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CTOnews.com, Nov. 22, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is so fond of reading that he reads about 50 books a year, the equivalent of one a week. Every year, on his Gates Notes blog, he shares some of the excellent books he has read in the past 12 months. This year, he decided to list the five best books he had ever read. He points out that this is not a complete list of his favorite books, but he recommends them to friends and family.

CTOnews.com learned that the first book on the list was Robert Heinlein's "strangers in a Foreign Land" (Stranger in a Strange Land). Gates described the book as the best introduction to adult science fiction and explained why he liked it. "Paul Allen and I fell in love with Heinlein when we were kids, and this book is still one of my favorite science fiction novels," he said. It tells the story of a young man who grew up on Mars and returned to Earth and opened up a new faith. I think the best science fiction drives you to think about what might happen in the future, and Heinlein successfully predicted the rise of hippie culture a few years before it emerged. "

The next book is Surrender, a new book by U2 lead singer Bono. He described the book as the best memoir of a rock star and one of the newer books on the list. "this book was published this month, so it's the one I read recently on my list," Gates wrote. If you are a fan of U2, you are probably ready to read this book. Even if you are not, this is a super interesting book about how a boy from the suburbs of Dublin grew into a world-famous rock star and philanthropist. Luckily Bono and I are friends, but many of the stories he tells in surrender are new to me. "

Next up is Doris Kearns-Goodwin (Doris Kearns Goodwin)'s Lincoln and arch-rival staff (Team of Rivals), which Gates described as the best guide to leading the country. "I haven't read enough about Abraham Lincoln, and this is one of the best books on the subject," he said. I feel this book is particularly meaningful when our country again faces violent rebellion, racial problems and profound ideological differences. Goodwin is one of the best biographers in America, and Lincoln and the staff of his archrival can be said to be her masterpiece. "

The fourth book on the list is the best book Gates has ever read about getting out of his way, called the Miracle Power of body and mind (The Inner Game of Tennis), written by Robert Galway (Robert Gallwey). Explaining why he liked the book, Gates wrote: "this book published in 1974 is a must-read for all tennis players, but I think even people who have never played tennis will get something out of it." According to Gallwey, your mindset is as important as your physical fitness, and maybe even more important. He gave good advice on how to move forward constructively from his mistakes, and I have tried to follow them both on and off the pitch over the years. "

According to Gates, the last book on the list is the best book about the periodic table. Gates described the Mendeleyev's Dream by Paul Strathern as follows: "the history of chemistry is full of eccentricities like Dimitri Dimitri Mendeleyev, the Russian scientist who first proposed the periodic table and is said to have seen it in his dreams. Strathern's book traces this history back to the origins of ancient Greece. This is a fascinating perspective on how science develops and how human curiosity has evolved over thousands of years. "

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