
The characters and their problems are not the main messages of this book, but it is the unique point of view that Ayn has on our existence as humans and exploits our highest potentials. It focuses mainly on a few characters that are trying to fix a US railroad crisis. In it, she explains the forming of her philosophical system Objectivism through the story of a world that is facing the problem of worsening economic conditions. This is actually the last novel from Ayn as it was in the writing for nearly 12 years and may just actually be her masterpiece. It is one of her fewer fiction stories that while explaining her very real beliefs about certain topics, also describes a fictional dieselpunk story that Ayn came up with to make the book interesting to read. Prepare to meet Ayn Rand and her wondrous philosophies in her magnificent books that we have selected on our best books by Ayn Rand list.Ītlas Shrugged is one of her top best-sellers that introduced so many new fans to Ayn and her content. You will find that she shows that system quite a lot in her books, mostly in The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged.


Ayn Rand actually invented her own philosophical system which she named Objectivism.
