Here are 185 books Bill Gates has read and thinks you should too

Here are 185 books Bill Gates has read and thinks you should tooHere are 185 books Bill Gates has read and thinks you should tooLike many prolific business leaders, Bill Gates is a great reader. Gates reads about 50 books per year which means he is going through one per week. And not only is he reading about them, but then he is writing recommendations for them on his blog and encouraging the world to adopt his vociferous appetite for books (sometimes with the help of puppies.)In an interview with The New York Times Gates said reading is one of his main tools for learning.These days, I also get to visit interesting places, meet with scientists, and watch a lot of lectures online, he explained.But reading is still the main way that I both learn new things and test my understanding.Quartz put together a list of all the books he has ever mentioned on his blog in the last eight years, GatesNotes.com. It came out to 185 different titles spanning multiple genres. Here is the full list of b ooks Bill Gates has written about on his blog categorized by different genres.Political history and biographyA Full Life Reflections at Ninety, by Jimmy CarterBeing Nixon A Man Divided, by Evan ThomasThe Bully Pulpit Theodore Roosevelt and the Golden Age of Journalism, by Doris Kearns GoodwinDeng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China, by Ezra VogelA nationalstaat of Wusses How Americas Leaders Lost the Guts to Make Us Great, by Ed RendellTitan II A History of a Cold War Missile Program, by David K. StumpfHuman evolution and civilizationHomo Deus A Brief History of Tomorrow, by Yuval Noah HarariSapiens A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah HarariThe Vital Question Energy, Evolution, and the Origins of Complex Life, by Nick LaneEnlightenment Now The Case for Reason, by Steven PinkerThe Better Angels of Our Nature, by Steven PinkerThe Sixth Extinction An Unnatural History, by Elizabeth KolbertThe World Until Yesterday What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?, by Jared Dia mondCollapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared DiamondGuns, Germs, and Steel The Fates of Human Societies, by Jared DiamondAbundance The Future Is Better Than You Think, by Peter Diamandis and Steven KotlerBig History From the Big Bang to the Present, by Cynthia BrownOrigin Story A Big History of Everything, by David ChristianLimits to Growth The 30-Year Update, by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis MeadowsBig technology and inventionThe Grid The Fraying Wires Between Americans and our Energy Future, by Gretchen BakkeSustainable Materials with both Eyes Open, by Julian M. Allwood and Jonathan M. CullenSuperintelligence Paths, Dangers, Strategies, by Nick BostromThe Master Algorithm, by Pedro DomingosThe Most Powerful Idea in the World A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention, by William RosenThe Grid A Journey Through the Heart of our Electrified World, by Phillip F. ScheweThe Path Between the Seas The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914, by David McCull oughThe Box How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller and the World Economy Bigger, by Marc LevinsonMath and science thinkingHow Not to Be Wrong The Power of Mathematical Thinking, by Jordan EllenbergThe Magic of Reality How We Know Whats really True, by Richard DawkinsWhat If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions, by Randall MunroeHow to Lie With Statistics, by Darrell HuffThing Explainer Complicated Stuff in Simple Words, by Randall Munroe13 Things that Dont Make Sense, by Michael BrooksFactfulness Ten Reasons Were Wrong About the World- and Why Things Are Better than You Think, by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rnnlund, and Ola RoslingThe Signal and the Noise Why So Many Predictions Fail- but Some Dont, by Nate SilverBusinessBusiness Adventures Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street, by John BrooksShoe Dog A Memoir by the Creator of Nike, by Phil KnightTap Dancing to Work Warren Buffett on Practically Everything, by Carol J. LoomisPoor Charl ies Almanack, by Peter D. Kaufman and Ed WexlerHit Refresh The Quest to Rediscover Microsofts Soul and Imagine a Better Future for Everyone, by Satya NadellaBiographyEinstein, by Walter IsaacsonBroken Genius, by Joel ShurkinLeonardo da Vinci, by Walter IsaacsonSteve Jobs, by Walter IsaacsonMemoirBorn a Crime, by Trevor NoahThe Best We Could Do, by Thi BuiBelieve Me, by Eddie IzzardHyperbole and a Half, by Allie BroshOn Immunity An Inoculation, by Eula BissWhen Breath Becomes Air, by Paul KalanithiEverything Happens for a Reason and other Lies Ive Loved, by Kate BowlerThe Cost of Hope, by Amanda BennettFictionThe Heart, by Maylis de KerangalThe Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh NguyenSeveneves, by Neal StephensonThe Rosie Effect, by