Order of Ayn Rand Books
Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American author and philosopher. She is best known for her novel Atlas Shrugged and for developing the Objectivist movement. Her fiction was often negatively reviewed by critics at the time due to her philosophy.
Ayn Rand made her fiction debut in 1936 with semi-autobiographical novel We the Living. Below is a list of Ayn Rand’s novels in order of when they were originally released:
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| We the Living | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Anthem | (1938) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fountainhead | (1943) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Atlas Shrugged | (1957) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Ideal | (2015) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| The Early Ayn Rand | (1984) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| For the New Intellectual | (1961) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Virtue of Selfishness | (1964) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Romantic Manifesto | (1969) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Return of the Primitive | (1971) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
| The Night of January 16th | (1936) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of The Ayn Rand Library Books
| Philosophy: Who Needs It | (1982) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z | (1986) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought | (1989) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand | (1991) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
Publication Order of Anthologies
| Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | (1946) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| 50 Classic Novellas | (2011) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
| The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack | (2012) | Description / Buy at Amazon.com |
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