I'm finishing 'The Fountainhead'. Recommend me more books.

CallMeBinkley3 · 8 months

I'd offer to help you out, but that would be immoral.

and_hank_mardukas · 8 months

A Man in Full by Tom Wolfe.

Both those books gave me the "please, please don't end" feeling. Also, try Shantaram or Watership Down.

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mmminteresting · 8 months

On the topic of Ayn Rand, you might be interested in Michael Shermer's Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time. He has a chapter about the Objectivism movement. Very readable book.

mariox19 · 8 months

I'm a big fan of Ayn Rand's writings, but I think it would be too obvious to recommend Atlas Shrugged; so, allow me to recommend something from out in left field. Make a note to yourself to put Shane, by Jack Shaefer on your to-read list. It's a Western. Be sure that you get the critical edition that I linked to.

There is no overt philosophy in this novel, but in my opinion it has the same kind of heroic quality in its main characters that you find in The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged. It is a very well written book, and you don't have to be "into" Westerns to enjoy it. (I'm not into Westerns, actually.) I think you'll like it.

JimmyDuce · 8 months

The first 700 odd pages of Atlas Shurgged were not bad, there were even some very good parts. The last 300 were a real pain. Took me nearly a year to read that book.

I'm planning on reading them in the reverse order, Atlas Shurgged first, and We the Living last. But needed a break before trying the Fountainhead.

evegetsrevenge · 8 months

The Fountainhead is my favorite book. I HATE Atlas Shrugged and have never been able to finish it despite numerous attempts. I get about 3/4 of the way through and just can't take it anymore. The characters were interesting at first but they were just too human, too prone to flaws. I love the Fountainhead because the characters were almost pristine in their ideals and it was fascinating and inspiring to follow their actions. But Atlas Shrugged....meh. Why do you like her book so much?

aaltonen · 8 months

This

fellInchoate · 8 months

Cutting for Stone by Verghese

ladyvicious42 · 8 months

Rand's non-fic is pretty well done as well, especially The Virtue of Selfishness

supahamir · 8 months

Read Atlas Shrugged, definitely.

If you like fantasy, Terry Goodkind's Sword of Truth uses Ayn Rand's Objectivism quite a lot, especially later on in the books. Give that a try, too.

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