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Every Book Recommendation Bill Gates Has Ever Published (2017)

Bill Gates is a very busy man, but as his admirers know, he makes time to read. The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist regularly reviews books 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.
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.
By Sarah Begley
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String Theory (David Foster Wallace)
String Theory (David Foster Wallace)
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Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
Shoe Dog (Phil Knight)
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The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
The Gene (Siddhartha Mukherjee)
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The Myth of the Strong Leader (Archie Brown)
The Myth of the Strong Leader (Archie Brown)
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The Grid (Gretchen Bakke)
The Grid (Gretchen Bakke)
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Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
Seveneves (Neal Stephenson)
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How Not to Be Wrong (Jordan Ellenberg)
How Not to Be Wrong (Jordan Ellenberg)
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The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Nick Lane)
The Vital Question: Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life (Nick Lane)
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The Power to Compete (Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani)
The Power to Compete (Ryoichi Mikitani and Hiroshi Mikitani)
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Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
Sapiens (Yuval Noah Harari)
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The Road to Character (David Brooks)
The Road to Character (David Brooks)
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Thing Explainer (Randall Munroe)
Thing Explainer (Randall Munroe)
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Being Nixon (Evan Thomas)
Being Nixon (Evan Thomas)
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Sustainable Materials With Both Eyes Open (Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, Et Al.)
Sustainable Materials With Both Eyes Open (Julian M. Allwood, Jonathan M. Cullen, Et Al.)
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Eradication (Nancy Leys Stepan)
Eradication (Nancy Leys Stepan)
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Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (Carol Dweck)
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Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
Hyperbole and a Half (Allie Brosh)
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The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (Randall Munroe)
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Xkcd (Randall Munroe)
Xkcd (Randall Munroe)
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On Immunity: An Inoculation
On Immunity: An Inoculation
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How to Lie With Statistics
How to Lie With Statistics
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Should We Eat Meat? (Vaclav Smil)
Should We Eat Meat? (Vaclav Smil)
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Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street (John Brooks)
Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street (John Brooks)
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The Bully Pulpit
The Bully Pulpit
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Making the Modern World (Vaclav Smil)
Making the Modern World (Vaclav Smil)
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How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
How Asia Works (Joe Studwell)
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Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Thomas Piketty)
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The Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion)
The Rosie Effect (Graeme Simsion)
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The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sonia Shah)
The Fever: How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years (Sonia Shah)
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House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (William H. Foege)
House on Fire: The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox (William H. Foege)
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Smallpox: The Death of a Disease (D.A. Henderson)
Smallpox: The Death of a Disease (D.A. Henderson)
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Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paul Farmer)
Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (Paul Farmer)
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Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises (Tim Geithner)
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises (Tim Geithner)
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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The Rosie Project
The Rosie Project
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The Sixth Extinction
The Sixth Extinction
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Reinventing American Health Care (Ezekiel J. Emanuel)
Reinventing American Health Care (Ezekiel J. Emanuel)
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined (Steven Pinker)
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Getting Better (Charles Kenny)
Getting Better (Charles Kenny)
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