Bibliography For Ayn Rand and Objectivism - Books About Ayn Rand or Objectivism

Books About Ayn Rand or Objectivism

The books listed below are either entirely about Ayn Rand/Objectivism or contain multiple relevant chapters/essays. The main body of the list consists of books about Objectivist ideas published by academic, commercial or institutional presses. A special subsection lists books about Rand's life and writing. For books with a single relevant chapter or essay, see the list of other works below.

• Badhwar, Neera K. (2001). Is Virtue Only a Means to Happiness?. Objectivist Studies Monographs. Poughkeepsie, New York: The Objectivist Center. ISBN 1-57724-059-6.
• Bernstein, Andrew (2005). The Capitalist Manifesto: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-faire. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-3220-3.
• Bernstein, Andrew (2009). Objectivism in One Lesson: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Ayn Rand. Lanham, Maryland: Hamilton Books. ISBN 0-7618-4359-0.
• Bernstein, Andrew (2009). Ayn Rand for Beginners. For Beginners series. Illustrations by Own Brozman. Hanover, New Hampshire: Steerforth Press. ISBN 978-1-934389-37-9.
• Biddle, Craig (2001). Loving Life: The Morality of Self-Interest and the Facts that Support It. Glen Allen, Virginia: Glen Allen Press. ISBN 0-9713737-0-1.
• Binswanger, Harry (1986). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z. New York: New American Library. ISBN 0-453-00528-4. http://aynrandlexicon.com/.
• Binswanger, Harry (1990). The Biological Basis of Teleological Concepts. Los Angeles: Ayn Rand Institute Press. ISBN 0-9625336-0-2.
• Bishop, Lloyd (2001). In Defense of Altruism: Inadequacies of Ayn Rand's Ethics and Psychological Egoism. New Orleans: University Press of the South. ISBN 1-889431-79-6.
• Branden, Nathaniel (1969). The Psychology of Self-Esteem: A New Concept of Man's Psychological Nature. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing. ISBN 0-8402-1109-0.
• Branden, Nathaniel (1983). Honoring the Self. Los Angeles: J.P. Tarcher. ISBN 0-87477-270-2.
• Branden, Nathaniel (2009). The Vision of Ayn Rand: The Basic Principles of Objectivism. Cobden Press. ISBN 978-0-9819536-2-5.
• Buechner, M. Northrup (2011). Objective Economics: How Ayn Rand’s Philosophy Changes Everything about Economics. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-7618-5481-4.
• Childs, Roy A., Jr. (1994). Taylor, Joan Kennedy. ed. Liberty Against Power. San Francisco: Fox & Wilkes. ISBN 0-930073-13-4.
• Den Uyl, Douglas & Rasmussen, Douglas, eds. (1984). The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand. Chicago: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01033-7. OCLC 9392804.
• Ellis, Albert (2006). Are Capitalism, Objectivism, and Libertarianism Religions? Yes!. Santa Barbara, California: Walden Three. ISBN 1-4348-0885-8. Revised and retitled edition of a 1968 book, originally titled Is Objectivism a Religion?
• Gladstein, Mimi Reisel & Sciabarra, Chris Matthew, eds. (1999). Feminist Interpretations of Ayn Rand. Re-reading the Canon. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-01830-5.
• Gotthelf, Allan (2000). On Ayn Rand. Wadsworth Philosophers Series. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing. ISBN 0-534-57625-7.
• Gotthelf, Allan & Lennox, James G., eds. (2010). Metaethics, Egoism, and Virtue: Studies in Ayn Rand's Normative Theory. Ayn Rand Society Philosophical Studies. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-4400-3. OCLC 617508678.
• Harriman, David (2010). The Logical Leap: Induction in Physics. New York: New American Library. ISBN 978-0-451-23005-8. With an introduction by Leonard Peikoff.
• Hessen, Robert (1979). In Defense of the Corporation. Stanford, California: Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 0-8179-7071-1.
• Hudgins, Edward (2008). An Objectivist Secular Reader. Washington, DC: The Atlas Society. ISBN 978-098-152-7.
• Kelley, David (1986). The Evidence of the Senses: A Realist Theory of Perception. Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1268-2.
• Kelley, David (2000). The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand: Truth and Toleration in Objectivism (paperback ed.). New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers. ISBN 0-7658-0863-3. OCLC 44727861. Revised and retitled edition of a 1990 book, originally titled Truth and Toleration.
