Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this piercing work distills 3,000 years of the history of power into 48 well-explicated laws. This bold volume outlines the laws of power in their unvarnished essence, synthesizing the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, Carl von Clausewitz, and other infamous strategists. The 48 Laws of Power will fascinate any listener interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

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Listening Length	23 hours and 6 minutes
Author	Robert Greene
Narrator	Richard Poe
Audible.in Release Date	01 May 2015
Publisher	HighBridge, a Division of Recorded Books
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01N2W6E4F
Best Sellers Rank	#71 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Audiobooks & Originals) #1 in Ethics & Morality Philosophy #2 in Political Science History & Theory #14 in Political Theory

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The best book out there which teaches you to gain power!

Reviewed in India on 24 March 2019

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🔥 What to say about this one!
I feel myself so lucky to read this book.
This book is a must read for those who wants to gain power.
Keep in mind that this book is not a candy!
It's red chilli.
This book is rude, bare and BAD it teaches all tactics to gain power and though they are not pleasant and cute... They are worthy and will get you there!
These tactics are extracted from the teachings of great warriors and old texts, so don't blame author if you feel the concept to be rude.
I was waiting for it's arrival and can say that this is one of those books I love from bottom of my heart
Talking about the product, the book is bigger than the usual book size.
I like the presentation style.
The examples given in red colour and alignment makes it interesting to read
The paper quality is okayish
But the content is worthy
You won't regret spending for this book!

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Nachiket Naik

Excellent Guide to Power!!

Reviewed in India on 9 September 2018

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Peculiarly all self help books have theme that it provide you with some improvement advise. Most of the time this advise is one sided. It does not take into consideration what will happen if this advise is not followed or when not to follow the given advise.

48 laws of power gives you both sides of coin make it much clear to implement the ideas.

63 people found this helpful

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S Singh

Amazing book. It's a must read book for surviving ...

Reviewed in India on 30 March 2018

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Amazing book. It's a must read book for surviving in any society and not being anyone others food. Although the quality of paper is not so good and condition of book is like pirated copy thus losing one star.

34 people found this helpful

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Sarvesh Nanjee

Classic book on Power.

Reviewed in India on 30 January 2020

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This book is a classic in it’s style of presentation. It has 48 timeless strategies. Each strategy is explained with some real historical narrative, followed by the essence of it and last it’s reversal i.e. situations where that strategy may not work. Plus there are small anecdotes, quotes and stories in form of different shapes (See the image attached) throughout the book which makes it very interesting. I have referred this book many times and it has never disappointed me. Lessons if applied carefully always work.
The book will give you a perspective of what reality is, which you can never get from your parents, teachers or other self help motivation books. Your thinking will become flexible and increase your social intelligence.
A quick search will tell you that it has been read by many powerful people. Knowledge is indeed power in this case.

(Packaging was nice. Cover and page quality are fresh and new. There are a few alignment errors in printing which needs to be worked out by the publisher.)

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Pithy Jobs

Quality of the pages

Reviewed in India on 17 January 2019

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I love Robert Greene and his insightful books. No wonder, 48 Laws of Power is at the pinnacle of his prowess.
However, I really disliked the quality of pages and @ Rs. 615, its not up to the mark of Indian market.

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Gopesh Tiwari

A Survival Handbook for this Ruthless World.

Reviewed in India on 5 September 2018

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A Great book!! But why? Because it is full of real world strategies and tactics.It will help you to survive in this ruthless and competitive world with more confidence.I can assure you that your viewpoint about this world will be totally changed after reading this book.

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Uday Reddy

The raw and cold truths to live a great life!

Reviewed in India on 13 September 2020

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The short version -
This book has to be read with an open mind. This books throws at you the raw and cold rules that have to be followed in the world. This book may question your morals, make you question your values. You may not like this book due to its rawness, but read it with an open mind and you'll find at least 20 laws to apply in your daily life.
Read it to understand the dark side of human psychology. Just read it with an open mind, that's all I ask of you.

The long version -
What can I say about this book. It is actually quite better than I expected. Well, sometimes the laws in this book can be used interchangeably and the examples may become overwhelming, but it is all worth it. The preface of the book itself contains some very profound advice as to how to apply these laws and what all things to know before applying them.

The laws mentioned in this book may seem too cold and too bad. But to be on top of the corporate ladder, we have to be ruthless. Because if we are not, the world will swallow us. We have to be prepared for the worst. The book explains the laws in a lucid way. The writing style of the author is pretty smooth and understandable. It is straight forward without any drags or repetitions.

