Bill Gates recently posted a reading list for summer 2018 on LinkedIn: 5 books worth reading this summer. He describes that whys and wherefores in the article, but I'd like to extend that with some links to more information and where you can pick up a copy of the books in St. Louis.

(SLPL is St. Louis Public Library, i.e., city library, SLCL is St. Louis County Library.)

Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson:
SLCL (audiobook) - SLPL (audiobook)

Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved, by Kate Bowler:
SLCL - SLPL

Lincoln in the Bardo, by George Saunders:
SLCL (audiobook) - SLPL (audiobook)

Origin Story: A Big History of Everything, by David Christian:
SLCL - SLPL

Factfulness, by Hans Rosling, with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund:
SLCL - SLPL