The 50Th Law
by Robert Greene
★ Top 25 book of 2009 · #16 on Best Books of 2009
Rapper 50 Cent teams up with Robert Greene to present a success manual built on one idea: fear nothing. Personal stories from the streets and the boardroom sit alongside examples of others who overcame hardship.
Best for: Entrepreneurs and anyone curious about Curtis Jackson's rise from tough beginnings
The 50Th Law is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar.
What The 50Th Law is about
Written with rapper 50 Cent, Robert Greene's strategy book builds on a single idea: fear nothing. Each of its ten chapters takes one element of fearlessness and begins with a story from 50 Cent's own life, starting with the lessons he picked up as a young hustler in Southside Queens. His path from the streets to a music career, and then to the boardroom after the release of Get Rich or Die Tryin', gives the ideas a personal backbone.
Greene, who is known for The 48 Laws of Power, sets those stories beside examples from history. Malcolm X, Miles Davis, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, James Baldwin, Lincoln, Socrates and Napoleon all appear. The pitch is that this single principle can steer you through both life and work.
It will suit readers who like their strategy mixed with memoir, and anyone who wants a push to stop letting fear make their decisions.
The 50Th Law on the Best Books of 2009
The 50Th Law came out in 2009. Of the 42 books first published in 2009 that met BookWard's data bar, it ranks #16 on our Best Books of 2009 list.
Why it made the list: 390 readers have shelved it on Open Library; 20 are reading it right now. The list ranks each year’s books on how many readers have picked them up, how highly readers rate them, and how many are reading them right now.
Nearby on the 2009 list
- Wolf Hall Hilary Mantel, #14
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind William Kamkwamba, #15
- Drive Daniel H. Pink, #17
- Fallen (Fallen #1) Lauren Kate, #18
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The numbers behind it
- Readers: 364 want to read it, 20 are reading it now and 6 have read it, according to Open Library.
| Signal | This book (0 to 100) | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Reach | 67 | 55% |
| Reader love | 36 | 25% |
| Being read right now | 69 | 20% |
Questions about The 50Th Law
When was The 50Th Law published?
The 50Th Law by Robert Greene was first published in 2009.
Was The 50Th Law one of the best books of 2009?
The 50Th Law is #16 on BookWard's Best Books of 2009, out of 42 2009 books that cleared our data bar. 390 readers have shelved it on Open Library; 20 are reading it right now.
Why is The 50Th Law on the Best Books of 2009 list?
390 readers have shelved it on Open Library; 20 are reading it right now.
More of the best books of 2009
- The Last Olympian Rick Riordan, #1
- Catching Fire Suzanne Collins, #2
- The Maze Runner James Dashner, #3
- The Help Kathryn Stockett, #4
- Dork Diaries Rachel Renée Russell, #5
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich Ramit Sethi, #6
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