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What Bill Gates is reading now, from 3 standout non-fiction titles to 'every word' written by the late beloved novelist David Foster Wallace
https://amp.businessinsider.com/books-bill-gates-is-reading-now-david-foster-wallace-2019-9
>Although Gates devotes less time to reading fiction, he told the Journal that he plans to read "every word" David Foster Wallace has ever written before embarking on the novelist's masterwork, "Infinite Jest."
>Wallace is known for writing essays, short stories, and novels about everything from tennis to lobsters. The late author's second novel, "Infinite Jest," is an epic comedy about a film - itself called "Infinite Jest" - that is so enjoyable anyone who watches it will become addicted to it, even watching it until they die.
>"I don't start books without finishing them, so starting a 1,600-page book with massive footnotes is daunting even for an ambitious reader," Gates told the Journal. "There are books like that that go around the world several times before I open them up."