In recent years there has been an explosion of books and scholarly article concerning Ayn Rand and her ideas. This makes it difficult to keep up since new material is constantly coming on to the market.

 

Works by Rand

Anthem

What would a totally collectivized world be like? Rand explores the loss of individualism and the consequences in this, her shortest and most poetic, work.

We the Living

Rand's first novel explores the destructive nature of living under communism. A semi-autobiographical novel.

The Fountainhead

This novel explores the nature of collectivism, not on society, on in man's soul. 

Atlas Shrugged

A massive novel which explores what happens to a society when collectivism is allowed to get the upper hand. The most philosophical of her novels but also the one that continues to sell the most.

Night of January 15

A play by Rand which is the least philosophical of all her works.

Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal

A collection of essays by Rand and other writers from her newsletter dealing with the nature of capitalism in a free society.

For the New Intellectual

Excerpts of the most philosophical parts of Rand's various novels with a new essay by her as an introduction.

Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology

A technical look at Rand's views on the nature and theory of knowledge. Not for the novice.

The New Left (1971)

A collection of essays from Rand¹s newsletter dealing with the political left. This has been reprinted as The Return to the Primitive by Rand¹s heir Leonard Peikoff. Peikoff has the annoying habit of adding his own material, and that of others to Rand¹s books and reissuing them. Often the new material is not up  to Rand's intellectual standards.

The Romantic Manifesto

An outline of Rand's view on the romantic school of art.

Philosophy: Who Needs It?

A collection of Rand's philosophical essays published shortly after her death.

The Virtue of Selfishness (1964)

A collection from Rand's newsletter dealing with her views on ethics.

The Early Ayn Rand

A collection of early short stories by Rand including sections she deleted from The Fountainhead.

Journals of Ayn Rand

During her literary career Rand wrote copious notes to herself discussing her characters, plot lines, and the nature of her philosophy. These journals show how her ideas evolved and how carefully she planned her novels.

The Art of Non Fiction

A transcription of a lecture series Rand gave privately on how to write non fiction.

The Art of Fiction

A transcription of a private lecture series Rand gave on the nature of fiction, its main components, and how to write it.

The Letters of Ayn Rand

A collection of letters from Rand spanning her life. Included are letters to fans, responses to philosophers and a vast array of people. Covers her work, her life and her ideas.
 

                                                                                                                  
Other Works

 

Who is Ayn Rand? 

By Nathaniel and Barbara Branden, associates of Rand, this book includes a look at the moral revolution in Atlas Shrugged, how Objectivism applies in psychology, and Rand's literary methods. This is followed by a short biographical sketch of Rand.

The Passion of Ayn Rand

Barbara Branden has compiled the definitive biography of Rand in this book.

The Philosophical Thought of Ayn Rand

Douglas Den Uyl and Douglas Rasmussen edited this collection of essays on Rand's philosophy.

Is Objectivism a Religion?

This work by psychologist Albert Ellis appears to be more of one long sneer, ridiculing, attacking and insulting Rand but rarely grappling with real issues.

It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand?

Jerome Tuccille wrote this satirical book about the origins of the modern libertarian movement. Unfortunately too many uninformed scholars writing on Rand take the book seriously and quote Tuccille¹s fiction as fact.

Without a Prayer

A religious based attack on Rand by an ultra-Calvinist. The book moves from sneering to distorting with lightening speed. Flawed logic and absurd interpretations of Rand fill the pages. Unfortunately trees died to produce this work.

Ayn Rand and Business

Donna Geiner and Theodore Kinni argue that Rand's novels had important insights for managers, traders and entrepreneurs. This book explores those insights. Ayn Rand meets Tom Peters.

The Ayn Rand Companion

Mimi Gladstein compiled this work. It includes a bibliography on Rand and her work, a compendium on the characters in her novels and a synopsis of each of Rand's works. Because it quickly became dated a new, but expensive, version of the book has been produce.

What Art Is

Louis Tores and Michelle Kamhi explore Rand's theory of esthetics in a more in-depth manner than Rand did herself.

Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand

Edited by Mimi Gladstein and Chris Sciabarra this book explores Rand and her work and its relationship to feminism in general. Essays include the critical and the supportive. An interesting collection.

The Ideas of Ayn Rand

Ronald Merrill is a fresh look at Rand and her philosophy. It explores her initial support and then rejection of Nietzschean ideas, her conflicted views on feminism and other subjects.

Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical

Chris Sciabarra explores the influence of Rand's exposure to Russian ideas and how they effected her views.

Ayn Rand by Tibor Machan

All the main themes of Rand's philosophical thought are explored in this book by philosopher Machan.

Atlas Shrugged: A Manifesto of the Mind

Mimi Gladstein's companion to Rand's main novel.

The World of Atlas Shrugged

The Objectivist Center has produced this dramatized look at Rand¹s main novel. Available in CD or tape format.

Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life

This companion to the documentary of the same name includes the text of the documentary and hundreds of photos and illustrations exploring Rand¹s life and her work.

Ayn Rand Interviewed by Tom Snyder

A video of a US television show in which Rand is interviewed.

Mike Wallace Interview Ayn Rand

Well known US news presenter Mike Wallace interviews Rand in this video of a late 1950's US television show.

Ayn Rand at the University of Michigan

In the early 1960s the University of Michigan produced this television show of an interview with Rand which is now available on video tape.

From the Fountainhead to the Future

Alexandra York explores the world of art from an Objectivist perspective.

Basic Principles of Objectivism

This is a 20 tape lecture series by Nathaniel Branden, a former Rand associate, on the nature of Rand's philosophy.