• Long, Roderick T. (2000). Reason and Value: Rand versus Aristotle. Objectivist Studies Monographs. Poughkeepsie, New York: The Objectivist Center. ISBN 1-57724-045-6.
• Machan, Tibor R. (2000). Ayn Rand. Masterworks in the Western Tradition. New York: Peter Lang Publishing. ISBN 0-8204-4144-9. OCLC 41096316.
• Machan, Tibor R., ed. (2006). Ayn Rand at 100. New Delhi, India: Pragun Publications. ISBN 81-89645-57-9. OCLC 76829742.
• Merrill, Ronald E. (1991). The Ideas of Ayn Rand. La Salle, Illinois: Open Court Publishing. ISBN 0-8126-9157-1. OCLC 23254190.
• O'Neill, William F. (1971). With Charity Toward None: An Analysis of Ayn Rand's Philosophy. New York: Philosophical Library. ISBN 0-8022-2034-7. OCLC 133489.
• Paul, Ellen Frankel; Miller, Fred D., Jr. & Paul, Jeffrey, eds. (2008). Objectivism, Subjectivism, and Relativism in Ethics. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-71963-6. OCLC 177062528.
• Peikoff, Leonard (1982). The Ominous Parallels: The End of Freedom in America. New York: Stein & Day. ISBN 0-8128-2850-X.
• Peikoff, Leonard (1991). Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand. New York: Dutton. ISBN 0-525-93380-8. OCLC 23647748.
• Plasil, Ellen (1985). Therapist. New York: St. Martin's/Marek. ISBN 0-312-79912-8.
• Podritske, Marlene & Schwartz, Peter, eds. (2009). Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-534-57625-7.
• Raimondo, Justin (1993). Reclaiming the American Right: The Lost Legacy of the Conservative Movement. Burlingame, California: Center for Libertarian Studies. ISBN 1-883959-00-4.
• Robbins, John W. (1997). Without a Prayer: Ayn Rand and the Close of Her System. Hobbs, New Mexico: Trinity Foundation. ISBN 0-940931-50-8. Revised and retitled edition of a 1974 book, originally titled Answer to Ayn Rand.
• Reisman, George (1996) (PDF). Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics. Ottawa, Illinois: Jameson Books. ISBN 0-915463-73-3. http://www.capitalism.net/Capitalism/CAPITALISM_Internet.pdf.
• Sciabarra, Chris Matthew (1995). Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical. University Park, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-01440-7. OCLC 31133644.
• Sciabarra, Chris Matthew (2003). Ayn Rand, Homosexuality, and Human Liberation. Cape Town, South Africa: Leap Publishing. ISBN 0-9584573-3-6.
• Seddon, Fred (2003). Ayn Rand, Objectivists, and the History of Philosophy. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-2308-5.
• Simpson, Brian (2005). Markets Don't Fail!. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-1034-9.
• Smith, George H. (1991). Atheism, Ayn Rand, and Other Heresies. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-577-6. OCLC 22593041.
• Smith, Tara (1997). Moral Rights and Political Freedom. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-8026-6. OCLC 31710378.
• Smith, Tara (2000). Viable Values: A Study of Life as the Root and Reward of Morality. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-8476-9760-6. OCLC 42397381.
• Smith, Tara (2006). Ayn Rand's Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist. New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-86050-4. OCLC 60971741.
• Torres, Louis & Kamhi, Michelle Marder (2000). What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand. Chicago: Open Court Publishing. ISBN 0-8126-9372-8. OCLC 43787446.
• Touchstone, Kathleen (2006). Then Athena Said: Unilateral Transfers and the Transformation of Objectivist Ethics. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 0-7618-3519-9. OCLC 70783649.
• Wortham, Anne (1981). The Other Side of Racism: A Philosophical Study of Black Race Consciousness. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press. ISBN 0-8142-0318-3. OCLC 6917587.
• Younkins, Edward W. (2005). Philosophers of Capitalism: Menger, Mises, Rand, and Beyond. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-1076-4. OCLC 59147844.
• Younkins, Edward W. (2007). Champions of a Free Society: Ideas of Capitalism's Philosophers and Economists. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-2647-4. OCLC 228676591.