📚the five books Bill Gates named as all-time favorites in 2022

the exact five from his 2022 holiday post. Gates said the set was not a complete list of every favorite

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Stranger in a Strange Land - Robert A. Heinlein

Gates labeled it his best introduction to grown-up science fiction

Surrender - Bono

his pick for a rock-star memoir, published the same year as the list

Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin

The Inner Game of Tennis - W. Timothy Gallwey

included for its mental game, not only for tennis players

Mendeleyev’s Dream - Paul Strathern

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