Malcolm Gladwell's Reading List
The author of “David and Goliath” compares Michael Lewis to Tiger Woods: “I’ll never play like that. But it’s good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like.”
Open in WellRead Daily app →By the Book: Malcolm Gladwell (2013)
NYT By the Book column (2013-10-03).
Source: www.nytimes.com
Jonathan Dee · Buy on Amazon
"I loved Jonathan Dee's new novel, "A Thousand Pardons.""
Adam Alter · Buy on Amazon
"The best science book I read was Adam Alter's "Drunk Tank Pink," which is a really provocative look at how much our behavior is contextually determined."
Janet Malcolm · Buy on Amazon
"I reread Malcolm's "Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession" just to remind myself how nonfiction is supposed to be done. I love how ominous her writing is."
Michael Lewis · Buy on Amazon
""The Big Short," one of the best business books of the past two decades, was about derivatives. I read Lewis for the same reasons I watch Tiger Woods. I'll never play like that. But it's good to be reminded every now and again what genius looks like."
Michael Lewis · Buy on Amazon
"His nonbusiness books like "The Blind Side," by the way, are even better. That book is as close to perfect as a work of popular nonfiction can be."
Richard Nisbett and Lee Ross · Buy on Amazon
"Years ago, he wrote a book called "The Person and the Situation" with Lee Ross. If you read that book, you'll see the template for the genre of books that "The Tipping Point" and "Blink" and "Outliers" belong to. That book changed my life."
Adam Grant · Buy on Amazon
"I also really like Adam Grant, who is a psychologist at Penn and the author of "Give and Take.""
David Epstein · Buy on Amazon
"What really excites me as a sports fan, though, is all the smart sports books coming from an academic perspective: "The Sports Gene," by David Epstein; "The Numbers Game," by Chris Anderson and David Sally; and "The Wages of Wins" and "Stumbling on Wins," by Dave Berri and others."
Chris Anderson and David Sally · Buy on Amazon
""The Sports Gene," by David Epstein; "The Numbers Game," by Chris Anderson and David Sally; and "The Wages of Wins" and "Stumbling on Wins," by Dave Berri and others."
David Berri · Buy on Amazon
""The Wages of Wins" and "Stumbling on Wins," by Dave Berri and others."
David Berri · Buy on Amazon
""The Wages of Wins" and "Stumbling on Wins," by Dave Berri and others."
William F. Buckley · Buy on Amazon
"We used to go into Toronto and prowl the used-book stores on Queen Street looking for rare first editions of "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and "God and Man at Yale.""
William F. Buckley · Buy on Amazon
"We used to go into Toronto and prowl the used-book stores on Queen Street looking for rare first editions of "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and "God and Man at Yale.""
William F. Buckley · Buy on Amazon
"We used to go into Toronto and prowl the used-book stores on Queen Street looking for rare first editions of "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and "God and Man at Yale.""
Jeremy Adelman · Buy on Amazon
"I read Jeremy Adelman's biography of Albert O. Hirschman early this year and was deeply moved by it. Hirschman wasn't just a man with a thousand extraordinary adventures… He was also wise and decent and honest. I finished that book with tears in my eyes."
Albert O. Hirschman · Buy on Amazon
"Hirschman wasn't just a man with a thousand extraordinary adventures (fighting fascists in Spain, smuggling Jews out of France, writing "Exit, Voice, and Loyalty" and a handful of other unforgettable books)."