The Bill Gates Booklist

101.
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance
How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance 3.36 avg rating — 238 ratings
102.
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)
The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World) 4.18 avg rating — 2,092 ratings
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The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb
The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb 3.89 avg rating — 38 ratings
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The Time Of Our Lives
The Time Of Our Lives 3.65 avg rating — 1,440 ratings
105.
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver
Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine's Greatest Lifesaver 3.81 avg rating — 289 ratings
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The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty
by: Nina Munk
3.93 avg rating — 1,450 ratings
107.
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
Origin Story: A Big History of Everything 4.06 avg rating — 7,465 ratings
107.
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World 4.07 avg rating — 37,102 ratings
109.
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger 4.41 avg rating — 16,016 ratings
110.
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 — 11,578 ratings
111.
xkcd: volume 0
xkcd: volume 0 4.32 avg rating — 7,182 ratings
112.
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
113.
The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria
The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria 3.87 avg rating — 126 ratings
114.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,830 ratings
115.
The Tobacco Atlas
The Tobacco Atlas really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15 ratings
116.
Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times
Presidents of War: The Epic Story, from 1807 to Modern Times 4.22 avg rating — 3,425 ratings
116.
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties
The Future of Capitalism: Facing the New Anxieties 3.81 avg rating — 3,684 ratings
116.
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis 3.90 avg rating — 11,289 ratings
116.
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society 3.96 avg rating — 2,440 ratings
116.
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't 3.97 avg rating — 51,885 ratings
121.
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities
Growth: From Microorganisms to Megacities 3.86 avg rating — 1,119 ratings
122.
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century 4.16 avg rating — 172,968 ratings
123.
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood
Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Money, Medicine, and Mysteries of Blood 3.83 avg rating — 3,839 ratings
123.
These Truths: A History of the United States
These Truths: A History of the United States 4.40 avg rating — 12,495 ratings
123.
Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life
Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life 3.94 avg rating — 2,956 ratings
123.
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
127.
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
127.
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness
The Headspace Guide to Meditation & Mindfulness 4.03 avg rating — 13,207 ratings
127.
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World 4.27 avg rating — 63,646 ratings
130.
Measure What Matters
Measure What Matters 3.98 avg rating — 36,285 ratings
131.
A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life
A Life Decoded: My Genome: My Life 3.75 avg rating — 808 ratings
132.
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World
Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World 4.11 avg rating — 20,498 ratings
133.
Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment
Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment 3.80 avg rating — 2,599 ratings
133.
Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy
Capitalism without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy 3.78 avg rating — 2,400 ratings
135.
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1)
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 133,025 ratings
136.
The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World
The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World 3.62 avg rating — 131 ratings
137.
Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization
Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization 3.45 avg rating — 197 ratings
138.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,824 ratings
139.
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 584,724 ratings
140.
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
141.
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
141.
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History 3.98 avg rating — 42,022 ratings
143.
The Choice: Embrace the Possible
The Choice: Embrace the Possible 4.58 avg rating — 122,062 ratings
144.
A Guide to the Elements
A Guide to the Elements 4.02 avg rating — 92 ratings
144.
Business adventures
Business adventures 3.81 avg rating — 24,342 ratings
144.
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update
Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update 4.21 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
147.
Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World
Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World 3.32 avg rating — 250 ratings
148.
Being Nixon: A Man Divided
Being Nixon: A Man Divided 4.24 avg rating — 2,763 ratings
149.
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
149.
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
149.
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War 4.16 avg rating — 4,306 ratings
152.
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 — 27,035 ratings
152.
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
152.
The Heart
The Heart 3.85 avg rating — 11,926 ratings
155.
Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics
Memoirs: A Twentieth-Century Journey in Science and Politics 3.92 avg rating — 83 ratings
155.
Turtles All the Way Down
Turtles All the Way Down 3.88 avg rating — 626,678 ratings
157.
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz 4.30 avg rating — 132,030 ratings
157.
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War 4.52 avg rating — 83,097 ratings
159.
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
160.
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety 3.87 avg rating — 7,327 ratings
161.
Frank Stewart's Bridge Club
Frank Stewart's Bridge Club 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
162.
Educational Economics
Educational Economics 3.87 avg rating — 62 ratings
163.
Giving It All Away the Doris Buffett Sto: The Doris Buffett Story
Giving It All Away the Doris Buffett Sto: The Doris Buffett Story 3.35 avg rating — 65 ratings
164.
How to Lie with Statistics
How to Lie with Statistics 3.84 avg rating — 17,590 ratings
164.
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization
Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization 3.76 avg rating — 585 ratings
166.
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
166.
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
166.
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 — 4,888 ratings
166.
The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change
The Last Hunger Season: A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change 4.09 avg rating — 758 ratings
170.
Dad Is Fat
Dad Is Fat 3.78 avg rating — 79,782 ratings
171.
Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education
Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education 3.70 avg rating — 33 ratings
171.
On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
by: Eula Biss
3.94 avg rating — 11,713 ratings
173.
Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature
Harvesting the Biosphere: What We Have Taken from Nature 3.72 avg rating — 139 ratings
173.
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 — 23,623 ratings
175.
Giant Molecules: From nylon to nanotubes
Giant Molecules: From nylon to nanotubes 3.37 avg rating — 30 ratings
176.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,340 ratings
176.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,431,045 ratings
178.
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years 3.90 avg rating — 1,490 ratings
178.
The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger
The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger 3.83 avg rating — 504 ratings
180.
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice
Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
180.
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America
Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America 3.71 avg rating — 13,905 ratings
182.
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 3.99 avg rating — 755 ratings
183.
An American Marriage
An American Marriage 3.93 avg rating — 379,559 ratings
184.
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors
Global Burden of Disease and Risk Factors 3.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
185.
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012
Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2012 3.98 avg rating — 2,722 ratings
186.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable 3.96 avg rating — 119,257 ratings
187.
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality 3.82 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
188.
Why Does College Cost So Much?
Why Does College Cost So Much? 3.77 avg rating — 126 ratings
189.
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
189.
Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results
Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results 3.59 avg rating — 246 ratings
191.
Physics For Dummies
Physics For Dummies 3.69 avg rating — 269 ratings
192.
Jim Grant: Unicef Visionary
Jim Grant: Unicef Visionary 4.54 avg rating — 13 ratings
192.
Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom
Why Don't Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom 4.04 avg rating — 5,673 ratings
194.
Capturing Hope - The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia
Capturing Hope - The Struggle Continues for a New Malaysia 4.12 avg rating — 48 ratings
194.
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human 4.29 avg rating — 14,169 ratings
194.
The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money 4.29 avg rating — 284,080 ratings
197.
The Road to Character
The Road to Character 3.65 avg rating — 25,863 ratings
197.
Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison
Railroader: The Unfiltered Genius and Controversy of Four-Time CEO Hunter Harrison 4.29 avg rating — 440 ratings
197.
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
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Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,673 ratings
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