Bill Gates needs little introduction. As an entrepreneur who founded the world's largest software business, he is not only one of the richest, but also one of the most influential people alive today. Gates is known to take weeks off at a time to allow himself to think and read in a secluded cabin in the woods, proclaiming that reading is still the main way he learns new things and tests his understanding. We're taking stock of 5 titles Gates read in 2019 to help you start 2020 with some quality recommendations. 

Elon Musk is a modern-day visionary with an audacious plan: to terraform and colonize Mars, making it the new home for the human civilization. Musk credits reading as the secret behind his astounding accomplishments and his cathedral thinking. Like all brilliant minds, Musk is a certified bookworm with a voracious appetite for the written word. These are 8 books that inspired him, shaped his life and career, and played a crucial role in his success.

It's no secret that the 44th President of the United States is a voracious reader. Barack Obama has been recommending dozens of books to fellow bibliophiles every year through his social media channels, a tradition he has kept alive even after leaving office. With the turn of the decade and a good part of 2020 still ahead of us, we're looking back at his favorite books of 2019 to give our readers some great suggestions on what to read this year.

Timothy Ferris is an American Entrepreneur, educational activist and author of the best-selling book “The 4- Hour Workweek”. Here is our list of nine books he recommended as must-reads in 2019.