Read Like Zuckerberg, Book Three
The next pick in Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fast-paced book club is:
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets, Sudhir Venkatesh (Penguin Press, 2008; HarperCollins Audio; Overdrive Sample)
The book was widely discussed when it was published and hit the extended NYT best seller list for one week in hardcover. NY Times review.
Previous A Year of Books picks:
The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined, Steven Pinker, (Penguin/Viking, 2011)
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, (Perseus/Basic Books, 2013)