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# Every Book Recommendation Bill Gates Has Ever Published

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## Sarah Begley


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## Sarah Begley


Mar 23, 2017 3:06 PM UTC

[Bill Gates](http://time.com/4704550/bill-gates-cutting-foreign-aid-makes-america-less-safe/) is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist regularly [reviews books](http://time.com/4150170/bill-gates-best-books-2015/) on his website and formulates lists of his favorite books of the year, or the best ones on a given subject. Here is every book he’s ever recommended on his website, from highly academic texts to [_The Hunger Games_](http://time.com/4147706/jennifer-lawrence-too-soon-hunger-games-prequels/).

_Note: In the assorted reviews category, we left off books that had been included in other lists — but when the same book appeared on multiple reading lists, we allowed the repetition._

[**My Favorite Books of 2016**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Best-Books-2016)

[_String Theory_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1598534807/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1598534807&linkId=2d97b720ac3fd342ebdea704e20d7609) by David Foster Wallace

[_Shoe Dog_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501135910/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1501135910&linkId=c6b20b899d574e0cd8687795216a9853) by Phil Knight

[_The Gene_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476733503/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1476733503&linkId=0d30ba960fe25fd89664ac540b198d43) by Siddhartha Mukherjee

[_The Myth of the Strong Leader_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465027660/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0465027660&linkId=f38577cbf733eedac377e9674cf70ecb) by Archie Brown

[_The Grid_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608196100/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1608196100&linkId=979d74af92b76ab97e3c86bebbb66072) by Gretchen Bakke

[**5 Books to Read This Summer, 2016**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Summer-Books-2016)

[_Seveneves_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062334514/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062334514&linkId=b40b6b9425400248ceddd1e97ac13ba0) by Neal Stephenson

[_How Not to be Wrong_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143127535/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143127535&linkId=d422ba583f0d32753234726e6157d017) by Jordan Ellenberg

[_Th_ _e Vital Question_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393352978/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393352978&linkId=7aaaeee622e6ae827cc11d650bc43dd8) by Nick Lane

[_The Power to Compete_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119000602/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1119000602&linkId=af67d6e21a22c345a37f9fda0692c204) by Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani

[_Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062316095/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062316095&linkId=4e0a31ee595f459754807fd18683776f) by Noah Yuval Harari

[**The Best Books I Read in 2015**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Best-Books-2015)

[_The Road to Character_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812983416/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812983416&linkId=e13fabaf8bb042f9c9a79f4564010b4d) by David Brooks

[_Thing Explainer: Complicated Stuff in Simple Words_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544668251/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0544668251&linkId=ac9aa10ab90f37d372bb000607e08419) by Randall Munroe

[_Being Nixon: A Man Divided_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812985419/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812985419&linkId=2959bb3c52bbb8bc6b7a059b94a68332) by Evan Thomas

[_Sustainable Materials With Both Eyes Open_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/190686005X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=190686005X&linkId=0c23c5225393588ae8fe07e9a4c1bacc) by Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, et al.

[_Eradication: Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801456843/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0801456843&linkId=2d02963cf93ea4dede265f10da1e120e) by Nancy Leys Stepan

[_Mindset: The New Psychology of Success_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345472322/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0345472322&linkId=08489b44b5f2415db34240495f603e94) by Carol S. Dweck

[_The Vital Question_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393352978/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393352978&linkId=bb3072a07cea9f5d8ed593f42589b3ae) by Nick Lane

[**Beach Reading (and More), 2015**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Summer-Books-2015?WT.mc%5Fid=05%5F19%5F2015%5FSummerBooks%5FGeekWire&WT.tsrc=GeekWire)

[_Hyperbole and a Half_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BSB2AE4/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00BSB2AE4&linkId=66d939ad33a6084671cf84c677714838) by Allie Brosh


[_The Magic of Reality_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451675046/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1451675046&linkId=fba9e9c6e3f2233805e359694836448a) by Richard Dawkins

[_What If?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544272994/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0544272994&linkId=ba6d945e58ea0d1293c03ca03f589030) by Randall Munroe

[_XKCD_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615314465/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0615314465&linkId=b58c5e2ccb813cf0be81e777ef89e643) by Randall Munroe

