微软的合作创始人之一、慈善家比尔·盖茨一直坚持阅读和写书评的习惯。最近，他发布了一份自己作了注解的书单，列出了2016年来他最爱的书。

 String Theory

by David Foster Wallace

《弦理论》

戴维·福斯特·华莱士  著

本书简介：

这位已故作者的散文集会让你在火车或者飞机上“看起来超级聪慧”，因为你看上去是在读物理，即便你其实读的是网球。

盖茨书评：

As much as I loved the book for its insights on the game, I loved it just as much for the writing itself. 

我喜欢这本书里有关网球的洞见，我同样喜欢这本书本身的写作方式。

I now understand why people talk about David Foster Wallace with the same kind of awe that tennis fans use to talk about a Roger Federer or Serena Williams.

我现在理解缘何人们谈起戴维·福斯特·华莱士时流露出景仰之情和网球粉丝谈论起罗杰·费德勒、塞雷娜·威廉姆斯时如出一辙。

Wallace’s ability to use language is mind-blowing. He’s an artist who approaches a canvas with the exact same oil paints everyone before him has used and then applies them in breathtaking new and creative ways.

华莱士的语言驾驭能力令人脑洞大开。他是名艺术家，他在帆布上和前人用同样的油料，然后用焕然一新又极富创意的手法展现出来，摄人心魄。

 Shoe Dog

by Phil Knight

《爱鞋者》

菲尔·奈特 著

本书简介：

菲尔·奈特回忆道，刚从商校毕业时，他向父亲借了50美元开了家“会成为耐克”的公司。这恳切地提醒人们，生意要成功不可避免会有错误和混乱。

盖茨书评：

Knight opens up in a way few CEOs are willing to do. He’s incredibly tough on himself and his failings.

奈特开辟的道路很少有CEO愿意去走。他出奇地坚韧，无论是对待自己还是对待失败。

He doesn’t fit the mold of the bold, dashing　entrepreneur. He’s shy, introverted, and often insecure. He’s given to nervous ticks –snapping rubber bands on his wrist and hugging himself when stressed in business negotiations.

他不是大胆莽撞的创业人士。他害羞、内向，常常没有安全感。他神经容易紧张，会弹弹手腕上的橡皮筋，商业谈判压力大的时候就抱紧自己。

 The Myth of the Strong Leader

by Archie Brown

《有力领导的神话》

艾奇·布朗 著

本书简介：

说话占主导者能成为好领导，而政治科学家艾奇·布朗对此观点颇有微词，为合作型人物提出论辩。

盖茨书评：

Brown could not have predicted how resonant his book would become in 2016.

布朗不会料到这本书在2016年能引起这么大的共鸣。

Brown takes a deep look at the traits and tendencies leaders exhibit, and the categories they fall into, as a way of understanding the egos, motivations, and behaviors responsible for so much progress, and so much suffering, in the world.

世上进步发展与苦难良多，布朗深入观察了领导展现出的特质、倾向、及所属类别，视其为理解自我、动机和行为的方式。

 The Gene: An Intimate History

by Siddhartha Mukherjee

《基因：一个亲密的历史》

悉达多·慕克吉 著

本书简介：

新基因编辑工具在技术层面不可思议，在道德层面令人困惑。盖茨转向肿瘤学家悉达多·慕克吉的书寻求基因背景下的向导。

盖茨书评：

Post-Genome: The Genetics of Fate and Future

后基因：遗传学的命运与未来。

Within 10 years, it will be possible for clinicians to use genome editing to help people with diseases caused by a single faulty gene, such as cystic fibrosis—an unquestionably ethical use of this new technology.

十年之内，临床医师有望运用基因编辑来帮助由基因缺陷而发病的患者；譬如，囊肿性纤维化则毫无疑问是这一新技术的伦理应用。

 The Grid: The Fraying Wires 

Between Americans and Our Energy Future 

by Gretchen Bakke

《网格：美国人的磨损电线的和我们的能源未来》

格雷琴·巴克 著

本书简介：

文化人类学者格雷琴·巴克重新整合了美国电网的当今价值、思考了新能源来源。

盖茨书评：

Even if you have never given a moment’s thought to how electricity reaches your outlets, I think this book would convince you that the electrical grid is one of the greatest engineering wonders of the modern world.

即便你从未有过一刻来思考电是如何到达你家商铺的，我认为这本书能让你相信电网是现代世界最伟大的工程奇迹之一。

I think you would also come to see why modernizing the grid is so complex and so critical for building our clean-energy future.

我相信你也会意识到缘何电网现代化是如此复杂，而打造未来洁净能源又是何等重要。

盖茨推荐，必属精品，英大要去研究研究了（虽然这些书都很高深的样子...）

编辑：君儿、山风