I recently finished Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog Saw", a collection of (I assume just some) of his essays from The New Yorker. And it was a super enjoyable read. The essays were usually between 15 and 30 pages and covered a broad range of topics. One about why there are so many kinds of mustard, but pretty much just one ketchup. One about whether maybe job interviews aren't so great at identifying good workers. The title essay about The Dog Whisperer. One about Ron Popeil. They're all long enough to cover a topic pretty well, but not so long that they get tedious. Definitely worth a read. I haven't read any of his other books ("The Tipping Point", "Blink", "Outliers") so I can't really compare or recommend those. But this one was definitely worth the 15 cents in library fines I paid for it.
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"Outliers" is a great read ... probably my favorite Gladwell book. I thought "What the Dog Saw" was good too.
Yay for fines at the library!!
As much as I've enjoyed Malcolm Gladwell's books. You do have to be wary of his biases for what he leaves out, ignores, or sticks his fingers in his ears and says, "lalalalalalalalala". They're still interesting though, just watch your step.
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