“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me”
— Ayn Rand
Why It's Lindy
In a Library of Congress survey, Americans rated it the second most influential book in their lives after the Bible. Love it or despise it — and serious people have done both — it is impossible to understand modern libertarian and free-market thought without engaging with it.
About This Volume
Rand's massive philosophical novel set in a dystopian America where the productive class vanishes one by one. A dramatisation of her philosophy of Objectivism: rational self-interest as the highest virtue.
Frequently Asked
Why should I read Atlas Shrugged?
In a Library of Congress survey, Americans rated it the second most influential book in their lives after the Bible. Love it or despise it — and serious people have done both — it is impossible to understand modern libertarian and free-market thought without engaging with it.
What is Atlas Shrugged about?
Rand's massive philosophical novel set in a dystopian America where the productive class vanishes one by one. A dramatisation of her philosophy of Objectivism: rational self-interest as the highest virtue.
