Malcolm Gladwell Recommended Books
Malcolm Gladwell has recommended 40 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Malcolm Gladwell is a Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker.
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The Checklist Manifesto
How to Get Things Right
"[The author] took an extraordinary risk to his own reputation domestically in America in the medical profession by [releasing this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
Also recommended by:
Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Tim Ferriss, Charles Poliquin, Keith Rabois, Ramit Sethi, Michael McCullough, Vinod Khosla
Strangers to Ourselves
Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious
"One of the loveliest, most insightful books about social psychology that I ever read." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
Merchant Princes
An Intimate History of Jewish Families Who Built Great Department Stores
"About the great Jewish retail families of America." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
Jack Reacher (30 books)
Malcolm Gladwell mentioned this series in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
Together
The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World
"[The author] reminds us that our national conversation about medicine has been too narrowly focused on hospitals, doctors, and drugs—and not enough on the human connections that sustain us." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
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The Russia House
"You should read through [this book] or 'The Little Drummer Girl.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
The Little Drummer Girl
A Novel
"You should read through [this book] or 'The Russia House.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
The Big Short
Inside the Doomsday Machine
Malcolm Gladwell recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
George Smiley, Book 3
"You must read [this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
George Smiley, Book 5
"I would read at least through [this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
Play Nice But Win
A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader
"The quietest of the entrepreneurs who created the modern computer business finally tells his story.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)
Also recommended by:
Adam Grant, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Howard Schultz, Jamie Dimon, Marc Andreessen, Marc Benioff, Matthew McConaughey, Ray Dalio, Richard Branson, Satya Nadella, Sheryl Sandberg, Walter Isaacson
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