I wish I knew how many books Bill Gates has read in his life. The man inspires me to read more, and now he’s out with a recommended reading list for 2013.

Gates spent the holidays catching up on some books and has five titles that he thinks you should check out.

  1. The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail — but Some Don’t by Nate Silver
  2. The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph E. Stiglitz
  3. Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu
  4. The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry and Invention by William Rosen
  5. Tap Dancing to Work by Carol J. Loomis

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

Previously on GeekWire: Bill Gates lists the top ten books of 2012 that made him think

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