Starlit Books

Books recommended by Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates

  1. When Breath Becomes Air: (by Paul Kalanithi). Recommended by Bill Gates , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Tim Cook , Peter King , Shauna Niequist , James Clear
  2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: (by Mark Haddon). Recommended by Donald Glover , Ev Williams , Shah Rukh Khan , Melinda Gates
  3. Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years (by Julie Andrews). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  4. The Shadows: The Books of Elsewhere, Vol. 1 (by Jacqueline West). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  5. The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (by Mark Nepo). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  6. Guess How Much I Love You: (by Sam McBratney). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  7. In The Company Of The Poor: Conversations With Dr. Paul Farmer And Father Gustavo Gutierrez (by Paul Farmer). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  8. Brave, Not Perfect: How Celebrating Imperfection Helps You Live Your Best, Most Joyful Life (by Reshma Saujani). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  9. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women (by Rebel Girls). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  10. Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions: (by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  11. Fifty Million Rising: The New Generation of Working Women Transforming the Muslim World (by Saadia Zahidi). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  12. Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War (by Leymah Gbowee). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  13. Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World - and Why Things Are Better Than You Think (by Hans Rosling). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Howard Marks , Jordan Peterson , Melinda Gates
  14. The Gifts of Imperfection: (by Brené Brown). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  15. Bel Canto: (by Ann Patchett). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  16. On the Come Up: (by Angie Thomas). Recommended by Melinda Gates
  17. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know (by Malcolm Gladwell). Recommended by Elizabeth Warren , Fareed Zakaria , Melinda Gates , Mark Manson
  18. Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness (by James Baraz). Recommended by Bill Gates , Melinda Gates
  19. However Long the Night: (by Aimee Molloy). Recommended by Hillary Clinton , Melinda Gates
  20. Love You Forever: (by Robert Munsch). Recommended by Evan Goldberg , Melinda Gates
  21. Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth (by Sarah Smarsh). Recommended by Barack Obama , Melinda Gates , Sarah Jessica Parker
  22. Cry, the Beloved Country: (by Alan Paton). Recommended by Oprah Winfrey , Melinda Gates
  23. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (by Trevor Noah). Recommended by Bill Gates , Melinda Gates , Hannah Hart
  24. The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela: (by Nelson Mandela). Recommended by Melinda Gates , Robin Sharma
  25. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (by Brené Brown). Recommended by Chase Jarvis , Matt Mullenweg , Melinda Gates , Sophia Bush , Tom Bilyeu
  26. A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel (by Amor Towles). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Brian Koppelman , Melinda Gates , Sarah Jessica Parker
  27. Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took On Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime (by Julian Guthrie). Recommended by Caroline Paul , Peter Diamandis , Reid Hoffman , Melinda Gates
  28. Little Fires Everywhere: (by Celeste Ng). Recommended by Melinda Gates , John Green , Judy Blume
  29. Educated: A Memoir (by Tara Westover). Recommended by Barack Obama , Bill Gates , Kathryn Minshew , Michelle Obama , Melinda Gates , Shauna Niequist , Marty Cagan
  30. The Hate U Give: The Hate U Give, Book 1 (by Angie Thomas). Recommended by Gretchen Rubin , Melinda Gates , John Green , Jennifer Lopez
  31. Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley (by Emily Chang). Recommended by Aaron Levie , Arianna Huffington , Bill Gurley , Michael Bloomberg , Tom Peters , Melinda Gates
  32. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (by Yuval Noah Harari). Recommended by Ashton Kutcher , Bill Gates , Bill Gurley , Daniel Ek , Demis Hassabis , James Cameron , Joe Rogan , Karlie Kloss , Keith Rabois , Kishore Biyani , Lex Fridman , Mark Zuckerberg , Naval Ravikant , Peter Attia , Ray Dalio , Reid Hoffman , Richard Branson , Ryan Shea , Sam Kass , Sebastian Junger , Vinod Khosla , Whitney Cummings , PewDiePie , Melinda Gates , Anthony Pompliano , Changpeng Zhao , Patrick O’Shaughnessy , Chris Evans , Mark Manson , Simon Mayo , Penn Jillette , James Clear