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Malcolm Gladwell Announces 'The American Way of Killing' Release on September 29, 2026

The project extends his Revisionist History reporting to reframe how the United States tackles lethal violence.

Overview

  • The book will publish in audio, print, and eBook on September 29, 2026, with the audiobook narrated by Gladwell and built with interviews, archival tape, and sound design.
  • The audio edition is produced by Pushkin Industries and published by RBmedia, with the print edition from Little, Brown and Company.
  • Gladwell’s stated argument positions solutions to gun violence as requiring a full reevaluation rather than simply more gun control.
  • The work expands prior Revisionist History episodes with new interviews and additional research.
  • Preorders are open as publishers preview narrative case studies spanning a D.C. shooting survivor, a 17th-century English legal saga, an Alabama academic, and a German prison.