Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is connecting people from all around the world. The reason why he decided to launch a Facebook-based book club last year, 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 the year with 23 selections in his A Year of Books reading group. We’ve put together a list of his picks and according to mark everyone should read these books. The Muqaddimah’ by Ibn Khaldun The New Jim Crow’ by Michelle Alexander Why Nations Fail’ by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson The Rational Optimist’ by Matt Ridley Portfolios of the Poor’ by Daryl Collins, Jonathan Morduch, Stuart Rutherford, and Orlanda Ruthven World Order’ by Henry Kissinger The Varieties of Religious Experience’ by William James Creativity, Inc.’ by Ed Catmull Sapiens’ by Yuval Noah Harari The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’ by Thomas S. Kuhn Dealing with China’ by Henry M. Paulson Jr. The Beginning of Infinity’ by David Deutsch The Better Angels of Our Nature’ by Steven Pinker Genome’ by Matt Ridley The End of Power’ by Moisés Naím On Immunity’ by Eula Biss The Idea Factory’ by Jon Gertner The Three-Body Problem’ by Cixin Liu Gang Leader for a Day’ by Sudhir Venkatesh The Player of Games’ by Iain M. Banks Orwell’s Revenge’ by Peter Huber Energy: A Beginner’s Guide’ by Vaclav Smil Rational Ritual’ by Michael Suk-Young Chwe