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9 Books That Malcolm Gladwell Thinks Everyone Should Read

Drake BaerNov 4, 2014, 22:21 IST

Having sold more than 4.5 million books, Malcolm Gladwell is one of the most popular authors alive today.

He's made a career revealing the hidden factors that affect our lives and livelihoods - for example, by unpacking the personality traits that made Steve Jobs and IKEA founder Ingvar Kampran so outrageously successful.

And like every great writer, Gladwell is a great reader.

After sifting through more than 10 years of columns and interviews with the author, here are nine of the books that have influenced him the most.