books recommended by Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller list.

Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. His first five books were on The New York Times Best Seller list.

books recommended by Malcolm Gladwell

The Innovator's Dilemma

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton M. Christensen

Loonshots

Loonshots

Safi Bahcall

Fooled by Randomness

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The Checklist Manifesto

The Checklist Manifesto

Atul Gawande

Stumbling on Happiness

Stumbling on Happiness

Daniel Todd Gilbert

Freakonomics

Freakonomics

Steven D. Levitt

Just Kids

Just Kids

Patti Smith

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

You Look Like a Thing and I Love You

Janelle Shane

Irresistible

Irresistible

Adam Alter

The Big Short

The Big Short

Michael Lewis

Redirect

Redirect

Timothy D. Wilson

Empire of the Summer Moon

Empire of the Summer Moon

S. C. Gwynne

SuperFreakonomics

SuperFreakonomics

Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

Drunk Tank Pink

Drunk Tank Pink

Adam Alter

Unleashing the Ideavirus

Unleashing the Ideavirus

Seth Godin

Worth Dying For

Worth Dying For

Lee Child

Nixon Agonistes

Nixon Agonistes

Garry Wills

In Defense of a Liberal Education

In Defense of a Liberal Education

Fareed Zakaria

Strangers to Ourselves

Strangers to Ourselves

Timothy D. Wilson

The Blind Side

The Blind Side

Michael Lewis

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John le Carré

One Shot

One Shot

Lee Child

Echo Burning

Echo Burning

Lee Child

The Affair

The Affair

Lee Child

Flash Boys

Flash Boys

Michael Lewis

Company Man

Company Man

John Rizzo

Bad Luck and Trouble

Bad Luck and Trouble

Lee Child

The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl

John le Carré

Personal

Personal

Lee Child

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Lee Child

Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis

Janet Malcolm

Killing Floor

Killing Floor

Lee Child

Without Fail

Without Fail

Lee Child

A Wanted Man

A Wanted Man

Lee Child

Never Go Back

Never Go Back

Lee Child

Merchant Princes

Merchant Princes

Leon A. Harris

The Russia House

The Russia House

John le Carré

Die Trying

Die Trying

Lee Child

The Opposable Mind

The Opposable Mind

Roger Martin

A Thousand Pardons

A Thousand Pardons

Jonathan Dee

Make Me

Make Me

Lee Child

Tripwire

Tripwire

Lee Child

The Enemy

The Enemy

Lee Child

61 Hours

61 Hours

Lee Child

Persuader

Persuader

Lee Child

Little Drummer Girl

Little Drummer Girl

John le Carré

Nothing to Lose

Nothing to Lose

Lee Child

Night School

Night School

Lee Child

The Midnight Line

The Midnight Line

Lee Child

Past Tense

Past Tense

Lee Child

Running Blind

Running Blind

Lee Child

The Paris Architect

The Paris Architect

Charles Belfoure

Traffic

Traffic

Tom Vanderbilt

The Person and the Situation

The Person and the Situation

Richard Nisbett & Lee Ross

Gone Tomorrow

Gone Tomorrow

Lee Child

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The Innovator's Dilemma

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