Bill Gates’s first book, published in 1995 with Nathan Myhrvold and Peter Rinearson, was The Road Ahead.
The Road Ahead examined how personal computers, networks, and the emerging information superhighway might change communication, business, education, and daily life. It appeared during a period when internet access was beginning to expand rapidly beyond research and specialist communities.
Gates wrote the book with Microsoft executive Nathan Myhrvold and writer Peter Rinearson. A revised edition followed as online technology developed and some predictions needed updating. The book became a major example of Gates’s public writing about technology and the future.
It is distinct from Gates’s later books. Business @ the Speed of Thought focused on digital business practices, while How to Avoid a Climate Disaster addressed climate change. The Road Ahead is the correct title for Gates’s 1995 debut book.