The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
nonfiction-book · First published 2026
Author guide
Malcolm Gladwell Books in Order
Malcolm Gladwell is a British-born Canadian journalist, author, and podcast host. A longtime staff writer for The New Yorker, he is the author of bestselling nonfiction books that combine reporting, history, psychology, and social science. He is also cofounder of Pushkin Industries and host of Revisionist History.
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Malcolm Gladwell's Newest Book
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The debut book and the foundation of the Tipping Point sequence.
Outliers: The Story of Success
A representative standalone introduction to Gladwell's signature blend of narrative reporting and social science.
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Books by series
nonfiction-series · ongoing
The Tipping Point
A nonfiction sequence examining social epidemics, contagious phenomena, and the forces that cause ideas, behaviors, and trends to spread.
- 1 The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
Book 1 · nonfiction-book · 2000
Uncover the captivating science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior in the breakthrough debut — named one of the best books of the decade by The A.V. Club and The Guardian — by Malcolm Gladwell, the bestselling…
- 2 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Book 2 · nonfiction-book · 2024
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. Why is Miami...Miami? What does…
Outside the series
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Novels (6)
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
nonfiction-book · 2005
- Outliers: The Story of Success
nonfiction-book · 2008
Identifies the qualities of successful people, maintaining that culture, family, and idiosyncratic factors can have a decisive impact on shaping high achievers,
- David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
nonfiction-book · 2013
- Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
nonfiction-book · 2019
- The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
nonfiction-book · 2021
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'A parable written for the age of technological disruption . . . brilliantly told' Sunday Times The international bestselling author returns with an exploration of one of the grandest obsessions of the…
- The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
nonfiction-book · 2026
Essays and speeches (1)
- What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
essay-collection · 2009
Frequently asked questions about Malcolm Gladwell
Where was Malcolm Gladwell born and raised?
Malcolm Gladwell was born in 1963 in Fareham, Hampshire, England. His family moved to Canada when he was six, and he grew up in Ontario.
Is Malcolm Gladwell British or Canadian?
He is British-born Canadian. His father was English, and his mother was a Jamaican psychotherapist.
How did Malcolm Gladwell begin his journalism career?
After earning a history degree from the University of Toronto in 1984, Gladwell worked at The Washington Post, where he became a science writer and New York bureau chief. He joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 1996.
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Who influenced Malcolm Gladwell's writing?
His parents were important influences: his father was a mathematics and engineering professor, while his mother was a family therapist and author. Gladwell has also identified his mother's memoir, Brown Face, Big Master, as a particularly meaningful influence.
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What awards and honors has Malcolm Gladwell received?
Gladwell won the 2001 National Magazine Award for his New Yorker profiles of Ron Popeil. In 2011, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.
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