Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a new volume that offers a fresh perspective on the teachings of The Tipping Point. This provocative new work examines social epidemics and tipping points, highlighting the dark side of phenomena that spread. Through a series of compelling stories, Gladwell explores the rise of a new and troubling form of social engineering. He describes the success story of bank robbers in Los Angeles, uncovers a forgotten 1970s TV show that changed the world, visits the site of a historic experiment in a small neighborhood in Northern California, and offers an alternative history of two of our era's biggest epidemics: COVID and the opioid crisis. Revenge of the Tipping Point is Gladwell's most personal book to date, combining storytelling with social science and offering a guide to understanding modern world epidemics.