"I'm not convinced that The Iliad is actually his favourite"
Mariella Frostrup and Professor John Mullan debate Mark Zuckerberg's reading list, as he says he wants to read 26 books in a year.
Below are the books they suggested he should read.
Mariella Frostrup:
The Scramble for Africa by Thomas Pakenham
The History of the World by Frank Welsh
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Naples '44 by Norman Lewis
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush by Eric Newby
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Professor John Mullan:
Candide by Voltaire
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
Money by Martin Amis
Memorial by Alice Oswald
Emma by Jane Austen
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