12 Rules for Life

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos
First edition cover
AuthorJordan Peterson
Audio read byJordan Peterson
IllustratorEthan Van Sciver
LanguageEnglish
Subjects
PublisherRandom House Canada
Penguin Allen Lane (UK)
Publication date
January 23, 2018 (Canada)
January 16, 2018 (UK)
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint, digital, audible
Pages448 (hardcover)
320 (ebook)
ISBN978-0-345-81602-3 (Canada)
978-0-241-35163-5 (UK)
170/.44
LC ClassBJ1589 P48 2018
Followed byBeyond Order 

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos is a 2018 self-help book by the Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson. It provides life advice through essays in abstract ethical principles, psychology, mythology, religion, and personal anecdotes. The book topped bestseller lists in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom, and had sold over ten million copies worldwide, as of May 2023.[1] Peterson went on a world tour to promote the book, receiving much attention following an interview with Channel 4 News.[2][3] The book is written in a more accessible style than his previous academic book, Maps of Meaning: The Architecture of Belief (1999).[9] A sequel, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, was published in March 2021.[10]

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