Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Mark Zuckerberg

Co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms

Mark Zuckerberg is the co-founder and CEO of Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook), which he launched from his Harvard dorm room in 2004.

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Mark Zuckerberg co-founded Facebook in 2004, building it into one of the world's largest social media platforms with billions of users. As CEO of Meta Platforms, he has overseen the company's evolution from a social network to a metaverse-focused technology conglomerate. His reading interests span business strategy, physics, history, and biography.

45 Books Recommended by Mark Zuckerberg

Ranked by popularity across all reading lists on this site

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The Hard Thing About Hard Things

by Ben Horowitz

26 people recommended

For anyone insterested in building, growing, or leading a great company, this book is an incredibly valuable resource.

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Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Balaji Srinivasan, Michael Dell, Larry Page, Peter Thiel, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Marc Andreessen, Balaji S. Srinivasan, Andrew Ng, Andrew Wilkinson, Blake Scholl, Chris Dixon, Fred Wilson, Jodie Cook, Kathryn Minshew, Keith Rabois, Luis Von Ahn, Marty Cagan, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Peter Attia, Raoul Pal, Tim Ferriss, Vijay Shekhar Sharma

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#3

Zero to One

by Peter A. Thiel

24 people recommended

This book delivers completely new and refreshing ideas on how to create value in the world.

Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Eric Jorgenson, Dustin Moskovitz, Kishore Biyani, Marc Andreessen, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Altman, Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Bryan Johnson, Brian Dean, Chris Dixon, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Lee Stranahan, Luis Von Ahn, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Petersen, Tom Bilyeu, Derek Sivers

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#4

Snow Crash

by Neal Stephenson

15 people recommended

Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book].

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Cameron Winklevoss, Ev Williams, Tobi Lutke, Adam Savage, Brandon Stanton, Austen Allred, Fred Wilson, Nolan Bushnell, Ryan Shea, Seth Godin

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#5

The Better Angels of Our Nature

by Steven Pinker

13 people recommended

About how and why violence has steadily decreased throughout our history, and how we can continue this trend.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Ben Silbermann, Eric Schmidt, John Arnold, Aj Jacobs, Chris Anderson, Anthony Pompliano, Jack Kornfield, Lex Fridman, Mark Manson, Penn Jillette, Stewart Brand

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High Output Management

by Andrew S. Grove

13 people recommended

Played a big role in shaping my management style.

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Also recommended by: Larry Ellison, Brian Armstrong, Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, John Doerr, Marc Andreessen, Ron Conway, Tobi Lutke, Ben Horowitz, Justin Kan, Keith Rabois, Sahil Lavingia

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#7

“Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”

by Richard P. Feynman

11 people recommended

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Brian Armstrong, Ev Williams, James Clear, Noah Kagan, Peter Attia, Sahil Lavingia, Tim Ferriss

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#8

The Rational Optimist

by Matt Ridley

11 people recommended

Argues [that] economic progress is the greater force [that] is pushing society forward.

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Bill Gates, John Arnold, Marc Andreessen, Rupert Murdoch, Bill Gurley, Anthony Pompliano, Jordan Peterson, Mr Money Mustache, Nick Szabo

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#9

The Beginning of Infinity

by David Deutsch

9 people recommended

About how the way we explain things unlocks greater possibilities.

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Patrick Collison, Chris Anderson, Mark Bell, Ryan Shea, Sam Harris, Steven Pinker, Derek Sivers

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#10

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

9 people recommended

Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book].

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Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Astro Teller, Bill Gurley, Austen Allred, Barry Ritholtz, George R R Martin, Jenn Im, Steve Jurvetson

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#11

Einstein

by Walter Isaacson

8 people recommended

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Ray Dalio, Sam Altman, Charlie Munger, Ed Zschau, George Raveling, Scott Belsky

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#12

Creativity, Inc.

by Ed Catmull

8 people recommended

I love reading first-hand accounts about how people build great companies like Pixar and nurture innovation and creativity.

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Also recommended by: Alexis Ohanian, Demis Hassabis, Ezra Klein, Jason Calacanis, Michael Mauboussin, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Trung Phan

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#13

Lean In

by Sheryl Sandberg

8 people recommended

Combines [the author]'s ability to synthesize information with her understanding of how to get the best out of people.

