Mark Zuckerberg resolves to read a book every other week in 2015

Published: Jan 5, 2015 12:10 p.m. ET

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Mark Zuckerberg will read more than the average American in 2015.

New York (MarketWatch)—While most people have vowed to lead a healthier lifestyle in 2015, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is a bit more interesting with his New Year’s resolution.

The Facebook FB, -2.38% founder crowdsourced his 2015 resolution—calling on his 20 million-plus friends—and ultimately decided on reading a new book every other week.

“I’m excited for my reading challenge,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Facebook. “Books allow you to fully explore a topic and immerse yourself in a deeper way than most media today.”

Essentially, Zuckerberg is planning to read 26 books in 2015. That will put him ahead of the average American, who in 2013 read one book a month, according to the Pew Research Center.

In his post, Zuckerberg said this challenge will allow him to focus on learning about different cultures, beliefs, histories and technologies.

Some of Zuckerberg’s past resolutions have included:

* 2014: Learning to speak Mandarin

* 2013: Meeting one new person, who doesn’t work at Facebook, every day.

* 2012: Writing a thank-you note each day to someone who made the world better.

* 2011: Being a vegetarian (or only eating meat if I killed the animal myself).

* 2010: Wearing a tie every day

Zuckerberg, sitting at the helm of the global community that is Facebook, established a way for those interested to get involved and follow along—more than 140,000 members ‘liked’ a community page the 30-year-old CEO created called “A Year of Books” as of Monday morning.

Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -1.63%  co-founder Bill Gates, also a keen reader, may join Zuckerberg’s book club. See: The five best books Bill Gates read in 2014

Zuckerberg’s first book of 2015 will be Moisés Naím’s “The End of Power.” In a 2013 review, former head of the World Bank Robert Zoellick said Naím’s main goal with “The End of Power” is to present people with a different way of thinking about power and that Naím, an economist and former Venezuelan Minister of Trade and Industry, resolves to adapt political parties to “inspire and mobilize people—especially the young.”

“At a time when critics of overreaching governments, big banks, media moguls and concentrated wealth decry the power of the ‘1%’,” Zoellick writes, “Mr. Naím argues that leaders of all types—political, corporate, military, religious, union—face bigger, more complex problems with weaker hands than in the past.”

Trey Williams reports for MarketWatch from New York. You can follow him on Twitter @Trey3Williams.

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