ENDORSER · [129] Bill Gates Founder Co-founder of Microsoft. Publishes an annual reading list on gatesnotes.com. Books they wrote 5 BOOKs How To Avoid a Climate Disaster How To Avoid a Climate Disaster Bill Gates Popular Science 3 endorsers Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System Bill Gates Business 2 endorsers How to Prevent the Next Pandemic How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Bill Gates Popular Science 2 endorsers Source Code: My Beginnings Source Code: My Beginnings Bill Gates Biography 2 endorsers The Road Ahead The Road Ahead Bill Gates Technology 2 endorsers Books they endorse 175 BOOKs 21 Lessons for the 21st Century 21 Lessons for the 21st Century Yuval Noah Harari Philosophy A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety Jimmy Carter Biography A Gentleman in Moscow A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles Fiction A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence A Thousand Brains: A New Theory of Intelligence Jeff Hawkins Popular Science A World-Class Education A World-Class Education Vivien Stewart Academic Academically Adrift Academically Adrift Richard Arum, Josipa Roska Academic An American Marriage An American Marriage Tayari Jones Fiction An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System Matt Richtel Popular Science An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s Doris Kearns Goodwin Biography Army of None Army of None Paul Scharre Technology Awakening Joy Awakening Joy James Baraz Business Bad Blood Bad Blood John Carreyrou Business Becoming Steve Jobs Becoming Steve Jobs Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli Biography Behind the Beautiful Forevers Behind the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo Politics Being Nixon Being Nixon Evan Thomas Biography Believe Me Believe Me Eddie Izzard Biography Billion Dollar Whale Billion Dollar Whale Tom Wright Politics Blitzscaling Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh Business Blueprint Blueprint Nicholas A. Christakis Science Born a Crime Born a Crime Trevor Noah Biography Breath from Salt Breath from Salt Bijal P. Trivedi Science Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System Business @ the Speed of Thought: Using a Digital Nervous System Bill Gates Business Business Adventures Business Adventures John Brooks Business Capital In The 21st Century Capital In The 21st Century Thomas Piketty Business Capital in the Twenty-First Century Capital in the Twenty-First Century Thomas Piketty Economics Capitalism without Capital Capitalism without Capital Jonathan Haskel Economics Change.edu Change.edu Andrew S. Rosen Academic Class Warfare Class Warfare Steven Brill Academic Cloud Atlas Cloud Atlas David Mitchell Fiction Creating the Twentieth Century Creating the Twentieth Century Vaclav Smil History Deng Xiaoping and The Transformation of China Deng Xiaoping and The Transformation of China Ezra F. 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Smith History Eradication Eradication Nancy Leys Stepan Health Everything Happens for a Reason Everything Happens for a Reason Kate Bowler Biography Factfulness Factfulness Hans Rosling, Ola Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund Popular Science Fever Fever Sonia Shah Health For The Love Of Physics For The Love Of Physics Walter Lewin Popular Science Get Some Headspace Get Some Headspace Andy Puddicombe Self-Help Getting Better Getting Better Charles Kenny Economics Good Economics for Hard Times Good Economics for Hard Times Abhijit V. Banerjee Economics Growth Growth Vaclav Smil Science Guns, Germs, and Steel Guns, Germs, and Steel Jared Diamond History Hamnet Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell Fiction Harvesting the Biosphere Harvesting the Biosphere Vaclav Smil Popular Science Hillbilly Elegy Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance Biography Hit Refresh Hit Refresh Satya Nadella Business Homo Deus Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari History House On Fire House On Fire Bill Foege Biography How Asia Works How Asia Works Joe Studwell Economics How Not to Be Wrong How Not to Be Wrong Jordan Ellenberg Mathematics How the World Really Works How the World Really Works Vaclav Smil Science How to Lie with Statistics How to Lie with Statistics Darrell Huff Popular Science How to Prevent the Next Pandemic How to Prevent the Next Pandemic Bill Gates Popular Science Hyperbole and a Half Hyperbole and a Half Allie Brosh Biography I Contain Multitudes I Contain Multitudes Ed Yong Popular Science In FED We Trust In FED We Trust David Wessel Business Interventions Interventions Kofi Annan Biography Jim Grant Jim Grant United Nations Biography Jim Grant UNICEF Visionary Jim Grant UNICEF Visionary Peter Adamson et al Biography Klara and the Sun Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro Fiction Leonardo Da Vinci Leonardo Da Vinci Walter Isaacson Biography Liberating Learning Liberating Learning Terry M. 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Dweck Popular Science Moonwalking with Einstein Moonwalking with Einstein Joshua Foer Popular Science Nine Pints Nine Pints Rose George Science Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet Hannah Ritchie Popular Science Numbers Don't Lie Numbers Don't Lie Vaclav Smil Popular Science On Immunity: An Inoculation On Immunity: An Inoculation Eula Biss Philosophy One Billion Hungry One Billion Hungry Gordon Conway Popular Science Origin Story Origin Story David Christian History Polio Polio David M. Oshinsky History Poor Economics Poor Economics Abhijit Banerjee Economics Poor Numbers Poor Numbers Morten Jerven Business Prepared Prepared Diane Tavenner Self-Help Presidents of War Presidents of War Michael Beschloss History Prime Movers of Globalization Prime Movers of Globalization Vaclav Smil Popular Science Principles Principles Ray Dalio Business Project Hail Mary Project Hail Mary Andy Weir Sci-Fi Range Range David Epstein Popular Science Reinventing American Health Care