Bill Gates, seen in 2019, acknowledged through a spokeswoman that he had an affair 20 years ago. He and his wife, Melinda French Gates, announced plans to divorce on May 3. Ashley Audrain The Push: A Novel. $26 at Amazon. Credit: Pamela Dorman Books. Fans of psychological thrillers, crack open this one about the relationship between mothers and daughters. Before The billionaire businessman on Monday revealed the book titles and explained why they're some of his favorite books of 2021 in a blog post titled "5 books I loved reading this year." In the no-holds-barred blog post, Gates who chews through around 50 books each year, wrote that he's leaned toward nonfiction over time, but that's been changing. As one of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs and celebrated philanthropists, Bill Gates must be extremely busy, but he still manages to read at least one book every week. As an unabashed bookworm, Gates’s tastes are quite eclectic and he’s created a reading list with books to appeal to every taste. Here are 10 books that Bill Gates Note: This compilation only includes lists from 2012 to 2019, since Gates did not post his year-end favorites for 2010 and 2011. From 5 Books to Enjoy This Winter (2019): “An American Marriage In his urgent, authoritative new book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need (Alfred A. Knopf, February 16, 2021) Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging From 1994 through 2020, Bill and Melinda Gates donated $36.8 billion to the Gates Foundation, most of it in gifts of Microsoft stock. Gates dropped to No. 2 in 2018, when Bezos overtook him for If your New Year’s resolution is to be healthier in 2020, his advice is a good place to start. Bill Gates shares five books on his end-of-year list that help you start 2020 on a good note: “An American Marriage” by Tayari Jones, “These Truths” by Jill Lepore, “Growth” by Vaclav Smil, “Prepared” by Diane Tavenner, and “Why We a7bhJyl.