[_On Immunity_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555977200/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1555977200&linkId=b7f0e51c47302a667bf5dc9d4786743c) by Eula Biss

[_How to Lie With Statistics_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393310728/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393310728&linkId=b423f42fa96942e9e05f9c5180fb40bf) by Darrell Huff

[_Should We Eat Meat?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118278720/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1118278720&linkId=8f0fea0f43124d71adff1845de11dc07) by Vaclav Smil

[**6 Books I Recommended for TED 2015**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/6-Books-I-Recommended-for-TED-2015)

[_Business Adventures_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497644895/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1497644895&linkId=c2f357f4f22d80436c6c5ad6f13d480e) by John Brooks

[_The Bully Pulpit_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416547878/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1416547878&linkId=fd4828445df28d696e6e9864c2cd8ae9) by Doris Kearns Goodwin

[_On Immunity_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1555977200/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1555977200&linkId=b7f0e51c47302a667bf5dc9d4786743c) by Eula Biss

[_Making the Modern World_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119942535/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1119942535&linkId=d5159101ea0987d83215bb92e0e90bcc)by Vaclav Smil

[_How Asia Works_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802121322/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0802121322&linkId=eaf0ff32b80356beb5595fa4252e00d6) by Joe Studwell

[_How to Lie with Statistics_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393310728/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393310728&linkId=7c96aaf1393ffaa012d83ae055559af0) by Darrell Huff

[**The Best Books I Read in 2014**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Best-Books-2014)

[_Business Adventures_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497644895/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1497644895&linkId=c2f357f4f22d80436c6c5ad6f13d480e) by John Brooks

[_Capital in the Twenty-First Century_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067443000X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=067443000X&linkId=03c3964c130fc989866b51b0948677fc) by Thomas Piketty

[_How Asia Works_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802121322/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0802121322&linkId=9bb8143e71add5baff5421259767ee4b) by Joe Studwell

[_The Rosie Effect_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476767327/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1476767327&linkId=f45e73fb1a7bee3d8683d189040fc73c) by Graeme Simsion

[_Making the Modern World: Materials and Dematerialization_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1119942535/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1119942535&linkId=860e91158b593530a9120e51db4a069a) by Vaclav Smil

[**Good Disease Books, 2014**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/Health/4-Good-Disease-Books)

[_The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312573014/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0312573014&linkId=3eb8a6f196a063456f0a558fce72f4e4) by Sonia Shah

[_House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520274474/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0520274474&linkId=e5131f85f37a36f10d5625f641088729) by William H. Foege

[_Smallpox: The Death of a Disease_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591027225/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591027225&linkId=6195aaa98ba71913011533d320ab87ca) by D.A. Henderson

[_Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520229134/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0520229134&linkId=5e7745dde1877b776f3beb8c6e9544c7) by Paul Farmer


[**6 Books I’d Recommend, 2014**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/6-Books-I-Would-Recommend-Summer-Reading)

[_Business Adventures_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1497644895/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1497644895&linkId=c2f357f4f22d80436c6c5ad6f13d480e) by John Brooks

[_Stress Test_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804138613/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0804138613&linkId=4f2bfb53b4e7c640a95a67ffb676926f) by Timothy F. Geithner

[_The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416547878/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1416547878&linkId=fd4828445df28d696e6e9864c2cd8ae9) by Doris Kearns Goodwin

(Bonus: [_Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743270754/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0743270754&linkId=bcb35e1522af2055a03525f69faef156) by Doris Kearns Goodwin)

[_The Rosie Project: A Novel_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476729093/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1476729093&linkId=b6eb2cccb3a1c6b21dca82c1fd4e1178) by Graeme Simsion

[_The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250062187/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1250062187&linkId=281b716490780c71c47d6e53ace2d4a5) by Elizabeth Kolbert

[_Reinventing American Health Care: How the Affordable Care Act Will Improve Our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610395425/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610395425&linkId=ac5bd252ba2c64a830891f83d5b0ab56) by Ezekiel J. Emanuel

[**10 Books Melinda and I Recommended to the TED Crowd, 2014**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/10-Books-Recommended-to-TED)

[_The Better Angels of Our Nature_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143122010/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143122010&linkId=d5cc061848e050247ef427d3aeae8153) by Steven Pinker

