
The Road to Character
The Road to Character 3.65 avg rating — 25,862 ratings
39.
Being Nixon: A Man Divided
Being Nixon: A Man Divided 4.24 avg rating — 2,763 ratings
40.
Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open: Future buildings, vehicles, products and equipment - made efficiently and made with less new material
Sustainable Materials - with both eyes open: Future buildings, vehicles, products and equipment - made efficiently and made with less new material 4.07 avg rating — 90 ratings
41.
Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?
Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever? 3.66 avg rating — 112 ratings
42.
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 4.17 avg rating — 213,870 ratings
43.
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True 4.05 avg rating — 27,033 ratings
44.
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
by: Eula Biss
3.94 avg rating — 11,713 ratings
45.
How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics 3.84 avg rating — 17,591 ratings
46.
Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory
Should We Eat Meat?: Evolution and Consequences of Modern Carnivory 3.52 avg rating — 629 ratings
47.
Business adventures
Business adventures 3.81 avg rating — 24,342 ratings
48.
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region 4.26 avg rating — 4,886 ratings
49.
The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman, #2)
The Rosie Effect (Don Tillman, #2) 3.63 avg rating — 139,730 ratings
50.
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization 3.76 avg rating — 585 ratings
51.
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises 4.08 avg rating — 5,307 ratings
52.
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism 4.15 avg rating — 23,622 ratings
53.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,680 ratings
54.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,287 ratings
55.
Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act will Improve our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System
Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act will Improve our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 754 ratings
56.
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger
The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger 3.86 avg rating — 6,744 ratings
57.
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention
The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention 3.93 avg rating — 1,369 ratings
58.
Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature 3.72 avg rating — 139 ratings
59.
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? 3.78 avg rating — 10,885 ratings
60.
Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics
Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics 3.76 avg rating — 158 ratings
61.
Why Does College Cost So Much?
Why Does College Cost So Much? 3.77 avg rating — 126 ratings
62.
The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future
The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth's Future 3.69 avg rating — 389 ratings
63.
However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph
However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph 4.21 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
64.
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character
How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character 3.89 avg rating — 24,502 ratings
65.
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
66.
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing
Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing 3.77 avg rating — 484 ratings
67.
Patriot and Assassin
Patriot and Assassin 3.50 avg rating — 135 ratings
68.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,270 ratings
69.
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China 4.46 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
70.
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World
The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World 4.14 avg rating — 5,096 ratings
71.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,077 ratings
72.
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 3.98 avg rating — 114,819 ratings
73.
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World? 3.82 avg rating — 91 ratings
74.
A World-Class Education
A World-Class Education 3.71 avg rating — 124 ratings
75.
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses
Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses 3.42 avg rating — 903 ratings
76.
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly 3.76 avg rating — 7,344 ratings
77.
The City That Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control
The City That Became Safe: New York's Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control 3.50 avg rating — 94 ratings
78.
The Cost of Hope: A Memoir
The Cost of Hope: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
79.
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update 4.21 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
80.
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series) 4.05 avg rating — 11,575 ratings
81.
The Man Who Stayed Behind
The Man Who Stayed Behind 4.25 avg rating — 214 ratings