Reinventing American Health Care Ezekiel J. Emanuel Popular Science Sapiens Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari History Seveneves Seveneves Neal Stephenson Science Fiction Shoe Dog Shoe Dog Phil Knight Biography Should We Eat Meat? Should We Eat Meat? Vaclav Smil Science Source Code: My Beginnings Source Code: My Beginnings Bill Gates Biography Stress Test Stress Test Timothy Geithner Biography Stretching the School Dollar Stretching the School Dollar Frederick M. Hess, Eric Osberg Academic Stuff Matters Stuff Matters Mark Miodownik Popular Science SuperFreakonomics SuperFreakonomics Steven D. Levitt Economics Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air Sustainable Energy Without the Hot Air David JC MacKay Popular Science Sustainable Materials Without the Hot Air Sustainable Materials Without the Hot Air Julian M. Allwood Engineering Tap Dancing to Work Tap Dancing to Work Carol J. Loomis Business Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln Doris Kearns Goodwin History That Used To Be Us That Used To Be Us Thomas L. Friedman, Michael Mandelbaum Politics The Art of Being Unreasonable The Art of Being Unreasonable Eli Broad Business The Best We Could Do The Best We Could Do Thi Bui Biography The Bet The Bet Paul Sabin History The Better Angels of Our Nature The Better Angels of Our Nature Steven Pinker History The Bottom Billion The Bottom Billion Paul Collier Economics 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 Marc Levinson Business The Bully Pulpit The Bully Pulpit Doris Kearns Goodwin History The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger Fiction The Checklist Manifesto The Checklist Manifesto Atul Gawande Business The Choice The Choice Edith Eva Eger Biography The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race Walter Isaacson Biography The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-First Century's Greatest Dilemma Mustafa Suleyman Technology The Cost Of Hope The Cost Of Hope Amanda Bennett Biography The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer Siddhartha Mukherjee History The Feynman Lectures on Physics The Feynman Lectures on Physics Richard P. Feynman Popular Science The Future of Capitalism The Future of Capitalism Paul Collier Business The Gene The Gene Siddhartha Mukherjee Popular Science The Great Escape The Great Escape Angus Deaton Business The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiction The Great Influenza The Great Influenza John M. Barry History The Grid The Grid Gretchen Bakke Technology The Idealist The Idealist Nina Munk Biography The Lincoln Highway The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles Fiction The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True Richard Dawkins Science The Man Who Fed the World The Man Who Fed the World Leon Hesser Biography The Ministry for the Future The Ministry for the Future Kim Stanley Robinson Science Fiction The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein Sci-Fi The Most Powerful Idea In The World The Most Powerful Idea In The World William Rosen History The Myth of the Strong Leader The Myth of the Strong Leader Archie Brown Politics The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander Politics The New Science of Strong Materials The New Science of Strong Materials J.E. Gordon Popular Science The Power The Power Naomi Alderman Sci-Fi The Power to Compete The Power to Compete Hiroshi Mikitani Business The Quest The Quest Daniel Yergin Popular Science The Rational Optimist The Rational Optimist Matt Ridley Business The Ride of a Lifetime The Ride of a Lifetime Robert Iger Biography The Rise and Fall of American Growth The Rise and Fall of American Growth Robert J. Gordon Business The Road Ahead The Road Ahead Bill Gates Technology The Road to Character The Road to Character David Brooks Self-Help The Rosie Effect The Rosie Effect Graeme Simsion Fiction The Rosie Project The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion Fiction The Rosie Result The Rosie Result Graeme Simsion Fiction The Signal and the Noise The Signal and the Noise Nate Silver Popular Science The Sixth Extinction The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert Science 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 Siddhartha Mukherjee Popular Science The Splendid and the Vile The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson History The Spy and The Traitor The Spy and The Traitor Ben Macintyre History The Sympathizer The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen Fiction The Vital Question The Vital Question Nick Lane Popular Science The World Until Yesterday The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond History These Truths These Truths Jill Lepore History Thing Explainer Thing Explainer Randall Munroe Popular Science Think Again Think Again Adam Grant Popular Science Tomorrow's Table Tomorrow's Table Pamela C. Ronald, Raoul W. Adamchak Popular Science Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne Technology Turtles All the Way Down Turtles All the Way Down John Green Fiction Upheaval Upheaval Jared Diamond History Value-added Measures in Education Value-added Measures in Education Douglas N Harris Academic What If? What If? Randall Munroe Science When Breath Becomes Air When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi Biography Where Do School Funds Go? Where Do School Funds Go? Marguerite Roza Academic Where Good Ideas Come From Where Good Ideas Come From Steven Johnson Popular Science Why America Is Not a New Rome Why America Is Not a New Rome Vaclav Smil History Why Does College Cost So Much? Why Does College Cost So Much? Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldman Academic Why We Sleep Why We Sleep Matthew Walker Popular Science Why We're Polarized Why We're Polarized Ezra Klein Politics Work Hard. Be Nice. Work Hard. Be Nice. Jay Matthews Academic Books they criticize 1 BOOK Why Nations Fail Why Nations Fail Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson Business