Books by Malcolm Gladwell

What is the tipping point? In any social trend, be it trends in fashion or crime, there comes a point when everything suddenly changes. This point cannot be predicted, it simply occurs without any apparent cause. In “The Tipping Point,” Malcolm Gladwell dives deeper into the topic and investigates how these tipping points come about and how you can use them to spread ideas or messages across a population.

The self-made man is a myth - and being a genius doesn’t mean you’ll win a Nobel Prize. In “Outliers,” bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell clears up some popular misconceptions about success. Through compelling examples, he shows us that far from success being defined by personal talent or IQ, factors as arbitrary as our birth month can define our success in life. If you’ve ever wondered why Bill Gates or Mozart became as successful as they were, or if you wish to know your chances of being successful, then read on!

In “Blink,” bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell examines when and why intuitive thinking is better and more accurate than extensive rational analysis. He sheds some light on the unconscious nature of snap judgments and explores their magical power, as well as their dangerous weaknesses. Finally, he explains how we can control them – and why we must.

“Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell is an exploration of what goes on when we talk to strangers. In a typical Gladwellian way, the book combines beautifully narrated real-world stories and studies in the social sciences to examine the varying ways we misread or fail to communicate with each other.

Malcolm Gladwell’s “What the Dog Saw” is a collection of his favorite and best known The New Yorker articles. His delightful stories explore everything from minor geniuses to intelligence failure and psychological and sociological topics. They share a common theme to help you see how things that used to look complex may now appear to you in a new form of simplicity.

You have probably heard the biblical story of young David, knocking down the giant Goliath with only one stone and a sling. The story of David and Goliath has since symbolized the battles between the weak and the giants. What seemed impossible happened and it happens more often than you think. In 'David and Goliath', Malcolm Gladwell challenges our beliefs about our weaknesses and our insignificance, bringing a new interpretation of what it means to be discriminated and underestimated. Gladwell begins with the true story of what happened between the giant and the young pastor so many years ago and proves how David was, in fact, the great favorite. Gladwell compiles in this book events occurring in the life of anonymous and famous, that lead us to see favoritism in other eyes. Building on the story, Gladwell makes us question our premises and understand that it’s not always who is favorite to win. Let's discover the fundamental concepts of this story in 12 minutes?