Daily Times

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