[_Getting Better_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/046503103X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=046503103X&linkId=37908d5fac96b607ad66d7f18405bc5c) by Charles Kenny

[_Behind the Beautiful Forevers_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081297932X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=081297932X&linkId=e24d966093834e5e821545e7766111b9) by Katherine Boo

[_The Man Who Fed the World_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0981848664/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0981848664&linkId=6f6b38d7536b0e2820f17a1e73445a0a) by Leon Hesser

[_Energy Myths and Realities_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0844743283/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0844743283&linkId=60086742df0a19255c919911c4fdfd22) by Vaclav Smil

[_The Last Hunger Season_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/161039240X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=161039240X&linkId=b54fa9ffd5411a673fca1c48cc9c4685) by Roger Thurow

[_However Long the Night_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062132792/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062132792&linkId=77b123d3e16d93290f328340672f1bd3) by Aimee Molloy


[_In the Company of the Poor_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1626980500/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1626980500&linkId=f9dfb4aedb3c07f506d8cc82e4b26c14) by Paul Farmer and Gustavo Gutierrez

[_Change by Design_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061766089/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0061766089&linkId=e1cec0878add8f4dc6c48d66b0bbd2aa) by Tim Brown

[_Mighty Be Our Powers_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984295194/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0984295194&linkId=953e5cb6f3cd075192a4225e62990b1a) by Leymah Gbowee

[**The Best Books I Read in 2013**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Best-Books-2013)

[_The Box_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691136408/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691136408&linkId=84c1553152ffb2845b9769c086b1beeb) by Marc Levinson

[_The Most Powerful Idea in the World_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226726347/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226726347&linkId=c7484554d6df8fcad3a35c74dd0ac57a) by William Rosen

[_Harvesting the Biosphere_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/026201856X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=026201856X&linkId=ccda112adf0693f578c6f1f0b96af8e6) by Vaclav Smil

[_The World Until Yesterday_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143124404/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143124404&linkId=3d6f8651ea6827db081f8a434fbd1c9e) by Jared Diamond

[_Poor Numbers_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080147860X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=080147860X&linkId=81f7f509f5fa357253f7fa62e2c64f6f) by Morten Jerven

[_Why Does College Cost So Much?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190214104/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0190214104&linkId=28f980f09f652299593cbd2919ff627c) by Robert B. Archibald and David H. Feldman

[_The Bet_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300198973/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0300198973&linkId=65c8f41352c6a59192b73bed79b31c8e) by Paul Sabin

Bonuses:

[_The Catcher in the Rye_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316769487/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0316769487&linkId=07de6ca0b9a8a4b98d102b4acf3f199c) by J.D. Salinger

[_Super Sad True Love Story_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812977866/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812977866&linkId=7be60e051bfba74511c3bf3009bc5bc3) by Gary Shteyngart

[**My Summer Reading List, 2013**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Summer-Reading-List-2013)

[_The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143124404/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143124404&linkId=e161bbdb47f1e994fc2303abc5a68518)by Jared Diamond

(Bonus: [_Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393317552/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393317552&linkId=bd0cd1f75950c57b032e1f7d917fb006) by Jared Diamond)

[_The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691170819/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691170819&linkId=14c89b7d62b3254fbca6c0bd8f8b6cba) by Marc Levinson

[_However Long the Night: Molly Melching’s Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062132792/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062132792&linkId=3a9f9e8d0fca7392e20d60e7e5dc9080) by Aimee Molloy


[_How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544104404/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0544104404&linkId=ba033f3aec6388be06040cccbd96bb4e) by Paul Tough

[_Japan’s Dietary Transition and Its Impacts (Food, Health, and the Environment)_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262017822/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262017822&linkId=bc82568f0f0c55be7e92645bd17aa813) by Vaclav Smil and Kazuhiko Kobayashi

[_Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262528355/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262528355&linkId=4da82bb6fd16a6d6fac9be534b165cde) by Vaclav Smil

[_Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (Issues of Our Time)_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393339726/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393339726&linkId=c3e93c5c899378b777b9447a2c32636f) by Claude Steele

[_Patriot and Assassin_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0984315535/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0984315535&linkId=be7d1a72aeb956123fc45086c43d5ec8) by Robert Cook

