Books to put on your airport reading list this month

Here are five books, which range from inspirational to practical, that will make long-haul flights seem like a breeze

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A good book can make the hours fly by and are the perfect antidote to hours of staring at a laptop or the exhaustion of a long-haul flight. From Bill Gates' memories of his early years to notes about mindful living to advice on HR and people management, here is a list of books to put on your list this month.

We all know the myth of Bill Gates dropping out of college to code in a garage, of pouring millions into healthcare, of the messy divorce, and of the allegations of sexual harassment, but his memoir is all about his life before he became a software mogul and a philanthropist. Gates, who has written about climate change and technology in the past, now reflects on his almost idyllic childhood in upper middle-class America of the 1960s and 70s and the people who influenced his life in those early years. Within these anecdotes and memories are the seeds of the man he would grow into, his competitiveness and his enterprising attitude. (Penguin Random House India, ₹1,399)