Melinda Gates, who helped libraries get $1 billion, shares three favourite books

Bill Gates ex-wife and philanthropist Melinda French Gates who helped direct $1 billion to libraries worldwide has shared a new reading list. The list shared includes two debut novels and a new release from one of America's best-known authors. In a recent Instagram post, Melinda Gates shared what she called "a few of my favourite reads from the last months." The three titles are Whistler by Ann Patchett, The Correspondent by Virginia Evans, and Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. She closed the post with a question for her followers: what have you read recently that you loved, and what is on your list for fall? The picks combine established literary acclaim with strong reader enthusiasm. Two of the three are debut novels that have spent months on bestseller lists and climbed to the top of Goodreads rankings.