The Power

by Naomi Alderman · 2016

Naomi Alderman's speculative novel about a world transformed when women develop a new physical power.

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Author of The Power, included in Bill Gates's 2022 summer reading list.

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Bill Gates Co-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist

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Documented citation: Gates included The Power in his 2022 summer reading list.

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Gates Notes · 2022 · accessed 2026-06-22

The first-party Gates Notes page presents these titles as Bill Gates books for summer reading in 2022; the catalog text is a summary rather than a verbatim quote.

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