18 Recommended books from Melinda Gates
Alpha Girls
by Julian Guthrie • August 14, 2021 • Business & Money
An unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominate...
Awakening Joy
by Shoshana Alexander and James Baraz • December 11, 2012 • Self-Help
Awakening Joy is more than just another book about happiness. More than simply offering suggested strategies to change our be...
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett • May 22, 2001 • Literature & Fiction
Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award • Winner of the Orange Prize • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist
"Bel Canto is ...
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah • November 15, 2016 • Biographies & Memoirs
Number 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (_...
Brotopia
by Emily Chang • July 20, 2021 • Business & Money
"Brotopia is more than a business book. Silicon Valley holds extraordinary power over our present lives as well as whatever uto...
Cry, The Beloved Country
by Alan Paton • October 25, 2003 • Religion & Spirituality
“The greatest novel to emerge out of the tragedy of South Africa, and one of the best novels of our time.” —The New Republic
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Daring Greatly
by Brené Brown • April 7, 2015 • Self-Help
The Number 1 New York Times bestseller. More than 2 million copies sold!
Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, _Dare to Lea...
Factfulness
by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Rönnlund andOla Rosling • April 3, 2018 • Science & Math
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“One of the most important books I’ve ever read―an indispensable guide to thinking clear...
Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls
by Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo andRebel Girls • November 10, 2016 • Children's Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR
The New York Times bestse...
Home Work
by Julie Andrews • October 13, 2020 • Biographies & Memoirs
In this New York Times bestselling follow-up to her critically acclaimed memoir, Home, Julie Andrews reflects on her astoni...
However Long the Night
by Aimee Molloy • April 30, 2013 • Biographies & Memoirs
In However Long the Night, Aimee Molloy tells the unlikely and inspiring story of Molly Melching, an American woman whose exp...
Little Fires Everywhere
by Celeste Ng • May 7, 2019 • Literature & Fiction
The Number 1 New York Times bestseller!
Now a Hulu original series starring Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington.
“...
Sapiens
by Yuval Noah Harari • February 10, 2015 • History
Official U.S. edition with full color illustrations throughout.
New York Times Bestseller
**A Summer Reading Pick for...
Talking to Strangers
by Malcolm Gladwell • September 1, 2019 • Self-Help
Malcolm Gladwell, host of the podcast Revisionist History and author of the Number 1 New York Times bestseller Outliers, ...
The Book of Awakening
by Mark Nepo • January 1, 2020 • Self-Help
A new edition of the Number 1 NYT’s bestseller by Mark Nepo, who has been called “one of the finest spiritual guides of our tim...
The Gifts of Imperfection
by Brené Brown • September 8, 2020 • Religion & Spirituality
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In hardcover for the first time, this tenth-anniversary edition of the game-changing Number 1 _Ne...
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas • February 28, 2017 • Teen & Young Adult
8 starred reviews · Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best · William C. Morris Award Winner · National Book Award Longlist ...
When Breath Becomes Air
by Abraham Verghese • January 12, 2016 • Medical Books
**Number 1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • This inspiring, exquisitely observed memoir finds hope and bea...
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