The 48 Laws of Power: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The 48 Laws of Power runs an estimated 13.4 hours (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 13.4 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 13.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 94% of the self-help audiobooks we measured.
- That's 65% longer than the average self-help audiobook (8.1 hrs across 131 titles in our dataset).
Computed from self-help audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for self-help listeners: a solid week of commutes at 13.4 hours (estimated).
About the book
Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control—from the author of The Laws of Human Nature . In the book that People magazine proclaimed "beguiling" and "fascinating," Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into forty-eight essential laws by drawing from the philosophies of Machiavelli, Sun Tzu, and Carl Von Clausewitz and also from the lives of figures ranging from Henry Kissinger to P. T. Barnum. Some laws teach the need for prudence ("Law 1: Never Outshine the Master"), others teach the value of confidence ("Law 28: Enter Action with Boldness"), and many recommend absolute self-preservation ("Law 15: Crush Your Enemy Totally"). Every law, though, has one thing in common: an interest in total domination.
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How long is The 48 Laws of Power as an audiobook?
The 48 Laws of Power runs about 13.4 hours, our estimate from its 452 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.
Can I listen to The 48 Laws of Power free?
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Is The 48 Laws of Power worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The 48 Laws of Power first published?
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene was first published in 1998.
Can you download The 48 Laws of Power as an audio file?
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