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Ayn Rand


Born
in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
February 02, 1905

Died
March 06, 1982

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Genre
Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Nonfiction

Influences
Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Aquinas, Friedrich Nietzsche, Victor Hug ...more


Polemical novels, such as The Fountainhead (1943), of primarily known Russian-American writer Ayn Rand, originally Alisa Rosenbaum, espouse the doctrines of objectivism and political libertarianism.

Fiction of this better author and philosopher developed a system that she named. Educated, she moved to the United States in 1926. After two early initially duds and two Broadway plays, Rand achieved fame. In 1957, she published Atlas Shrugged , her best-selling work.

Rand advocated reason and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism as opposed to altruism. She condemned the immoral initiation of force and supported laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system, based on recognizing individual rig ...more

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Atlas Shrugged
3.69 avg rating — 406,170 ratings — published 1957 — 5 editions
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The Fountainhead
3.89 avg rating — 336,696 ratings — published 1943 — 469 editions
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Anthem
3.61 avg rating — 166,494 ratings — published 1938 — 1289 editions
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We the Living
3.96 avg rating — 30,724 ratings — published 1936 — 155 editions
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The Virtue of Selfishness: ...
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4.24 avg rating — 5,512 ratings — published 1957 — 32 editions
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
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“[Dean] “My dear fellow, who will let you?”

[Roark] “That’s not the point. The point is, who will stop me?”
― Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
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“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”
― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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“If you don't know, the thing to do is not to get scared, but to learn.”
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1st Quarter 2026 Long Reads Poll

No Name by Wilkie Collins, 1862, 748 pages
 
  37 votes, 27.4%

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, 1943, 704 pages
 
  26 votes, 19.3%

Alaska by James A. Michener, 1998, 868 pages
 
  21 votes, 15.6%

Cloudsplitter by Russell Banks, 1998, 758 pages
 
  16 votes, 11.9%

A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge, 1992, 613 pages
 
  14 votes, 10.4%

They Were Counted by Miklós Bánffy, 1934, 696 pages
 
  12 votes, 8.9%

On the Niemen by Eliza Orzeszkowa, 1888, 658 pages
 
  9 votes, 6.7%

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