Bill Gates has some recommendations for your summer reading.

The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist posted a list of three books (and one television series) to help people get through the dog days of the season.

Gates’ fiction pick is Bruce Holsinger’s Culpability, a novel about a family dealing with the aftermath of a fatal accident involving their self-driving minivan. “A novel that deals with big questions like that could become ponderous, but Holsinger keeps the action moving,” Gates wrote. “You don’t know which way the plot will go next.”

For nonfiction, Gates recommended Andrew Ross Sorkin’s 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—And How It Shattered a Nation. “The factors that led to the stock market crash of 1929 were super complex,” Gates wrote, “and he really helps you understand the various players involved—although I had to write down the names of the key people to keep track of them! While banking systems are a lot more resilient today, I think it’s important to understand what went wrong to ensure we don’t make the same mistakes again.”

Gates shared that he and his girlfriend sometimes listen to audiobooks while doing puzzles, and had a pick for those who prefer audio to the written word: Theodore H. Schwartz’s Gray Matters: A Biography of Brain Surgery, narrated by Sean Pratt. “Schwartz does a fantastic job of explaining the maladies of the brain and what it’s like to be a neurosurgeon,” he wrote.

And for those whose to-be-read pile is already robust, Gates recommended a television show: the second season of the medical drama The Pitt. “I just finished Season 2, and the show is spectacular (but I get why some people find it too intense or graphic to watch),” he wrote.

Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.