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Pre-order a signed copy of The American Way Of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell, publishes September 2026
Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brilliant new work: an incisive investigation
into gun violence, America's deadliest and most polarizing crisis.
Why, when it comes to lethal violence, is America so different from the rest of the globe?
The United States is wealthier, better educated, more technologically sophisticated, more
religious than almost any of its peers in the developed world-all of which would suggest
that it should also have the lowest levels of violence. Yet the opposite is true.
In this bold new book, Malcolm Gladwell outlines the paradox, then walks the reader
through a series of stories drawn from every corner of American life and culture from
emergency rooms to Hollywood westerns to big-city police departments to Supreme Court oral arguments-looking for answers.