Malcolm Gladwell Recommended Books

The Checklist Manifesto

How to Get Things Right

by Atul Gawande

"[The author] took an extraordinary risk to his own reputation domestically in America in the medical profession by [releasing this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

Strangers to Ourselves

Discovering the Adaptive Unconscious

by Timothy D. Wilson

"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

by Leon A. Harris

"About the great Jewish retail families of America." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

Together

The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World

by Vivek H Murthy M.D.

"[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)

The Russia House

by John le Carré

"You should read through [this book] or 'The Little Drummer Girl.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

The Little Drummer Girl

A Novel

by John le Carré

"You should read through [this book] or 'The Russia House.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

The Big Short

Inside the Doomsday Machine

by Michael Lewis

Malcolm Gladwell recommended this book in the "Tools of Titans" book. (Source)

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

George Smiley, Book 3

by John le Carré

"You must read [this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

George Smiley, Book 5

by John le Carré

"I would read at least through [this book]." - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)

Play Nice But Win

A CEO's Journey from Founder to Leader

by Michael Dell

"The quietest of the entrepreneurs who created the modern computer business finally tells his story.'" - Malcolm Gladwell (Source)