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Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker and has written for the magazine since 1986. He has three National Magazine awards for essays and for criticism. The author of numerous best-selling books, including Paris to the Moon, he lives in New York City.

Adam Gopnik

Adam Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker and has written for the magazine since 1986. He has three National Magazine awards for essays and for criticism. The author of numerous best-selling books, including Paris to the Moon, he lives in New York City.

Books by Adam Gopnik

  • The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

    Adam Gopnik

    Hardback, 2023

    "[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny.” —Oliver Burkeman, The Atlantic

    Best-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn...
  • The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

    Adam Gopnik

    E Book

    "[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny.” —Oliver Burkeman, The Atlantic

    Best-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn...
  • The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery

    Adam Gopnik

    Paperback, 2024

    "[W]ise, companionable, and often extremely funny.” —Oliver Burkeman, The Atlantic

    Best-selling author and New Yorker writer Adam Gopnik investigates a foundational human question: How do we learn...
  • All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters

    Adam Gopnik

    Hardback, 2024

    From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a slim, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving.
  • All That Happiness Is: Some Words on What Matters

    Adam Gopnik

    E Book

    From New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik, a slim, elegant volume presenting a radical alternative to our culture of relentless striving.