Editors' Top Picks
Quiet by Susan CainThe Invention of Nature by Andrea WulfEnergy and Civilization by Vaclav SmilReality is Not What it Seems by Carlo RovelliThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
Farnam Street - The Books I’ve Read in 2017
2nd out of 91 books — 13 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellFactfulness by Hans RoslingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Bill Gates Booklist
83rd out of 289 books — 207 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonThe Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven PinkerLincoln in the Bardo by George SaundersA Full Life by Jimmy Carter
All the Books Bill Gates has Recommended Over the Last Eight Years
28th out of 103 books — 21 voters
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
42nd out of 269 books — 109 voters

Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinEvicted by Matthew DesmondBad Blood by John Carreyrou21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
Bill Gates' Recommendations II
14th out of 100 books — 6 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiOvershoot by William R. Catton Jr.Collapse by Jared Diamond
Collapse Non-Fiction
47th out of 79 books — 44 voters

Atomic Habits by James ClearThe Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonTools of Titans by Timothy FerrissThe Network State by Balaji S. SrinivasanThe Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson
Network School Curriculum
19th out of 56 books — 1 voter
The Rosie Effect by Graeme SimsionMaking the Modern World by Vaclav SmilThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth KolbertHow to Lie with Statistics by Darrell HuffOn Immunity by Eula Biss
Bill Gates Recommended Reading
83rd out of 83 books — 9 voters

Taxes in America by Leonard E. BurmanResetting the Table by Robert PaarlbergLaw 101 by Jay M. FeinmanStatistics Done Wrong by Alex ReinhartOil 101 by Morgan Patrick Downey
So you want to learn how the world works huh?
8th out of 25 books — 1 voter
Drawdown by Paul HawkenThe Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley RobinsonThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsThere Is No Planet B by Mike Berners-LeeBreaking Boundaries by Johan Rockström
Understanding Climate Crisis
50th out of 73 books — 5 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondCollapse by Jared DiamondHomo Deus by Yuval Noah HarariA History of Civilizations by Fernand BraudelSapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Macrohistory
29th out of 50 books — 2 voters
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray DalioFriends Divided by Gordon S. WoodThe Aristocracy of Talent by Adrian WooldridgeFrom Bacteria to Bach and Back by Daniel C. DennettRed Notice by Bill Browder
The Gentlemen's Non-Fiction Book Club
12th out of 73 books — 2 voters

The Six Pillars Of Effective Leadership by Jim CarloughPoverty and Famines by Amartya SenCivilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol 2 by Fernand BraudelCivilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century, Vol. 1 by Fernand BraudelCivilization and Capitalism 15th–18th Century, Vol. 3 by Fernand Braudel
Human History, Human Progress
49th out of 263 books — 20 voters
Origin Story by David ChristianEnergy and Civilization by Vaclav SmilThe Deep History of Ourselves by Joseph E. LeDouxToo Smart for our Own Good by Craig DilworthSeeing Further by Bill Bryson
Humans - The Bigger Picture
2nd out of 14 books — 1 voter

Isaac's Storm by Erik LarsonChanges in the Land by William CrononAtlanta's Concealment of the Baby Gun Club Landfill by Jerry BrowThe Columbian Exchange by Alfred W. CrosbyNature and Power (Publications of the German Historical Insti... by Joachim Radkau
Environmental History
34th out of 130 books — 13 voters
Scale by Geoffrey B. WestLife 3.0 by Max TegmarkCapitalism without Capital by Jonathan HaskelThe AI Thought Book by Murat DurmusThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells
Books mentioned on Expontential View
9th out of 16 books — 3 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-WellsWater - A Shared Responsibility by United Nations WWAPCollapse by Jared Diamond
Bibliography for The Uninhabitable Earth
66th out of 100 books — 9 voters
Bad Blood by John Carreyrou21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah HarariSapiens by Yuval Noah HarariThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel KahnemanEducated by Tara Westover
The Bill Gates Book List
26th out of 81 books — 8 voters

Leonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonFactfulness by Hans RoslingEnlightenment Now by Steven PinkerBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahHit Refresh by Satya Nadella
Books Recommended on Gates Notes
24th out of 66 books — 6 voters
Technological Slavery by Theodore John KaczynskiAnti-Tech Revolution by Theodore John KaczynskiIndustrial Society and Its Future by Theodore John KaczynskiThe Prize by Daniel YerginThe Quest by Daniel Yergin
Best books about energy issues
54th out of 121 books — 72 voters

The Best We Could Do by Thi BuiEvicted by Matthew DesmondBelieve Me by Eddie IzzardThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenEnergy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil
Bill Gates' 5 amazing books 2017
5th out of 5 books — 1 voter
Believe Me by Eddie IzzardThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiEvicted by Matthew DesmondThe Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenEnergy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil
Bill Gates' 5 amazing books of 2017
5th out of 5 books — 2 voters


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