Books by Ayn Rand

The Fountainhead has become an enduring piece of literature, more popular now than when published in 1943. On the surface, it is a story of one man, Howard Roark, and his struggles as an architect in the face of a successful rival, Peter Keating, and a newspaper columnist, Ellsworth Toohey. But the book addresses a number of universal themes: the strength of the individual, the tug between good and evil, the threat of fascism. The confrontation of those themes, along with the amazing stroke of Rand's writing, combine to give this book its enduring influence.

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Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand, published in 1957. The book's female protagonist, Dagny Taggart, struggles to manage a transcontinental railroad amid the pressures and restrictions of massive bureaucracy. Her antagonistic reaction to a libertarian group seeking an end to government regulation is later echoed and modified in her encounter with a utopian community, Galt's Gulch, whose members regard self-determination rather than collective responsibility as the highest ideal. The novel contains the most complete presentation of Rand's personal philosophy, known as objectivism, in fictional form.

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Anthem by Ayn Rand. A Stunning and brilliantly realized future world in which individuality has been crushed is the theme of Ayn Rand's best selling masterpiece, "Anthem". Rand presents her tale of a man who dares to make individual choices, to seek knowledge in a dark age, to love the woman of his choice. In a society in which people have no name, no independence, and no values, he is hunted for the unpardonable crime: having the courage to stand above the crowd. Introduction by Leonard Peikoff

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The Virtue Of Selfishness by Ayn Rand is a collection of essays by Ayn Rand and Nathaniel Branden concerning her ethics of rational self interest and her philosophy of objectivism. Some major topics include capitalism, government, health care, pleasure and selfishness. If you ever needed a good explanation of Ayn Rand's underlying philosophies in any of her fictional publications, this is the book to buy!

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An exploration of the eternal human struggle between the human individual and the state offers the first installment of Rand's philosophy of Objectivism and features an introduction by the author's heir, Leonard Peikoff. A colossal love story with a massive philosophical framework, this self-admitted near-autobiography portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three people who demand the right to live their own lives.

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