Melinda Gates Recommended Books
Melinda Gates has recommended 40 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Melinda Gates is an American philanthropist and a former general manager at Microsoft.
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Heartland
A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
"I haven't been able to put down this memoir." - Melinda Gates (Source)
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Educated
A Memoir
"Phenomenal." - Melinda Gates (Source)
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Bill Gates, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Kathryn Minshew, Shauna Niequist, Marty Cagan
Love You Forever
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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His Dark Materials (8 books)
Melinda Gates recommended this series on Likewise.com. (Source)
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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On the Come Up
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Sapiens
A Brief History, Book 1
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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Joe Rogan, Bill Gates, Naval Ravikant, Lex Fridman, Mark Zuckerberg, Peter Attia, Ashton Kutcher, Whitney Cummings, Richard Branson, Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla, James Cameron, Demis Hassabis, Keith Rabois, Daniel Ek, Reid Hoffman, Sam Kass, Sebastian Junger, Kishore Biyani, Ryan Shea, Bill Gurley, Karlie Kloss, Anthony Pompliano, Changpeng Zhao, PewDiePie, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Chris Evans, Simon Mayo, Penn Jillette, Mark Manson, James Clear
Brave, Not Perfect
How Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Novel
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Brian Koppelman, Sarah Jessica Parker
The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give, Book 1
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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Guess How Much I Love You
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
100 Tales of Extraordinary Women
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
The Shadows
The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Fifty Million Rising
The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Mighty Be Our Powers
How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
In The Company Of The Poor
Conversations With Dr. Paul Farmer And Father Gustavo Gutierrez
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Factfulness
Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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The Gifts of Imperfection
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Awakening Joy
10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
"The book that I have been going back to so much." - Melinda Gates (Source)
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When Breath Becomes Air
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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Bill Gates, Anthony Pompliano, Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Tim Cook, Peter King, Shauna Niequist, James Clear
Daring Greatly
Bren e9 Brown
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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The Book of Awakening
Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
However Long the Night
"Reinforced my belief that developing communities already have the potential to spark change that will lead to better lives for themselves and their families." - Melinda Gates (Source)
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Bel Canto
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
Cry, the Beloved Country
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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Brotopia
Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley
"For decades, powerful men have responded to sexism in tech by saying, 'It’s always been this way.'" - Melinda Gates (Source)
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Arianna Huffington, Tom Peters, Aaron Levie, Bill Gurley, Michael Bloomberg
Talking to Strangers
What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Little Fires Everywhere
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
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Home Work
A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Alpha Girls
The Women Upstarts Who Took On Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime
"Shows what's possible for women and girls everywhere by highlighting the stories of ground breaking women in Silicon Valley." - Melinda Gates (Source)
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Born a Crime
Stories from a South African Childhood
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)
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