[**Great Books on Science and Innovation, 2013**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Great-Books-on-Science-and-Innovation)

[_Smallpox: The Death of a Disease_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591027225/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591027225&linkId=3c05059cf93c825d23e7a8785e06d3f3) by D. A. Henderson

[_The Man Who Fed the World: Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1930754906/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1930754906&linkId=088dbb51f7f9919b9b018c1dd8aa21d2) by Leon Hesser (Book Review)

[_House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520274474/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0520274474&linkId=c408d075610a50429cdb65813c304c90) by William H. Foege

[_Where Good Ideas Come From_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594485380/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1594485380&linkId=cb040551567e06b810ffd790c3dbb905) by Steven Johnson (Book Review)

[_For the Love of Physics_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145160713X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=145160713X&linkId=d004723d4462349a8c6305a0d53a5c11) by Walter Lewin (Book Review)

[_Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1: Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00RP4UJCI/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00RP4UJCI&linkId=860983f99170b969196c8d7cb8e2f36b) by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands


[_Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 2: Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/818501583X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=818501583X&linkId=c5e731a6e4d23be78ea3f177243a4001) by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands

[_Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 3: Quantum Mechanics_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465025013/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0465025013&linkId=aa16b44745c908f0d639c612c45d6020) by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton and Matthew Sands

[_Harvesting the Biosphere_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/026201856X/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=026201856X&linkId=40b3c13d910e7657bd2067e5f9a4a24a) by Vaclav Smil

[_Energy Myths and Realities_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0844743283/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0844743283&linkId=8c072f537b9bc0a2dec14c372560b100) by Vaclav Smil (Book Review)

[_The New Science of Strong Materials_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691125481/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691125481&linkId=70d907abc39ac34a3e35295921e2b5cd) by J.E. Gordon (Book Review)

[_The Hair of the Dog and other Scientific Surprises_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1848540884/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1848540884&linkId=ce41d1b30fae20c6f2d63f1a9730de39) by Karl Sabbagh

[_13 Things That Don’t Make Sense_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307278816/ref=as%5Fli%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307278816&linkId=946f38096cf96c30171b7261eb88f02f) by Michael Brooks

[**A Year-End Reading List, 2013**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/A-Year-End-Reading-List)

[_The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—but Some Don’t_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420411X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=159420411X&linkId=75408f525dee38438f74a858dd53b543) by Nate Silver

[_The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393345068/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393345068&linkId=f4c6e3a35d7ab5e69da7bdb1e442402a) by Joseph E. Stiglitz

[_Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307719227/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307719227&linkId=55b2ecc301f835b8534edf82986f2bef) by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson

[_The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226726347/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226726347&linkId=9997fb534aeb3cc5ae63fa00006cb324) by William Rosen


[_Tap Dancing to Work: Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, 1966-2013_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591846803/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591846803&linkId=4897b3cac5775ba3307c4dd4f4237ca5) by Carol J. Loomis

[**My Top Reads of 2012**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/My-Top-Reads-in-2012)

[_The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143122010/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143122010&linkId=4fb1ba6e2b95d0b6831a36d5372eb186) by Steven Pinker

[_Deng Xiaoping_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674725867/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0674725867&linkId=8e88753c8b679f1442f622ef2db82ef0) by Ezra Vogel

[_The Quest_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143121944/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143121944&linkId=148744cef6c1749ff31883773326773e) by Daniel Yergin

[_Moonwalking with Einstein_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120530/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143120530&linkId=55326d48ee0dd57e87baa37cd7e05f44) by Joshua Foer

[_Behind the Beautiful Forevers_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081297932X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=081297932X&linkId=20a3a6154cef26a8730776e1e09100b3) by Katherine Boo

[_One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801478022/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0801478022&linkId=f665d02f06164a05b2c7d5a48d2a0361) by Gordon Conway

[_A World-Class Education_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416613749/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1416613749&linkId=dd74861459fc885aa16e74a7c3733486) by Vivien Stewart

[_Academically Adrift_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226028569/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226028569&linkId=2a40fd68d7376542ab2b7be4c62794b4) by Richard Arum & Joshipa Roksa

[_This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691152640/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691152640&linkId=842a8b609fc26e8d80e5ba45ae47a64b) by Carmen Reinhart & Kenneth Rogoff

