Order of Ayn Rand Books

Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a Russian-American writer and philosopher renowned for her novel Atlas Shrugged and for founding the Objectivist movement. Her works frequently faced unfavorable critiques from contemporaneous critics because of her philosophical views. Rand's fiction debut occurred in 1936 with the semi-autobiographical novel We the Living. Below is a chronological list of Ayn Rand’s novels based on their original release dates:

Ayn Rand became a published novelist in 1936 with the novel We the Living. Below is a list of Ayn Rand's books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Standalone Novels Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
We the Living	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Anthem	(1938)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fountainhead	(1943)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Ideal	(2015)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Short Story Collections Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Early Ayn Rand	(1984)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
For the New Intellectual	(1961)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Virtue of Selfishness	(1964)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Romantic Manifesto	(1969)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Return of the Primitive	(1971)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Standalone Plays Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
The Night of January 16th	(1936)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Atlas Shrugged Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Atlas Shrugged	(1957)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Sisyphus Shrugged (By: Robert Peate)	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Money's Men (By: Robert Peate)	(2013)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of The Ayn Rand Library Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Philosophy: Who Needs It	(1982)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z	(1986)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought	(1989)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (By: Leonard Peikoff)	(1991)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

Publication Order of Anthologies Books

Book Title	Year	Amazon USA	Amazon UK
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal	(1946)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
50 Classic Novellas	(2011)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk
The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack	(2012)	Buy on Amazon.com	Buy on Amazon.co.uk

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