He currently writes for The New Yorker Magazine and is the author of three books: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Smarter Faster Better and Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.

In 2013, Duhigg was the recipient, as the lead writer on a team of New York Times reporters, of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for a series of ten articles on the business practices of Apple and other technology companies.

He is also the author of Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive in Life and Business,[10] which was released on March 8, 2016.

[11] In 2024, Duhigg published his third book, Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection.

[13] His sister, Katy Duhigg, is an attorney and politician who is a member of the New Mexico Senate.