The 48 Laws of Power

by Robert Greene

Self-Help strategy Power Dynamics

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A multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller distilling three thousand years of power into 48 essential laws for gaining, observing, or defending against control.

ISBN-13 9780140280197 ASIN 0140280197 Views 4090 Publisher Penguin Books Year 2000 Edition First Edition Format Paperback Product Group Book Pages 452 Adult No Created February 08, 2026 Updated September 27, 2026

About This Book

Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this New York Times bestseller serves as a definitive manual for gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control.

Robert Greene and Joost Elffers distill three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws.

The work draws from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and other influential thinkers.

People magazine described the book as beguiling and fascinating.