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Bill Gates's 2025 holiday book list
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- 01Remarkably Bright Creatures - Shelby Van Pelt
- 02Clearing the Air (Hannah Ritchie)
- 03Who Knew - Barry Diller
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Bill Gates's summer 2025 reading list
five memoirs, per gatesnotes.com. he says they helped him think about writing his own
01
Personal History - Katharine Graham
02
Chasing Hope: A Reporter's Life - Nicholas Kristof
Gates said the world would be better off with more Nick Kristofs (sourced)
03
Educated - Tara Westover
he has said this twice, at least. shows up almost every year on his lists
04
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Trevor Noah
Gates liked that Noah's outsider view "transcends borders"
05
Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story - Bono
the one nobody expected on here. Gates said Bono's openness was a model for his own memoir
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