> Bill Gates’s constant companion is a tote bag full of books. He digests about one book per week, typically on topics that overlap with the Bill & Melinda Gate

> Bill Gates’s constant companion is a tote bag full of books. He digests about one book per week, typically on topics that overlap with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s agenda. He says recent standout titles include “Prepared” by educator Diane Tavenner, about helping kids find a path to a fulfilled life; “Loonshots,” Safi Bahcall ’s book about nurturing creative ideas that may initially seem nuts; and “These Truths,” a re-examination of U.S. history by Jill Lepore. Bill Gates actively blogs about his reading at https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books https://www.gatesnotes.com/Books