Books recommended by Melinda Gates

Melinda Gates is a philanthropist, writer, and former Microsoft executive, where she worked for years before dedicating herself fully to humanitarian work. She is co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world, focused on causes such as global health, poverty reduction, and gender equality. In 2019, she published "The Moment of Lift," in which she argues that empowering women is a lever for social progress.

Her reading recommendations reflect this broad view of the world: books on inequality, public health, human development, and women's experiences appear frequently in her curation. With 32 recommendations, Gates offers a list that moves between analytical rigor and human narrative, useful for anyone who wants to understand the world's major challenges from a perspective committed to social transformation.