Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand was one of the popular authors of the literature, fiction, nonfiction, and philosophy genres. She was a Russian-born American author, who has written a couple of bestselling novels in her career, along with several other successful novels. Apart from being a famous novelist, Rand was also a playwright, screenwriter, and philosopher.

The best place to start is the Atlas Shrugged series, the earliest of Ayn Rand's multi-book series: it opens with Atlas Shrugged (1957) and runs to 3 books across 1957–2013, ending with Money's Men (2013). Ayn Rand's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Ayn Rand has 31 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1936 and 2015. 18 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the 50 Years of the Playboy Interview series with 11 books — and 13 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Ayn Rand's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Atlas Shrugged (1957–2013, 3 books), The Ayn Rand Library (1982–1991, 4 books) and 50 Years of the Playboy Interview (2012, 11 books).

This guide splits Ayn Rand's 31 books into 3 named series and 13 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: 50 Years of the Playboy Interview (11 books, 2012); The Ayn Rand Library (4 books, 1982–1991); Atlas Shrugged (3 books, 1957–2013).