Books Mark Zuckerberg thinks you should read this winter: Facebook CEO’s choices are far from light reads
- Zuckerberg launched a book club in January 2015, with a reading list focused on ‘different cultures, beliefs, histories, and technologies’
- Here are his top picks, from a 1377 text on humanity by an Islamic historian to a philosophy book written by a physicist
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a single mission: to connect people around the world. It’s one reason why he decided to launch a book club in January 2015, with a reading list that focused on “different cultures, beliefs, histories, and technologies”.
Although the birth of his daughter, Max, kept him from hitting his goal of a book every two weeks, he ended 2018 with 23 selections in his A Year of Books reading group.
During the summer of 2019, he recommended another book.
Here are a list of his picks and why he thinks everyone should read them.
I’ve been interested in learning about criminal justice reform for a while, and [Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow] was highly recommended by several people I trust
1. The Muqaddimah, by Ibn Khaldun
The Muqaddimah, which translates to “The Introduction,” was written in 1377 by the Islamic historian Khaldun. It’s an attempt to strip away biases of historical records and find universal elements in the progression of humanity.