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) | |
Anthem | (1938) | |
The Fountainhead | (1943) | |
Atlas Shrugged | (1957) | |
Ideal | (2015) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
The Early Ayn Rand | (1984) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
For the New Intellectual | (1961) | |
The Virtue of Selfishness | (1964) | |
The Romantic Manifesto | (1969) | |
The Return of the Primitive | (1971) |
Publication Order of Standalone Plays
The Night of January 16th | (1936) |
Publication Order of The Ayn Rand Library Books
Philosophy: Who Needs It | (1982) | |
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z | (1986) | |
The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought | (1989) | |
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand | (1991) | |
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Publication Order of Anthologies
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal | (1946) | |
50 Classic Novellas | (2011) | |
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack | (2012) |