gatessmall111It’s always fun learning which books are in Bill Gates’ giant tote bag of old-fashioned books he lugs around, and now the Microsoft co-founder is out with his summer 2013 reading list.

Gates, who is speaking at Microsoft today, shared the books he plans to read in the coming months and they range from topics like women in Africa to the origination of shipping containers to a fiction book about terrorists.

gatesbooksjulyHere’s the list:

And here are some other books that Gates has recommended in the past:

Have you already read any of these, or do you recommend other titles? Comment below.

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