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A Year of Books: Facebook Book Club (Mark Zuckerberg Book Club)

In 2015 Facebook launched a book discussion program called "A Year of Books" (also known as "Mark Zuckerberg's book club"). The group selects a new book every 2 weeks and discusses the titles at www.facebook.com/ayearofbooks.

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23 items

  • The Beginning of Infinity

    Explanations That Transform the World

    Deutsch, David, 1953-
    Twenty-third and final selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Viking Adult, 2011. — Q175.32.E97D48 2011
  • Twenty-second selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2014. — JZ1242.K573 2014
  • The Idea Factory

    Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation

    Gertner, Jon
    Twenty-first selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, 2012. — TK5102.3.U6G47 2012
  • Twentieth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Tor Books, 2014. — FICTION
  • The Rational Optimist

    How Prosperity Evolves

    Ridley, Matt
    Nineteenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Harper, 2010. — HB251.R54 2010
  • Why Nations Fail

    the Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

    Acemoglu, Daron
    Eighteenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    PaperbackNew York : Crown Business, c2012. — HB74.P65A28 2012
  • Portfolios of the Poor

    How the World's Poor Live on Two Dollars a Day

    Seventeenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookPrinceton : Princeton University Press, c2009. — HC79.P6 P67 2009
  • Genome

    the Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters

    Ridley, Matt
    Fifteenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    PaperbackNew York : Perennial, 2000, c1999. — QH431.R475 2000
  • Energy

    a Beginner's Guide

    Smil, Vaclav
    Fourteenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookOxford [UK] : Oneworld, c2006. — QC73.S53 2006
  • Thirteenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    PaperbackNew York : Orbit, 2008. — FIC BANKS
  • Sapiens

    a Brief History of Humankind

    Harari, Yuval N.,
    Twelfth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    PaperbackNew York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] — CB113.H4H3713 2015
  • The Muqaddimah

    An Introduction to History

    Ibn Khaldūn, 1332-1406
    Eleventh selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookPrinceton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1967. — D16.7.I233 1967b
  • The New Jim Crow

    Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

    Alexander, Michelle
    Tenth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : New Press, c2012.
  • Ninth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Free Press ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, c1994. — FICTION
  • Dealing With China

    An Insider Unmasks the New Economic Superpower

    Paulson, Henry M., 1946-
    Eighth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Twelve/Hachette Book Group, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, 2015. — HC427.95.P38 2015
  • Rational Ritual

    Culture, Coordination, and Common Knowledge

    Chwe, Michael Suk-Young, 1965-
    Seventh selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    PaperbackPrinceton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2013. — HM651.C49 2013
  • Creativity, Inc.

    Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

    Catmull, Edwin E.
    Fifth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookNew York : Random House, [2014] — HD53.C394 2014
  • On Immunity

    An Inoculation

    Biss, Eula
    Fourth selection in Facebook's "A Year of Books" discussion series.
    BookMinneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, c2014. — QR185.3.B57 2014