4 novels Bill Gates thinks everyone should read

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Bill Gates, the former CEO of Microsoft, has said he breezes through about 50 books a year - or about a book a week.

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Most of the books are nonfiction. But Gates recommends the few fictional books with as much enthusiasm as the history or science books he loves so much.

Here are the novels he thinks everyone should read.