[_The City That Became Safe: New York’s Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0199324166/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0199324166&linkId=9ee446e4a6d0aabc6f33b5e0679bafc6) by Franklin Zimring

[**Books I Read this Summer, 2012**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Books-I-Read-This-Summer)

[_A Nation of Wusses: How America’s Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118279050/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1118279050&linkId=0a9ab3f4ff68cd08820d9118ab23f323) by Ed Rendel

[_The Art of Being Unreasonable: Lessons in Unconventional Thinking_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/111817321X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=111817321X&linkId=2058f01b0b0484c389944d298b0e9f03) by Eli Broad

[_Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143120530/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143120530&linkId=e0149b968a1c9487d9330a640bcf5c19) by Joshua Foer


[_Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0226028569/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0226028569&linkId=a99faad1749cd5ef6184dd17e6ba125e) by Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa

[_Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055380703X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=055380703X&linkId=fe0f5adeab2c4eeb5676564498386c1e) by James Baraz and Shoshana Alexander

[**More Great Summer Reading, 2012**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/More-Great-Summer-Reading)

[_The Hunger Games_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0439023521/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0439023521&linkId=4a3f7bb08b5c5a59de0cacbd31935fb1) by Suzanne Collins

[_The Devil in the White City_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375725601/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0375725601&linkId=3ea409e7d7a0062ae8403a23bb3ab975) by Erik Larson

[_The Art of War_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1599869772/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1599869772&linkId=3232cb149abc1bc34603df9a73df7eeb) by Sun Tzu

[_Steve Jobs_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1501127624/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1501127624&linkId=c0385d6b04ae299679bdc65407f67eb0) by Walter Isaacson

[_Think & Grow Rich_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0811909123/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0811909123&linkId=251f0f30597e37a7600bb877cd49c1ea) by Napoleon Hill

[_The Grand Design_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/055338466X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=055338466X&linkId=ba453a03d72418f4d5c03b04a19b66c2) by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow

[_Life of Pi_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0156027321/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0156027321&linkId=588eeb037ad87673c2714f034309586d) by Yann Martel

[_A New Kind of Science_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1579550088/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1579550088&linkId=a167c40743bfeb6cdc14da9e8dc23099) by Stephen Wolfram

[_A Rogue’s Guide to Acquisition_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008EKQV5Q/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B008EKQV5Q&linkId=37a7fba7a73a603682cac38a3ec1639a) by Ranak Jones, Jayesh Mehta, Anish Sikri

[_The Alchemist_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062315005/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062315005&linkId=6ede18cf0f3c0f2938f976909ab7ebbc) by Paul Coelho

[**Great Summer Reading, 2012**](https://www.gatesnotes.com/About-Bill-Gates/Great-Summer-Reading)

[_The Better Angels of our Nature_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143122010/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143122010&linkId=ff01aedb5811751bbe5c256a11f7f8fa) Steven Pinker

[_The Quest_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143121944/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143121944&linkId=148744cef6c1749ff31883773326773e) by Daniel Yergin

[_Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674725867/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0674725867&linkId=8e88753c8b679f1442f622ef2db82ef0) by Ezra Vogel

[_The Cost of Hope_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/140006984X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=140006984X&linkId=d72859e66b1fcd4383e4a9e3b4c74509) by Amanda Bennett

[_Behind the Beautiful Forevers_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081297932X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=081297932X&linkId=2bd9db9669e9de7b5e30bc5581ca4072) by Katherine Boo

[_Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/193149858X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=193149858X&linkId=1fcc2a0f78666651a3054ebe16ac22e5) by Donella Meadows

[_Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145161683X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=145161683X&linkId=6b4f5ae2357611bce25b9f49126e6e19) by Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler


[_Thinking, Fast and Slow_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374533555/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0374533555&linkId=e07e0492f9864c31f8be3cbd820fa7ee) by Daniel Kahneman

[_The Man Who Stayed Behind_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0822326671/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0822326671&linkId=a7a0e59f39fb3470d21f8349ef70ce24) by Amanda Bennett

**Assorted book reviews:**

[_When Breath Becomes Air_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/081298840X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=081298840X&linkId=ce72db69dcc47ec1d574295b7f2502df) by Paul Kalanithi

