Any Ayn Rand fans? Which book was your favorite?

Question

I really enjoyed Atlas Shrugged, but found Capitalism the Unknown Ideal the most profound of all.

Check out my review on each if you are not familiar with them, as I highly recommend each on Amazon.

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

http://www.amazon.com/review/R1BVKKDM8A5IEN/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

Atlas Shrugged

http://www.amazon.com/review/R15L39TFWCZAFQ/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

Answer 1

"The Fountainhead"

Answer 2

"We the Living" is a good book.

"Anthem" is pretty much a ripoff of Yevgeny Zamyatin's novel "We."

"The Fountainhead" is okay, but you can see that Ayn Rand the reasonably competent novelist is starting to be eaten up by Ayn Rand the pseudo-philosopher, especially in the courtroom scene.

"Atlas Shrugged" is her worst. The characters are wooden. There are not just one, but MANY long speeches. The whole thing is too long. And while in "The Fountainhead" the storytelling was fighting with the philosophizing, in "Atlas Shrugged" it has completely succumbed to it. Furthermore, it's derivative of "The Driver:" by Garet Garrett. ("Who is Henry Galt?")

"Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal" is some interesting work. But very little of it is original. And much of it over the top. America's most persecuted minority is big business? Come on.

"The Simplest Thing in the World" was a decent short story.

Answer 3

I also really loved Atlas Shrugged. It's still my favorite of hers.

Answer 4

Though Atlas Shrugged was a book that I couldn't put down and read straight through, Capitalism:  The Unknown Ideal still captivates me today and is just as apropos today as when it was written.  I quote from it as often as I hear others repeat lines from movies.