The laws may seem too weird or cold to some people, but all you have to do is to be with an open mind and understand the importance and application of each law. This is not that type of book which you read and forget about. This book is the most brutal and straight forward thesis as to live like a king. The main concept present in all the laws is to act of manipulation. Manipulation plays a very important role in applying these laws.

The author also uses various important examples and anecdotes from throughout history to brief as to how a specific law was applied. He also tells us when not to use the law. Because during certain circumstances the laws may backfire and may get you into trouble. This book contains a very dangerous set of principles that have to be applied only when the need arises. Sometimes the opposite of the law happens and you may get into trouble. So the laws have to be applied on an intuitive basis, and you must always go with the flow of the situation rather creating the one of your own.

On the final note, this book is for those people who wanna rule the world. Who want to be ruthless and cunning. Those leaders who would stop at nothing to achieve what they want. Practice these laws daily and remember them to achieve great things.

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Siddhant Salunkhe

Machiavellian stuff

Reviewed in India on 16 February 2019

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The book is really intriguing and gives you a real insight on how to achieve power and position by playing mind games with people.Classic examples of the ancient history elaborates each chapter with its prognosis and where not to use it.Overall,the book is not meant for the emotionally weak people and for the ones looking to climb up the ladder.

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First depressing, then exciting, but always interesting.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2018

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I have lost my innocence from reading this book and realised that there really are people who are out to get you (paranoia aside). People exist like the people described in this book who will manipulate the situation and use you for their own ends. While this book outright advocates that you do this (because other people are bound to be doing it so why don't you join them and get them before they get you, which is a highly flawed argument), this is clearly not always the best course of action.

However, this book has helped me in ways that I did not expect. I am more aware of what other people are doing, I am actually more concerned with the welfare of others, and I realised that it is important to at least have power over your own life so I am now a much more in control person who is more disciplined. I am also more excited about life somewhat, knowing that you can have fun improving yourself and your position in life and in the world.

I am not sure that I will follow each and every rule of the book, but it's an interesting read and some of the laws are fairly neutral such as being careful about what you say to people, not always showing all of your cards and never appearing or being smarter than those above you, especially in a professional work situation. Laws such as these are good for self-preservation, if nothing else.

But if you take everything in this book as gospel, then you may lose your humanity (as other reviewers have said) and/or you may realise that the heights of power are not what you wanted after all. Ultimately, take this book with a barrel of salt and maybe go for the more morally neutral laws, lest you be completely corrupted by the dark side of the world.

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Don’t rate this book at all

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 March 2019

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I just bought this book and in the opening pages your told to basically obey your master” referring to work bosses in a modern term. I disagree completely in the context it’s written, you want to dumb down your shine so your master can outshine you. Is one lesson this book includes, if you really are submitting to someone else’s opinion, you lose fullstop, in doing so you give up the one thing you own in this world, that’s yourself. Staying authentic and shining should be the key to life and your “master” should want to see you shine more than them.

70 people found this helpful

Carlos Neto

Intriguing

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2019

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I don't recommend this book to everyone...in my opinion this books is very good for people that were used and kind hearted people...Not everyone will be able to understand the value of this book people might say it's a immoral book, however it's very helpful if you are a very altruistic person it will help balance your extremely kind personality...

45 people found this helpful

Gazza

The 48 Laws of Power

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 April 2020

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This is a fine book that I thought, at first, I wouldn’t enjoy but did. It is full of wonderful quotations from history and the text is written beautifully by Greene. It is not stuffy and academic, which I thought it might have been. Nor is it one of those briefer, ‘snappy-type’ books, always ending in a joke with little elaboration.

Here the 48 Laws are thoroughly discussed, with lots of interesting stories making the book a real page turner.

Of course, it is not difficult to find criticisms of each Law; I found and disagreed with some myself. But I think Greene, on the whole, recognises this and even puts in a ‘Reversal’ section for each of the 48 Laws to show that this can be the case. Besides, you don’t have to take each Law seriously. I certainly didn’t. I thought they were just fun to read, though they did make me think about how self-interested the human race actually is.

Even so, I haven’t read a book as good as this since reading Benjamin Hoff’s The Tao of Pooh & the Te of Piglet some years ago, and I shall certainly be looking out for more works by Robert Greene in the future.

I hope you find my review helpful.

20 people found this helpful

Proceed with caution

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 May 2016

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Excellent book and resource not only for power hungry individuals but also for everyone interested in understanding what moves the world. Proceed with caution though as to not get robbed of your humanity.

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