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Which Ayn Rand Novel to Read First
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Which Ayn Rand Novel to Read First

By Jon Hersey

Nov 26, 2021
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Editor’s note: This piece is republished with permission from Foundation for Economic Education.

I’m often asked by people who have never read Ayn Rand which of her works they should start with. They decide to read her for all sorts of reasons.

Some have heard mocking criticisms of Rand’s novels and ideas and, being too independent to merely take another’…

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