Graeme SimsionThe Rosie Project, by Graeme SimsionPatriot and Assassin, by Robert CookTurtles All the Way Down, by John GreenThe Hunger Games, by Suzanne CollinsThe Cats Table, by Michael OndaatjeThe Catcher in the Rye, by J. D. SalingerA Separate Peace, by John KnowlesLincoln in the Bardo, by George SaundersBooks by Vaclav SmilEnergy and Civilization A History, by Vaclav SmilShould We Eat Meat?, by Vaclav SmilMaking the Modern World Materials and Dematerialization, by Vaclav SmilHarvesting the Biosphere, by Vaclav SmilEnergy Myths and Realities, by Vaclav SmilJapans Dietary Transition and Its Impacts, by Vaclav Smil and Kazuhiko KobayashiMade in the USA The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing, by Vaclav SmilPrime Movers of Globalization, by Vaclav SmilThe Earths Biosphere, by Vaclav SmilEnergy at the Crossroads, by Vaclav SmilEnergies An Illustrated Guide to the Biosphere and Civilization, by Vaclav SmilGlobal Catastrophes and Trends, by Vaclav SmilEnriching the Earth, by Vaclav SmilWhy America is Not a New Rome, by Vaclav SmilTransforming the Twentieth Century, by Vaclav SmilEnergy Transitions History, Requirements, Prospects, by Vaclav SmilCreating the Twentieth Century, by Vaclav SmilDevelopment and foreign aidPoor Numbers How W e are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do About it, by Morten JervenGetting Better Why Global Development is Succeeding- and How We Can Improve the World Even More, by Charles KennyBehind the Beautiful Forevers Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine BooThe Man Who Fed the World Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Norman Borlaug and His Battle to End World Hunger, by Leon HesserThe Last Hunger Season A Year in an African Farm Community on the Brink of Change, by Roger ThurowHowever Long the Night Molly Melchings Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph, by Aimee MolloyIn the Company of the Poor, by Paul Farmer and Gustavo GutierrezMighty be Our Powers How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War, by Leymah GboweeOne Billion Hungry Can We Feed the World?, by Gordon ConwayPoor Economics A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty, by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee and Esther DufloHow to Spend $50 Billion to Make the Worl d a Better Place, by Bjrn LomborgThe Foundation How Private Wealth Is Changing the World, by Joel L. FleishmanGive Smart Philanthropy that Gets Results, by Thomas J. Tierney and Joel L. FleishmanJim Grant- UNICEF Visionary, by Richard Jolly (Ed.)Tomorrows Table Organic Farming, Genetics, and the Future of Food, by Pamela Ronald and Raoul AdamchakThe Great Escape Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality, by Angus DeatonThe Idealist Jeffrey Sachs and the Quest to End Poverty, by Nina MunkInterventions A Life in War and Peace, by Kofi AnnanEducationWhy Does College Cost So Much?, by Robert B. Archibald and David H. FeldmanA World-Class Education Learning from International Models of Excellence and Innovation, by Vivien StewartAcademically Adrift Limited Learning on College Campuses, by Richard Arum and Joshipa RoksaWhy Dont Students Like School? A Cognitive Scientist Answers Questions about how the Mind Works and What It Means for the Classroom, by Dan T. WillinghamChange.edu Rebo oting for the New Talent Economy, by Andrew RosenUnlocking the Gates, by Taylor WalshClass Warfare Inside the Fight to Fix Americas Schools, by Steven BrillWhos Teaching your Children?, by Vivian Troen and Katherine C. BolesStretching the School Dollar How Schools and Districts Can Save Money while Serving Students Best, by Frederick M. Hess and Eric Osberg (Eds.)Where Do School Funds Go?, by Marguerite RozaLiberating Learning Technology, Politics, and the Future of American Education, by Terry M. Moe and John E. ChubbWork Hard. Be Nice How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America, by Jay MathewsValue-Added Measures in Education What Every Educator Needs to Know, by Douglas N. HarrisScienceThe Gene An Intimate History, by Siddhartha MukherjeeFor the Love of Physics From the End of the Rainbow to the Edge of Time, a Journey through the Wonders of Physics, by Walter LewinFeynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1 Mainly Mechanics, Radiation, and Heat, by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew SandsFeynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 2 Mainly Electromagnetism and Matter, by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew SandsFeynman Lectures on Physics, Vol 3 Quantum Mechanics, by Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew SandsThe New Science of Strong Materials, by J.E. GordonThe Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises, by Karl Sabbagh13 Things that Dont Make Sense The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of our Time, by Michael BrooksModernist Cuisine The Art and Science of