[_The Rise and Fall of American Growth_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691147728/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691147728&linkId=e3a6a2554c85d59a52054fa31fb8a7a3) by Robert J. Gordon

[_Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062237519/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0062237519&linkId=524c60bfa25bee1ac4b591b6b06ec051) by Jeremy Smith

[_Stuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape Our Man-Made World_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0544483944/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0544483944&linkId=658ceabc538cac8a08d9f3d45a62531a) by Mark Miodownik

[_The Idealist: Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/076792942X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=076792942X&linkId=ea6a54c94b6d80b5d8714c56cae5dcd2)by Nina Munk

[_The Great Escape: Health, Wealth and the Origins of Inequality_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691165629/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0691165629&linkId=c450e5b37fab2888ded659bfa4897225) by Angus Deaton

[_The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0671244094/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0671244094&linkId=2a737f0fc8978ec81b7062bad53e46f5) by David McCullough

[_Value-Added Measures in Education: What Every Educator Needs to Know_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612500005/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1612500005&linkId=06d6ce08423a56aa3f32a7161b9b6be5) by Douglas N. Harris

[_Interventions: A Life in War and Peace_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143123955/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143123955&linkId=c389e5146fabb5187b7b30f19055df41)by Kofi Annan

[_Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1603583718/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1603583718&linkId=a8b8335c5c8a478a95d0e60e28a85516) by Amory Lovins

[_Science Business: The Promise, the Reality, and the Future of Biotech_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591398401/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591398401&linkId=2e58b056451af271d0d2c3ec7d18cfe8) by Gary P. Pisano

[_The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312430000/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0312430000&linkId=beb411546dc58bdcaae0124d412699d2) by Atul Gawande


[_Unlocking Energy Innovation: How America Can Build a Low-Cost, Low-Carbon Energy System_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262525143/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262525143&linkId=5c4eb3e251a5f5f683dbd8d3352f5549) by Richard K. Lester and David M. Hart

[_The Cat’s Table_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307744418/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307744418&linkId=4bf9bfbc761250c82af81ebc26819e45) by Michael Ondaatje

[_Titan II: A History of a Cold War Missile Program_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01JXRB2MA/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B01JXRB2MA&linkId=857e892ad5be37f79259fcfeb881e66c) by David Stumpf

[_Why Don’t Students Like School?: A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions About How the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047059196X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=047059196X&linkId=6ddc82b8ca5e7c4817f8316b5e09dff6)by Daniel T. Willingham

[_That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374288909/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0374288909&linkId=e197128ee08be8b83caf28daeee3e489) by Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum

[_Change.edu: Rebooting for the New Talent Economy_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005OLE1EG/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B005OLE1EG&linkId=a04a40bb1eb97256d89f2d64d0bd6359)by Andrew S. Rosen

[_The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1439170916/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1439170916&linkId=6c2a9265ecea36d3e5287a9c8edba643) by Siddhartha Mukherjee

[_World on the Edge: How to Prevent Environmental and Economic Collapse_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393339491/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393339491&linkId=8ed41c9f146fb5f10962856df732f735) by Lester R. Brown

[_Global Health: An Introductory Textbook_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y2S72Y8/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B00Y2S72Y8&linkId=7a706ee2f7215716da45b8b1f134880a)by Ann Lindstrand et al

[_Unlocking the Gates: How and Why Leading Universities Are Opening Up Access to Their Courses_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004KKXMYC/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B004KKXMYC&linkId=f8d81cabfe6cc28a56b0b31252e87704)by Taylor Walsh


[_How to Spend $50 Billion to Make the World a Better Place_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521685710/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0521685710&linkId=e9056f1c2090557cf29c3038b9e5c657)ed. Bjørn Lomborg

[_Global Warming: The Complete Briefing_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1107463793/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1107463793&linkId=c5accce0410e67c8e0eacee513de3ac6) by John Houghton

[_Frank Stewart’s Bridge Club_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1894154584/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1894154584&linkId=819eab73e0254354305cc101dec26714) by Frank Stewart

[_Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610390938/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610390938&linkId=98e61084ef425048263a70c7a1817987) by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

