Books Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg
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Dealing with China
An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower
Henry M. Paulson
Source: "I've been personally interested as a student of Chinese culture, history and language. I'm looking forward to reading Paulson's perspective on what China's rise means for the world." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
Orwell's Revenge
The 1984 Palimpsest
Peter Huber
Source: "An alternate version of 1984. After seeing how history has actually played out, Huber's fiction describes how tools like the internet benefit people and change society for the better." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James
Source: "When I read 'Sapiens':, I found the chapter on the evolution of the role of religion in human life most interesting and something I wanted to go deeper on." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The Three-Body Problem (3 books)
Cixin Liu
Source: "A Chinese science fiction book that has gotten so popular there's now a Hollywood movie being made based on it." - Mark Zuckerberg
On Immunity
An Inoculation
Eula Biss
Source: "Explores the reasons why some people question vaccines, and then logically explains why the doubts are unfounded and vaccines are in fact effective and safe." - Mark Zuckerberg
3 recommenders
Why Nations Fail
The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Daron Acemoglu
Source: "Explores the different kinds of social institutions and incentives that nations have applied to encourage prosperity, economic development and elimination of poverty." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
Source: "Explores the question of whether science and technology make consistent forward progress or whether progress comes in bursts related to other social forces." - Mark Zuckerberg
Way of the Warrior Kid (4 books)
Jocko Willink
Source: "[My daughters] love it. And now they started training jiu-jitsu." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
The End of Power
From Boardrooms to Battlefields and Churches to States, Why Being In Charge Isn't What It Used to Be
Moises Naim
Source: "Explores how the world is shifting to give individual people more power that was traditionally only held by large governments, militaries and other organizations." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The New Jim Crow
Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander
Source: "I've been interested in learning about criminal justice reform for a while, and this book was highly recommended by several people I trust." - Mark Zuckerberg
3 recommenders
Rational Ritual
Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge
Michael Suk-Young Chwe
Source: "[About] how people process the world not only based on what we personally know, but what we know other people know and our shared knowledge as well." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
Creativity, Inc.
Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
Ed Catmull
Source: "I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity." - Mark Zuckerberg
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
Ben Horowitz
Source: "For anyone insterested in building, growing, or leading a great company, this book is an incredibly valuable resource." - Mark Zuckerberg
Energy
A Beginner's Guide
Vaclav Smil
Source: "Explores important topics around how energy works, how our production and use might evolve, and how this affects climate change." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
Lean In
Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Sheryl Sandberg
Source: "Combines [the author]'s ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people." - Mark Zuckerberg
Portfolios of the Poor
How the World's Poor Live on $2 a Day
Daryl Collins
Source: "It's mind-blowing that almost half the world -- almost 3 billion people -- live on $2.50 a day or less." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Why Violence Has Declined
Steven Pinker
Source: "About how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend." - Mark Zuckerberg
Rainbows End
A Novel with One Foot in the Future
Vernor Vinge
Source: "The augmented reality equivalent of some of the seminal works that talk about virtual reality." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: "This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world." - Mark Zuckerberg
Genome
The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters
Matt Ridley
Source: "Aims to tell a history of humanity from the perspective of genetics rather than sociology." - Mark Zuckerberg
4 recommenders
The Rational Optimist
How Prosperity Evolves
Matt Ridley
Source: "Argues [that] economic progress is the greater force [that] is pushing society forward." - Mark Zuckerberg
The Player of Games
Culture, Book 2
Iain M. Banks
Source: "A science fiction book about an advanced civilization with AI and a vibrant culture." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
The Last Days of Night
A Novel
Graham Moore
Source: "About the competition to electrify the nation between Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla." - Mark Zuckerberg
3 recommenders
World Order
Henry Kissinger
Source: "About foreign relations and how we can build peaceful relationships throughout the world." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
Gang Leader for a Day
A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Sudhir Venkatesh
Source: "Explores what life is like for those who don't live under effective governance." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The Muqaddimah
An Introduction to History
Ibn Ibn Khaldûn
Source: "A history of the world written by an intellectual who lived in the 1300s." - Mark Zuckerberg
1 recommender
The Idea Factory
Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
Jon Gertner
Source: "[Looks] at Bell Labs, which was one of the most innovative labs in history." - Mark Zuckerberg
4 recommenders
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
Source: "Played a big role in shaping my management style." - Mark Zuckerberg
Snow Crash
A Novel
Neal Stephenson
Source: "Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]." - Mark Zuckerberg
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Source: "Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]." - Mark Zuckerberg
The Beginning of Infinity
Explanations That Transform the World
David Deutsch
Source: "About how the way we explain things unlocks greater possibilities." - Mark Zuckerberg
Why We're Polarized
Ezra Klein
Source: "Goes through this decades-long analysis in the US." - Mark Zuckerberg
2 recommenders
Sapiens
A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "A big history narrative of human civilization." - Mark Zuckerberg
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The House of Rothschild, Vol 1
Rothschild, Book 3
Niall Ferguson
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender- 3 recommenders
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!"
Adventures of a Curious Character
Richard P. Feynman
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
Open
An Autobiography
Andre Agassi
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
3 recommenders
The Information
A History, a Theory, a Flood
James Gleick
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender
Physics of the Impossible
A Scientific Exploration into the World of Phasers, Force Fields, Teleportation, and Time Travel
Michio Kaku
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender
Einstein
His Life and Universe
Walter Isaacson
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
Xi Jinping
The Governance of China Volume 1
Xi Jinping
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Jon Meacham
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender
The Giving Tree
Shel Silverstein
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
3 recommenders
Ender's Shadow
Ender Saga, Book 5
Orson Scott Card
Source: On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.
1 recommender- 2 recommenders
3 recommenders
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