Cooking, by Nathan MyhrvoldThe Emperor of All Maladies A Biography of Cancer, by Siddhartha MukherjeeI Contain Multitudes The Microbes within Us and a Grander View of Life, by Ed YongClimate change and energyThe Quest Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, by Daniel YerginSustainable Energy- without the Hot Air, by David J.C. MacKayUnlocking Energy Innovation, by Richard K. Lester and David M. HartWorld on the Edge How to Pre vent Environmental and Economic Collapse, by Lester R. BrownGlobal Warming The Complete Briefing, by John HoughtonBeyond Smoke and Mirrors Climate Change and Energy in the 21st Century, by Burton RichterHot, Flat, and Crowded Why We Need a Green Revolution- and How it Can Renew America, by Thomas FriedmanEconomics and wealth inequalityHillbilly Elegy A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. VanceEvicted Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew DesmondThe Power to Compete An Economist and an Entrepreneur on Revitalizing Japan in the Global Economy, by Hiroshi Mikitani and Ryoichi MikitaniThe Rise and Fall of American Growth The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War, by Robert GordonHow Asia Works Success and Failure in the Worlds Most Dynamic Region, by Joe StudwellCapital in the Twenty-First Century, by Thomas PikettyStress Test Reflections on Financial Crises, by Timothy F. GeithnerThe Bet Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and our Gamble over Earths Future, by Paul SabinThe Price of Inequality How Todays Divided Society Endangers our Future, by Joseph E. StiglitzWhy Nations Fail, by Daron Acemoglu and James A. RobinsonThis Time Is Different Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, by Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth RogoffBeyond the Crash Overcoming the First Crisis of Globalization, by Gordon BrownToo Big to Fail, by Andrew hottemax SorkinThe World Is Flat A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century, by Thomas FriedmanThat Used to Be Us How America Fell Behind in the World it Invented and How We Can Come Back, by Thomas Friedman and Michael MandelbaumThe End of Poverty, by Jeffrey SachsIn Fed We Trust Ben Bernankes War on the Great Panic, by David WesselSuperFreakonomics Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance, by Steven Levitt and Stephen DubnerThe Rational Optimist How Prosperity Evolves, by Matt RidleyDisease and public healthEradication Ridding the World of Diseases Forever?, by Nancy Leys Step anThe Fever How Malaria Has Ruled Humankind for 500,000 Years, by Sonia ShahHouse on Fire The Fight to Eradicate Smallpox, by William H. FoegeSmallpox The Death of a Disease, by D.A. HendersonInfections and Inequalities The Modern Plagues, by Paul FarmerReinventing American Health Care How the Affordable Care Act Will Improve our Terribly Complex, Blatantly Unjust, Outrageously Expensive, Grossly Inefficient, Error Prone System, by Ezekiel EmanuelThe Checklist Manifesto How to Get Things Right, by Atul GawandeGlobal Health An Introductory Textbook, by A. Lindstrand, et al.Health Care Will Not Reform Itself, by George HalvorsonDirt and Disease Polio before FDR, by Naomi RogersThe Making of a Tropical Disease A Short History of Malaria, by Randall M. PackardPriorities in Health, by Dean T. Jamison and Joel G. BremanVaccine The Controversial Story of Medicines Greatest Lifesaver, by Arthur AllenTropical Infectious Diseases, by Richard L. Guerrant and David H. WalkerMountains Beyond Mou ntains The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man who Would Cure the World, by Tracy KidderPolio An American Story, by David OshinskyEpic Measures One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients, by Jeremy SmithLeadership and managementThe Myth of the Strong Leader, by Archie BrownMindset The New Psychology of Success, by Carol DweckHow Children Succeed Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, by Paul ToughThe Art of Being Unreasonable Lessons in Unconventional Thinking, by Eli BroadMeasure What Matters How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World With OKRs, by John DoerrChange by Design How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation, by Tim BrownHappiness, psychology, and purposeThe Road to Character, by David BrooksWhere Good Ideas Come from, by Steven JohnsonAwakening Joy, by James Baraz and Shoshana AlexanderWhistling Vivaldi How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, by Claude SteeleOutliers, by Malcolm GladwellShowing up for Life, by Bill Gates Sr. Life Is What You Make It, by Peter BuffettTennisString Theory, by David Foster WallaceA Champions Mind, by Pete SamprasOpen, by Andre AgassiMiscMoonwalking with Einstein The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, by Joshua FoerThe City that Became Safe New Yorks Lessons for Urban Crime and Its Control, by Franklin ZimringFrank Stewarts Bridge Club, by Frank StewartH/t Quartz