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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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40 Books Recommended

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Heartland

A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth

by Sarah Smarsh
"I haven't been able to put down this memoir." - Melinda Gates (Source)

Also recommended by

2 people

Educated

A Memoir

by Tara Westover
"Phenomenal." - Melinda Gates (Source)

Also recommended by

6 people
  • Bill Gates recommended this book
  • Michelle Obama recommended this book
  • Barack Obama recommended this book
  • Kathryn Minshew recommended this book
  • Shauna Niequist recommended this book
  • Marty Cagan recommended this book

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

1 person

His Dark Materials (8 books)

Melinda Gates recommended this series on Likewise.com. (Source)

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

3 people

On the Come Up

by Angie Thomas
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Sapiens

A Brief History, Book 1

by Yuval Noah Harari
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

31 people
  • Joe Rogan recommended this book
  • Bill Gates recommended this book
  • Naval Ravikant recommended this book
  • Lex Fridman recommended this book
  • Mark Zuckerberg recommended this book
  • Peter Attia recommended this book
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    • Ashton Kutcher
      "The brainy book I seem to be sharing or talking about the most lately." - Ashton Kutcher
    • Whitney Cummings
      "A great book about [how] we’ve evolved and why we have anxiety." - Whitney Cummings
    • Richard Branson
      "I just love the style of his writing." - Richard Branson
    • Ray Dalio
      Ray Dalio mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
    • Vinod Khosla
      "A previous favorite." - Vinod Khosla
    • James Cameron
      "It explains human behavior and why we are the way we are in human civilization from soup to nuts. And I’ve read it now a couple of times. It’s a pretty astonishing book." - James Cameron
    • Demis Hassabis
      "There's not many times where I read a book and come out with 20 new ideas I hadn't thought about before, and [this book] made me think like that." - Demis Hassabis
    • Keith Rabois
      Keith Rabois recommended this book on a Medium blog post.
    • Daniel Ek
      "Both sobering and conservatively optimistic in equal measure." - Daniel Ek
    • Reid Hoffman
      "A grand theory of humanity." - Reid Hoffman
    • Sam Kass
      Sam Kass recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book.
    • Sebastian Junger
      "I’m going to give [this book] over and over again to everyone I know." - Sebastian Junger
    • Kishore Biyani
      "Fascinating because of its multi-disciplinary approach towards understanding human society, our behaviour and our future." - Kishore Biyani
    • Ryan Shea
      One of Ryan Shea's 4 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
    • Bill Gurley
      "I really enjoyed [this book]." - Bill Gurley
    • Karlie Kloss
      "An amazing book on the beginning of humanity." - Karlie Kloss
    • Anthony Pompliano
      "[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano
    • Changpeng Zhao
      "Gives me a greater perspective about how humans emerged and why we behave the way we do." - Changpeng Zhao
    • PewDiePie
      "Tells the major revolutions of human history." - PewDiePie
    • Patrick O'Shaughnessy
      "Provides a concise history of humankind and outlines why we have the psychology we do today." - Patrick O'Shaughnessy
    • Chris Evans
      "Truly mind-blowing. It’s changed the way I look at almost everything. I can’t endorse it enough." - Chris Evans
    • Simon Mayo
      "Love this book still." - Simon Mayo
    • Penn Jillette
      Penn Jillette mentioned this book in a New York Times interview.
    • Mark Manson
      Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
    • James Clear
      "[One of] the 10 best nonfiction books of all-time." - James Clear

Brave, Not Perfect

How Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life

by Reshma Saujani
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

A Gentleman in Moscow

by Amor Towles
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

4 people

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give, Book 1

by Angie Thomas
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

3 people

Guess How Much I Love You

by Sam McBratney
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

100 Tales of Extraordinary Women

by Rebel Girls
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

The Shadows

The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1

by Jacqueline West
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Fifty Million Rising

The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World

by Saadia Zahidi
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Mighty Be Our Powers

How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

by Leymah Gbowee
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

In The Company Of The Poor

Conversations With Dr. Paul Farmer And Father Gustavo Gutierrez

by Paul Farmer
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

by Hans Rosling
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

5 people

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

by Nelson Mandela
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

1 person

Awakening Joy

10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness

by James Baraz
"The book that I have been going back to so much." - Melinda Gates (Source)

Also recommended by

1 person
  • Bill Gates recommended this book

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

7 people

Daring Greatly

Brené Brown

by Brené Brown
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

4 people
  • Matt Mullenweg recommended this book
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  • Sophia Bush recommended this book
  • Tom Bilyeu recommended this book

The Book of Awakening

Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

by Mark Nepo
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

However Long the Night

by Aimee Molloy
"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)

Also recommended by

1 person
  • Hillary Clinton recommended this book

Bel Canto

by Ann Patchett
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

1 person
  • Oprah Winfrey recommended this book

Brotopia

Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley

by Emily Chang
"For decades, powerful men have responded to sexism in tech by saying, 'It’s always been this way.'" - Melinda Gates (Source)

Also recommended by

5 people

Talking to Strangers

What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know

by Malcolm Gladwell
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by

3 people

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Also recommended by

2 people

Home Work

A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

by Julie Andrews
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

by Julian Guthrie
"Shows what's possible for women and girls everywhere by highlighting the stories of ground breaking women in Silicon Valley." - Melinda Gates (Source)

Also recommended by

3 people
  • Caroline Paul recommended this book
  • Peter Diamandis recommended this book
  • Reid Hoffman recommended this book

Born a Crime

Stories from a South African Childhood

by Trevor Noah
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

Also recommended by

2 people
  • Bill Gates recommended this book
  • Hannah Hart recommended this book

The Gifts of Imperfection

Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are

by Brené Brown
Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (Source)

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