Top rated Bill Gates recommendation books? My Years with General Motors by Alfred P. Sloan Jr.: When Sloan took over the General Motors’ firms, it was a mess. However, with years of experience and strategic planning and execution, every General Motor’s product line started becoming a huge success. Very soon, the corporation established themselves as one of the largest single employers. Written in 1963, this book instantly became a non-fiction superhit and ever since then this is read by all aspiring businessmen and managers for learning the art of management. Here is what Bill Gates said about this book: “My Years with General Motors is probably the best book to read if you want to read only one book about business.” Find additional details on Bill Gates recommendation books.
Here are the other four books Gates recommends for the summer: “Lincoln Highway” by Amor Towles This coming-of-age novel documents three 18-year-olds and an 8-year-old on their frenzied road trip from Nebraska to California in an old Studebaker. “(Towles) seems to be saying that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate highway,” Gates writes. “Why We’re Polarized” by Ezra Klein The New York Times columnist dissects the inner workings of our current political polarization, offering a history of what got us to this point and also an examination of the underlying psychology. “The groups we self-identify as are a key part of who we are,” Gates writes. “Most of the time, these identities aren’t inherently positive or negative — but each one of them shapes the way we see the world.”
Though he spends most of his time with his foundation, Gates says he is still working with Microsoft on its “Personal Agent,” which will “remember everything and help you go back and find things and help you pick what things to pay attention to.” Despite his interest in AI, Gates says he is “in the camp that is concerned about super intelligence.” That camp also includes notable leaders in science in technology, like Elon Musk and the late Stephen Hawking.
Bill Gates’ early life could easily be turned into a series, starting from his childhood home in Seattle and leading up to his success story. As a kid, he got bullied a lot, but that didn’t stop him from aiming high. His plans didn’t always coincide with those of his parents, though. Bill Gates’s family wanted to send him to law school, which would fit perfectly in the family history—his father was a lawyer. Bill Gates started writing software as a kid. Even before he graduated high school, it was obvious he wasn’t like the other children. At the age of 13, he made a version of tic-tac-toe on a General Electric computer. As a comparison, at the age of 13, I had just found out that ripped jeans are ripped on purpose. What were you doing at 13?
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles: Gates admits he reads a lot more nonfiction than fiction, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t profoundly moved by a novel now and again. In fact, he includes three on his best books ever list. In his 2019 review of this one about a Russian count sentenced to 30 years of house arrest in a hotel by the Bolsheviks, he confesses the novel brought him to tears. “A Gentleman in Moscow is an amazing story because it manages to be a little bit of everything. There’s fantastical romance, politics, espionage, parenthood, and poetry,” he writes, suggesting it not just for students of Russian history but for everyone who likes a great story well told. Find additional details on snapreads.com.
