Below some of top recommendations. for a more complete view of the books, including reviews and comments, see his bookshelf by Bill Gates himself
“Tap Dancing to Work” by Carol Loomis
“Making the Modern World” by Vaclav Smil
“The Sixth Extinction” by Elizabeth Kolbert
“Stress Test” by Timothy Geithner
“The Better Angels of Our Nature” by Steven Pinker
“The Man Who Fed the World” by Leon Hesser
“Business Adventures” by John Brooks
“The Bully Pulpit” by Doris Kearns Goodwin
“The Rosie Project” by Graeme Simsion