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Malcolm Timothy Gladwell CM (born 3 September 1963) is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker.[2] He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published seven books. He is also the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of the podcast company Pushkin Industries. Gladwell's writings often deal with the unexpected implications of research in the social sciences, such as sociology and psychology, and make frequent and extended use of academic work.

  1. 1Cover of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
  2. 2Cover of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
  3. 3Cover of Just Kids

    Just Kids

    Patti Smith · 2006 · 6 lists

  4. 4Cover of The Tipping Point
  5. 5Cover of Freakonomics

    Freakonomics

    Steven D. Levitt · 2005 · 4 lists

  6. 6Cover of Killing Floor

    Killing Floor

    Lee Child · 1997 · 3 lists

  7. 7Cover of 61 Hours

    61 Hours

    Lee Child · 2010 · 2 lists

  8. 8Cover of Fooled by Randomness
  9. 9Cover of Gone Tomorrow

    Gone Tomorrow

    Lee Child · 2008 · 2 lists

  10. 10Cover of Irresistible

    Irresistible

    Adam Alter · 1999 · 2 lists

  11. 11Cover of Loonshots

    Loonshots

    Safi Bahcall · 2019 · 2 lists

  12. 12Cover of Talking to Strangers
  13. 13Cover of The Hard Way

    The Hard Way

    Lee Child · 2006 · 2 lists

  14. 14Cover of The Little Drummer Girl
  15. 15Cover of Worth Dying For

    Worth Dying For

    Lee Child · 2010 · 2 lists

  16. 16Cover of You Look Like a Thing and I Love You
  17. 17Cover of A Thousand Pardons
  18. 18Cover of A Wanted Man

    A Wanted Man

    Lee Child · 2012 · 1 list

  19. 19Cover of Bad Luck and Trouble
  20. 20Cover of Blink

    Blink

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2004 · 1 list

  21. 21Cover of Company Man

    Company Man

    John Rizzo · 2014 · 1 list

  22. 22Cover of David and Goliath
  23. 23Cover of Die Trying

    Die Trying

    Lee Child · 1998 · 1 list

  24. 24Cover of Drunk Tank Pink

    Drunk Tank Pink

    Adam Alter · 2018 · 1 list

  25. 25Cover of Echo Burning

    Echo Burning

    Lee Child · 2001 · 1 list

  26. 26Cover of Empire of the Summer Moon
  27. 27Cover of Flash Boys

    Flash Boys

    Michael Lewis · 2014 · 1 list

  28. 28Cover of In Defense of a Liberal Education
  29. 29Cover of Make Me

    Make Me

    Lee Child · 2000 · 1 list

  30. 30Cover of Merchant Princes
  31. 31Cover of Never Go Back

    Never Go Back

    Lee Child · 2013 · 1 list

  32. 32Cover of Night School

    Night School

    Lee Child · 2014 · 1 list

  33. 33Cover of Nixon Agonistes

    Nixon Agonistes

    Garry Wills · 1970 · 1 list

  34. 34Cover of Nothing to Lose

    Nothing to Lose

    Lee Child · 1998 · 1 list

  35. 35Cover of One Shot

    One Shot

    Lee Child · 2005 · 1 list

  36. 36Cover of Outliers

    Outliers

    Malcolm Gladwell · 2008 · 1 list

  37. 37Cover of Past Tense

    Past Tense

    Lee Child · 2018 · 1 list

  38. 38Cover of Personal

    Personal

    Lee Child · 1895 · 1 list

  39. 39Cover of Persuader

    Persuader

    Lee Child · 2003 · 1 list

  40. 40Cover of Psychoanalysis

    Psychoanalysis

    Janet Malcolm · 1956 · 1 list

  41. 41Cover of Redirect

    Redirect

    Timothy D. Wilson · 2011 · 1 list

  42. 42Cover of Running Blind

    Running Blind

    Lee Child · 2000 · 1 list

  43. 43Cover of Strangers to Ourselves
  44. 44Cover of Stumbling on Happiness
  45. 45Cover of SuperFreakonomics
  46. 46Cover of The Affair

    The Affair

    Lee Child · 1920 · 1 list

  47. 47Cover of The Big Short

    The Big Short

    Michael Lewis · 2010 · 1 list

  48. 48Cover of The Blind Side

    The Blind Side

    Michael Lewis · 2006 · 1 list

  49. 49Cover of The Bomber Mafia
  50. 50Cover of The Checklist Manifesto
  51. 51Cover of The Enemy

    The Enemy

    Lee Child · 1945 · 1 list

  52. 52Cover of The Innovator's Dilemma
  53. 53Cover of The Midnight Line

    The Midnight Line

    Lee Child · 2017 · 1 list

  54. 54Cover of The Opposable Mind
  55. 55Cover of The Paris Architect
  56. 56Cover of The Person and the Situation
  57. 57Cover of The Russia House
  58. 58Cover of Traffic

    Traffic

    Tom Vanderbilt · 1904 · 1 list

  59. 59Cover of Tripwire

    Tripwire

    Lee Child · 1999 · 1 list

  60. 60Cover of Unleashing the Ideavirus
  61. 61Cover of Without Fail

    Without Fail

    Lee Child · 2002 · 1 list