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Also recommended by: John Doerr, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, Alicia Keys, Arianna Huffington, Jim Collins, Mindy Kaling

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#14

The Republic

by Plato

6 people recommended

On the "favorite books" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Sam Altman, Vlad Tenev, Maria Popova, Mark Manson, Nolan Bushnell

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#15

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

by Thomas S. Kuhn

6 people recommended

Explores the question of whether science and technology make consistent forward progress or whether progress comes in bursts related to other social forces.

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Also recommended by: Steve Jobs, Brad Delong, David Deutsch, Paul Graham, Stanislav Grof

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#16

Open

by Andre Agassi

5 people recommended

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Dave Elitch, Shaun White, Tim Ferriss

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#17

The New Jim Crow

by Michelle Alexander

5 people recommended

I've been interested in learning about criminal justice reform for a while, and this book was highly recommended by several people I trust.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, J Cole, Steve Kerr, Sunny Hostin

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#18

The Giving Tree

by Shel Silverstein

5 people recommended

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Chris Sacca, Alexis Ohanian, Jen Rubio, Michael Batnick

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#19

Genome

by Matt Ridley

4 people recommended

Aims to tell a history of humanity from the perspective of genetics rather than sociology.

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Also recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Charlie Munger, Nick Szabo

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#20

The Idea Factory

by Jon Gertner

4 people recommended

[Looks] at Bell Labs, which was one of the most innovative labs in history.

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Also recommended by: Patrick Collison, Ron Conway, David Friedberg

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4 people recommended

Goes through this decades-long analysis in the US.

Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Julia Galef, Steve Kerr

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#22

On Immunity

by Eula Biss

3 people recommended

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.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Ryan Shea

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#23

Decoded

by Jay-Z

3 people recommended

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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Also recommended by: Lebron James, Sahil Lavingia

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#24

The Last Days of Night

by Graham Moore

3 people recommended

About the competition to electrify the nation between Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla.

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Also recommended by: Vinod Khosla, Chris Dixon

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3 people recommended

Great book.

Also recommended by: Travis Kalanick, Tim Ferriss

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#26

Energy

by Vaclav Smil

2 people recommended

Explores important topics around how energy works, how our production and use might evolve, and how this affects climate change.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates

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#27

Why Nations Fail

by Daron Acemoglu

2 people recommended

Explores the different kinds of social institutions and incentives that nations have applied to encourage prosperity, economic development and elimination of poverty.

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Also recommended by: Bill Gates

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#28

The Player of Games

by Iain M Banks

2 people recommended

A science fiction book about an advanced civilization with AI and a vibrant culture.

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Also recommended by: Lex Fridman

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#29

Dealing with China

by Henry M. Paulson

2 people recommended

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.

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Also recommended by: Anthony Pompliano

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#30

Aeneid

by Virgil

2 people recommended

I enjoyed reading.

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Also recommended by: Ryan Holiday

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#31

The House of Rothschild, Vol 1

by Niall Ferguson

On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.

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#32

The Muqaddimah

by Ibn Ibn KhaldΓ»n

A history of the world written by an intellectual who lived in the 1300s.

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#33

Portfolios of the Poor

by Daryl Collins

It's mind-blowing that almost half the world -- almost 3 billion people -- live on $2.50 a day or less.

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#34

The Information

by James Gleick

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#35

Physics of the Impossible

by Michio Kaku

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#36

Xi Jinping

by Xi Jinping

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#37

American Lion

by Jon Meacham

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#38

The End of Power

by Moises Naim

Explores how the world is shifting to give individual people more power that was traditionally only held by large governments, militaries and other organizations.

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#39

Gang Leader for a Day

by Sudhir Venkatesh

Explores what life is like for those who don't live under effective governance.

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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.

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The Varieties of Religious Experience

by William James

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.

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#42

Rational Ritual

by Michael Suk-Young Chwe

[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.

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#43

World Order

by Henry Kissinger

About foreign relations and how we can build peaceful relationships throughout the world.

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#44

Rainbows End

by Vernor Vinge

The augmented reality equivalent of some of the seminal works that talk about virtual reality.

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On the "books read" section of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook profile.