[_Prime Movers of Globalization: The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262518767/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262518767&linkId=084e30a2f38c49f2c83ca7a02a659f13)by Vaclav Smil

[_Modernist Cuisine_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982761007/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0982761007&linkId=0a4f3b7da7b024bc5eb5a6796505551e) by Nathan Myhrvold

[_A Champion’s Mind: Lessons From a Life in Tennis_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/030738330X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=030738330X&linkId=26c9a33fef9b591c81d5a8930414a29f)by Pete Sampras

[_Outliers: The Story of Success_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316017930/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0316017930&linkId=79b1f9c3b3b48f9844f0d0f391f5a68a) by Malcolm Gladwell

[_Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/145161201X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=145161201X&linkId=5a32299f38292c31cfb5557d0cf6c896) by Steven Brill

[_Health Care Will Not Reform Itself_ _: A User’s Guide to Refocusing and Reforming American Health Care_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143981614X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=143981614X&linkId=9eacca51405a224b1fdce2a637ce6a04)by George C. Halvorson

[_Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087154590X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=087154590X&linkId=a8dd6abaeb7b6970b4ea7e9f98f6152a) by Douglas S. Massey, Jorge Durand and Nolan L. Malone

[_Dirt and Disease: Polio Before FDR_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0813517869/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0813517869&linkId=71da253f1538f0808a8258cbc6bb6380) by Naomi Rogers


[_The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004S79OSA/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B004S79OSA&linkId=936930e4fadb1d7519ce3f467b2eaaa7)by Phillip F. Schewe

[_Beyond the Crash: Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1451624050/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1451624050&linkId=11c17018251cb323f4047854e2bf983e) by Gordon Brown

[_The Foundation: A Great American Secret; How Private Wealth is Changing the World_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586487027/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1586487027&linkId=8edc0c8e90b11dcbebd97fc7ee90b16b) by Joel L. Fleishman

[_Who’s Teaching Your Children?: Why the Teacher Crisis Is Worse Than You Think and What Can Be Done About It_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0300105207/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0300105207&linkId=37dba00c9749721111c3fc2d103d5750)by Vivian Troen and Katherine C. Boles

[_The Making of a Tropical Disease: A Short History of Malaria_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/142140396X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=142140396X&linkId=3526fb6704a3013e7eb5a42508780ecb) by Randall M. Packard

[_Priorities in Health_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0821362607/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0821362607&linkId=dd8c70f17df570a9fa5661a8bc0e3df0) by Dean T. Jamison et al

[_Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1578645018/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1578645018&linkId=d8f0fd39641052c283db2b49c0e66961) ed. Peter D. Kaufman

[_Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System — and Themselves_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143118242/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143118242&linkId=93be18c240d243111b6514c6b0934007)by Andrew Ross Sorkin

[_The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001Y3RAG4/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B001Y3RAG4&linkId=aae850c1142a2234d5f8de83ebee0887)by Thomas L. Friedman

[_Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385527020/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0385527020&linkId=deeac79d88852f55e8aacf8ec1802304)by Bill Gates Sr.


[_Open: An Autobiography_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307388409/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307388409&linkId=5eb9968f092b605af4c668a21017bc7a)by Andre Agassi

[_Give Smart: Philanthropy that Gets Results_ ](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1610391462/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1610391462&linkId=83709f01acd0d2cf79f8f562cbe0ebc1)by Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. Fleishman

[_Einstein: His Life and Universe_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743264746/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0743264746&linkId=517b1f38f2724580a1149c0b6c70cd0c) by Walter Isaacson

[_Creating the Twentieth Century: Technical Innovations of 1867-1914 and Their Lasting Impact_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195168747/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0195168747&linkId=9c2d8aa57bb5977350cbc41c0d5b1f58) by Vaclav Smil

[_Broken Genius: The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1403988153/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1403988153&linkId=e9a0bdfe5461e25c4f0c0f923aac6509) by Joel N. Shurkin

[_A Separate Peace_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743253973/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0743253973&linkId=48cb68265531afecef8b0cef4ccd48ea) by John Knowles

[_Vaccine: The Controversial Story of Medicine’s Greatest Lifesaver_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393331563/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0393331563&linkId=5430f105622d8ed8a0f9d8b540e8086c) by Arthur Allen

