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Malcolm Gladwell's books and book recommendations
Across 7 podcasts. Every show Malcolm Gladwell appears on, in one place — not just one.
Malcolm Gladwell is a British-Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996, has published eight books, and serves as the host of the podcast Revisionist History and co-founder of Pushkin Industries. During various podcast appearances, Gladwell discussed several books, including his own works. On The Megyn Kelly Show, he recommended David J. Epstein's book Range during a conversation comparing early specialization versus trying multiple sports, and he defended the concept of the 10,000 hours rule from chapter three of his own book Outliers. He also referenced Margaret Mitchell's novel Gone with the Wind to discuss its immense historical popularity and its connection to an episode of his podcast. Additionally, while appearing on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von, Gladwell engaged in discussions about his book Outliers, clarifying the title and discussing preparation and sports history, thereby connecting literary themes to broader cultural and biographical anecdotes.
Books by Malcolm Gladwell
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Blink
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Outliers
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The Tipping Point
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David and Goliath
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What the dog saw and other adventure stories
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Talking to Strangers
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The Bomber Mafia
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Revenge of the Tipping Point
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Malcolm Gladwell Collected
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Outliers... in 30 Minutes
Books recommended by Malcolm Gladwell
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is a fascinating exploration of the external factors, cultural legacies, and hidden advantages that enable certain individuals to achieve extraordinary success.
Discussed“That's not the name of the book. No that was Outliers my book got Outliers. I always remind somebody to kind of that would probably be that.”
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Talking to Strangers
Talking to Strangers is a nonfiction book by Malcolm Gladwell that explores how people misjudge interactions with unfamiliar individuals.
Discussed“but also a big argument of talking to strangers is that in the end what we perceive is a failing our inability to read other people”
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Fleetwood My Life and Adventures
Fleetwood My Life and Adventures by Mick Fleetwood is the autobiographical account of the legendary rock drummer and co-founder of the band Fleetwood Mac.
Recommended“I had just read Mick fleetwood's autobiography which is one of the great autobiographies of all time”
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Range
Range by David J.
Discussed“so there's a really lovely book that was written by a friend of mine david epstein um and uh it was uh it's called range”
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A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking's landmark popular science book has served as an iconic introduction to cosmology and black holes for millions of readers worldwide.
Discussed“it's like the the remember when Stephen Hawking's a short history of time was a bestseller and there was a kind of an open joke about whether anyone who was buying it was reading it”
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Contempt and pity
Discussed“I was just both read the Great Book on this is darl Scott's uh contempt and pity um who's a he's a a very good black historian at Howard”
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Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell is a massive historical novel set in the American South during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, centered on the character Scarlett O'Hara.
Discussed“yes margaret who wrote gone gone with the wind was killed by a drunk driver”
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The Bomber Mafia
The Bomber Mafia is a non-fiction book by Malcolm Gladwell that examines a group of American World War II strategists and their pursuit of precision bombing.
Discussed“and um again it's just a yeah that's part of that's sort of the backdrop for the story i was trying to tell in bomber mafia”
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The Little Drummer Girl
The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré is a sophisticated espionage thriller that delves into the intricate moral complexities and geopolitical tensions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Discussed“I thought I've Al a little drummer girl is um really fantastic”
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The Sports Gene
David Epstein's insightful exploration of athletic performance and human genetics has earned widespread praise and discussion among podcast hosts and guests.
Discussed“this is my friend David Epstein who wrote Sports Gene is really really interesting on this subject with it with respect to sports”
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré is a renowned espionage novel that explores the gritty, bleak, and morally ambiguous realities of Cold War intelligence work.
Discussed“oh wow uh so many right well the very small town in Germany uh the pre um uh spy came in from the cold ones I really like and I also really like um”
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The Tipping Point
The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell is a famous non-fiction book that explores how little things can make a big difference, examining the social epidemics and psychological moments that cause ideas and behaviors to spread like wildfire.
Discussed“I want to do um my first book Tipping Point is we're coming up on his 25th anniversary and I'm going to do a 25th anniversary uh revised Edition”
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Appearances
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I mean we're talking about two books written 25 years apart. My first book The Tipping Point, my last book Revenge of the Tipping Point.”
“I mean we're talking about two books written 25 years apart. My first book The Tipping Point, my last book Revenge of the Tipping Point.”
“Listen, I I think the latest podcast I did on my podcast Revisionist History, we have a series called The Alabama Murders. It is the best thing I've ever done and I would wholeheartedly recommend that to people. And I have a new book out in paperback, Revenge of the of the Tipping Point.”
“I'm over here because I have this um book now in paperback the bomber Mafia and it's a story of these uh group of men pilots in the 1930s in America who have a dream about a better way to fight Wars”
“i mean this is a big theme in my book talking to strangers yeah a whole chapter on alcohol and how a lot of what we talk about is that you know when we talk about a section the culture of the problem of sexual assault”
“this year, we have an episode that's all about the woman, Margaret Mitchell, who wrote "Gone with the Wind," was killed in a drunk driving crash.”
“I remember years ago I wrote my second book blink and I have in that book a chapter about a very famous infamous police shooting in New York case of amadou diallo I remember that remember that was shot like 40 times by cops”
“well because you know I've written books that begin in a sense of with a sense of wonder or curiosity or aw hell ours is a book about you know I'm in awe of the success of certain people I want to make sense of it”
“This is a total like this should have been in a chapter of my last book David and Goliath because this is exactly a disadvantage that turns into an advantage”
“this is a total like this should have been in a chapter of my last book David and Goliath because this is exactly a disadvantage that turns into an advantage”
“I was still adding to this manuscript of talking to strangers really really late and uh if you'd compare my first drafts is might like I did five drafts with my fifth draft huge differences”
“the other parallel problem which I get at in David and Goliath is I think that um overly competitive environments uh at too early an age are really deep deeply problematic”