The Bill Gates Booklist

1.
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 4.34 avg rating — 1,201,770 ratings
2.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,040 ratings
3.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,790 ratings
4.
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 — 197,295 ratings
5.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,872 ratings
6.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,532 ratings
7.
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty 4.28 avg rating — 23,741 ratings
8.
Einstein: His Life and Universe
Einstein: His Life and Universe 4.17 avg rating — 197,573 ratings
9.
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike 4.46 avg rating — 350,826 ratings
10.
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer
The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer 4.34 avg rating — 111,145 ratings
11.
Capital in the Twenty First Century
Capital in the Twenty First Century 4.06 avg rating — 33,859 ratings
12.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,787 ratings
13.
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed 3.93 avg rating — 73,872 ratings
14.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined 4.16 avg rating — 29,269 ratings
15.
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China 4.46 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
16.
The Cost of Hope: A Memoir
The Cost of Hope: A Memoir 3.77 avg rating — 1,743 ratings
17.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,981 ratings
18.
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything
Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything 3.88 avg rating — 93,076 ratings
19.
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD)
Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School (Book & DVD) 4.01 avg rating — 34,188 ratings
20.
The Feynman Lectures on Physics
The Feynman Lectures on Physics 4.61 avg rating — 8,001 ratings
21.
Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
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 — 41,835 ratings
22.
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams 4.37 avg rating — 215,774 ratings
23.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup 4.41 avg rating — 276,374 ratings
24.
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
25.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,389 ratings
26.
When Breath Becomes Air
When Breath Becomes Air 4.41 avg rating — 767,277 ratings
27.
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine 4.30 avg rating — 168,096 ratings
28.
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
29.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 636,923 ratings
30.
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century 3.69 avg rating — 102,339 ratings
30.
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions 4.14 avg rating — 191,216 ratings
32.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow 4.17 avg rating — 564,585 ratings
33.
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company 4.40 avg rating — 93,329 ratings
34.
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes And Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 133,657 ratings
35.
POST CAPITALIST SOCY
POST CAPITALIST SOCY 4.03 avg rating — 410 ratings
36.
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor
The New Science of Strong Materials: Or Why You Don't Fall through the Floor 4.15 avg rating — 525 ratings
37.
Open
Open 4.32 avg rating — 139,814 ratings
38.
On Intelligence
On Intelligence 4.11 avg rating — 6,920 ratings
39.
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.10 avg rating — 169,813 ratings
40.
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems
Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems 4.22 avg rating — 14,335 ratings
41.
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time 3.69 avg rating — 11,197 ratings
42.
The Gene: An Intimate History
The Gene: An Intimate History 4.36 avg rating — 54,020 ratings
43.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,730 ratings
44.
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow 4.19 avg rating — 278,893 ratings
45.
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World 4.20 avg rating — 87,491 ratings
46.
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 — 51,880 ratings
47.
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress 4.20 avg rating — 31,748 ratings
48.
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic
In Fed We Trust: Ben Bernanke's War on the Great Panic 3.74 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
49.
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
50.
Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More
Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding--And How We Can Improve the World Even More 3.62 avg rating — 204 ratings
51.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,809 ratings
52.
Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact)
Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact (Technical Revolutions and Their Lasting Impact) 4.21 avg rating — 169 ratings
53.
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City 4.47 avg rating — 109,946 ratings
54.
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines 4.03 avg rating — 2,513 ratings
54.
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo da Vinci 4.19 avg rating — 122,272 ratings
56.
Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance
Crisis Economics: A Crash Course in the Future of Finance 3.84 avg rating — 2,837 ratings
57.
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty 4.09 avg rating — 59,215 ratings
58.
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments 3.59 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
59.
Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life
Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Materials in Everyday Life 3.97 avg rating — 211 ratings
60.
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace
Interventions: A Life in War and Peace 3.98 avg rating — 1,186 ratings
61.
For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics
For the Love of Physics: From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time - A Journey Through the Wonders of Physics 4.25 avg rating — 4,033 ratings
62.
Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines
Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines 3.89 avg rating — 130 ratings
63.
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Volume 21)
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public) (Volume 21) 4.18 avg rating — 420 ratings
64.
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language
The Language Instinct: How the Mind Creates Language 4.01 avg rating — 22,310 ratings
65.
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us 3.92 avg rating — 6,020 ratings
65.
Lincoln in the Bardo
Lincoln in the Bardo 3.75 avg rating — 169,916 ratings
67.
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts
Japan's Dietary Transition and Its Impacts 3.48 avg rating — 33 ratings
68.
Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime 3.76 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
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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 — 488,822 ratings
70.
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation
Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation 3.99 avg rating — 15,388 ratings
71.
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words
Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words 4.14 avg rating — 12,052 ratings
72.
The Hair of the Dog: And Other Scientific Surprises
The Hair of the Dog: And Other Scientific Surprises 3.30 avg rating — 126 ratings
73.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
74.
Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age
Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age 3.80 avg rating — 125 ratings
74.
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know
50 Physics Ideas You Really Need to Know 3.90 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
76.
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World 4.03 avg rating — 16,187 ratings
77.
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
78.
The Post-American World
The Post-American World 3.86 avg rating — 12,810 ratings
79.
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis 4.16 avg rating — 5,502 ratings
80.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,074 ratings
81.
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
82.
Energy and Civilization: A History
Energy and Civilization: A History 4.09 avg rating — 3,928 ratings
83.
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War
One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War 4.25 avg rating — 4,397 ratings
83.
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
85.
Titan II: A History Of A Cold War Missile Program
Titan II: A History Of A Cold War Missile Program 3.98 avg rating — 43 ratings
86.
Weather for Dummies
Weather for Dummies 3.74 avg rating — 317 ratings
86.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,173 ratings
88.
Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology (Norton History of Science)
Wheels, Clocks, and Rockets: A History of Technology (Norton History of Science) 3.71 avg rating — 41 ratings
88.
The Computer and the Brain
The Computer and the Brain 3.90 avg rating — 805 ratings
88.
Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food
Tomorrow's Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food 3.86 avg rating — 445 ratings
91.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,611 ratings
92.
Why America Is Not a New Rome
Why America Is Not a New Rome 3.52 avg rating — 117 ratings
93.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,283 ratings
94.
A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis 3.65 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
94.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,666 ratings
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A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great
A Nation of Wusses: How America's Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great 3.54 avg rating — 162 ratings
96.
The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great
The Tinkerers: The Amateurs, DIYers, and Inventors Who Make America Great 3.26 avg rating — 116 ratings
98.
Polio: An American Story
Polio: An American Story 4.05 avg rating — 5,875 ratings
99.
What Does China Think?
What Does China Think? 3.67 avg rating — 430 ratings
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Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever
Breath from Salt: A Deadly Genetic Disease, a New Era in Science, and the Patients and Families Who Changed Medicine Forever 4.43 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
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