5 books Bill Gates recommends for your summer reading

5 books Bill Gates recommends for your summer reading

Bill Gates' annual summer reading list has a theme for 2021: "the complicated relationship between humanity and nature," he writes in a blog post announcing the list, released Monday. "Maybe it's because everyone's lives have been upended by a virus," Gates writes. "Or maybe it's because I've spent the last couple months talking about what we need to do to avoid a climate disaster." Indeed, in February, Gates published " The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need," emphasizing the urgency of climate change and offering a blueprint for how to address the problem. "Whatever the reason, most of the books on my summer reading list this year touch on what happens when people come into conflict with the world around them," Gates writes. "I've included a look at how researchers are trying to undo damage done to the planet by humans, a deep dive about how your body keeps you safe from microscopic invaders, a president's memoir that addresses the fallout from an oil spill, and a novel about a group of ordinary people fighting to save the trees. (There's also a fascinating look at the downfall of one of America's greatest companies.)" Here are the five books