[_Tropical Infectious Diseases: Principles, Pathogens and Practice_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0702039357/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0702039357&linkId=99140eaaf1191e7e3604e80396c4d2cd) by Richard L. Guerrant, David H. Walker and Peter F. Weller

[_Smallpox: The Death of a Disease – The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1591027225/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1591027225&linkId=4942647d5322611518aa859a3eca7167) by D.A. Henderson

[_Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure_ _the World_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812980557/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0812980557&linkId=1c20eb3d9bf17acee9a76880b901b7d5) by Tracy Kidder

[_The Earth’s Biosphere: Evolution, Dynamics, and Change_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262194724/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262194724&linkId=63268adfdccec32b521a326ea1cd040b) by Vaclav Smil

[_Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution – and How It Can Renew America_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312428928/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0312428928&linkId=947593aca41f1168d641123e55d4df89) by Thomas L. Friedman


[_Energy at the Crossroads: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262693240/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262693240&linkId=3cf0d3f320a271f826187b58118282ec) by Vaclav Smil

[_Energies: An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/026269235X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=026269235X&linkId=2ed63cc54c1f6bf44f7d968db73fb77c) by Vaclav Smil

[_Big History: From the Big Bang to the Present_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595588485/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1595588485&linkId=c3f9c0f279306c0ebfbc51c6dc0a4d2e) by Cynthia Stokes Brown

[_The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143036580/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143036580&linkId=30bd44cb73d52ae9c4b3b6d47feb4067) by Jeffrey Sachs

[_Global Catastrophes and Trends: The Next Fifty Years_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262518228/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262518228&linkId=9a0a16b191e30849c5f099b08d265958) by Vaclav Smil

[_Enriching the Earth: Fritz Haber, Carl Bosch, and the Transformation of World Food Production_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262693135/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262693135&linkId=31467fd356fcec1abeabe29ca2577f08) by Vaclav Smil

[_Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143117009/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0143117009&linkId=dfc1a78d8b6565e991db840359c8adb3) by Jared Diamond

[_Polio: An American Story_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195307143/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0195307143&linkId=d40c90ec3c20ff2b1f38ae04e9d87115) by David M. Oshinsky

[_Stretching the School Dollar: How Schools and Districts Can Save Money While Serving Students Best_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1934742643/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1934742643&linkId=2819ac267051444629c226cab91d81c6), ed. Frederick M. Hess and Eric Osberg

[_Educational Economics: Where Do School Funds Go?_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0877667640/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0877667640&linkId=5989082df69c79857113340131b579ba) by Marguerite Roza

[_Jim Grant: UNICEF Visionary_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9280637231/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=9280637231&linkId=3fb05462aa7d28dd1f9c8925e1c8e54b), ed. Richard Jolly

[_The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0061452068/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0061452068&linkId=89bfd7ca1e09ee5e0653759a41d7b8a7) by Matt Ridley


[_Why America Is Not a New Rome_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262195933/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0262195933&linkId=26e28254cea74424a6a3d11986189d46) by Vaclav Smil

[_Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0313381771/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0313381771&linkId=74dbb1f6f0f31d7a7f068245798c1d4b) by Vaclav Smil

[_Liberating Learning: Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/047044214X/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=047044214X&linkId=03ac1244f7098b3a46bcbce6fc62ec13) by Terry M. Moe and John E. Chubb

[_Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307464725/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307464725&linkId=6f5dfd54f9d99f7e04a48e708f00c848) by Peter Buffet

[_Tomorrow’s Table: Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195393570/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0195393570&linkId=665a5593ffdaba0d2853de85d408d930) by Pamela C. Ronald and Raoul W. Adamchak

[_In FED We Trust: Ben Bernanke’s War on the Great Panic_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307459691/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0307459691&linkId=b268041ea03e8a1968dd837617720aaa) by David Wessel

[_SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060889586/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0060889586&linkId=bcc31b042004f9e8a686d80a1cf9459b) by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

[_Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1565125169/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1565125169&linkId=48bdf65e1247784301232a9804b1fe43) by Jay Mathews

[_Sustainable Energy – Without the Hot Air_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0954452933/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fsp%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=timebillgatesbooks-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0954452933&linkId=b4a941b246cb58acc8cee6db9d3576b1) by David JC Mackay

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