Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van PeltRecommendsHoliday 2025 list
Gates's fiction pick for the 2025 holidays, a novel about an older woman working night shifts at an aquarium; he said it made him think about life after retirement.
“I loved this terrific novel about Tova, a 70-year-old woman who works night shifts cleaning an aquarium”Bill Gates
Source: Gates Notes reading lists (5 book recommendations for the holidays) (article, 25 Nov 2025)