Melinda Gates Book Recommendations

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)

Born a Crime

Stories from a South African Childhood

by Trevor Noah

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Likewise.com. (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)

His Dark Materials (8 books)

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

Home Work

A Memoir of My Hollywood Years

by Julie Andrews

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

Melinda Gates recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)

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)

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)

Cry, the Beloved Country

by Alan Paton

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

Bel Canto

by Ann Patchett

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)

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)

Daring Greatly

How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

by Brené Brown

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

When Breath Becomes Air

by Paul Kalanithi

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

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)

The Gifts of Imperfection

by Brené Brown

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

The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela

by Nelson Mandela

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

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)

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)

Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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)

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)

The Shadows

The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1

by Jacqueline West

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)

Guess How Much I Love You

by Sam McBratney

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

The Hate U Give

The Hate U Give, Book 1

by Angie Thomas

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

A Gentleman in Moscow

A Novel

by Amor Towles

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

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)

Sapiens

A Brief History of Humankind

by Yuval Noah Harari

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

On the Come Up

by Angie Thomas

Melinda Gates recommended this book 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)

Love You Forever

by Robert Munsch

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

Educated

A Memoir

by Tara Westover

"Phenomenal." - Melinda Gates (Source)