Read the introduction to the Atlas Shrugged Book Club here. From: Conor Friedersdorf To: Michael Brendan Dougherty, Jerome Copulsky, Garance Franke-Ruta Subject: Part I, Chapters 1 through 5 ...

I come to Atlas Shrugged, then, not as a teenager but as an adult. I also come as a student of social and political thought and literature, as someone who has spent many hours reading and thinking ...

In “‘ Atlas Shrugged’ is Full of Terrible Business Advice,” Nisen criticizes the book for not being a better version of the Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.

Ayn Rand’s novel “Atlas Shrugged” has polarized opinion for more than 50 years. Its fans — including, until recently, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan — applaud the book’s ...

Atlas Shrugged, the book first published in 1957, portrays a dystopian U.S. where soaring taxation, stifling governmental regulations and demonization of success are the norm.

It has taken businessman John Aglialoro nearly 20 years to realize his ambition of making a movie out of “Atlas Shrugged,” the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand that has sold more than 7 million copies ...

According to Google Trends, search volume for "Atlas Shrugged" has never been greater. Even more impressively, the book has surged to #4 on the Amazon bestseller list as of this writing.

For almost two decades, Hollywood has tried unsuccessfully to turn Ayn Rand’s 1100 page classic Atlas Shrugged into a feature film with actresses ranging from Angelina Jolie to Charlize Theron ...

Atlas Shrugged: Part I A monument of American literature is shaved down to a spindly toothpick of a movie in "Atlas Shrugged." ...

Some years ago when I worked at the libertarian Cato Institute, we used to label any new hire who had not yet read "Atlas Shrugged" a "virgin." Being conversant in Ayn Rand's classic novel about ...

I may have seemed to use hyperbole there as a literary enhancement. I didn’t. “Atlas Shrugged” is literally the worst book I’ve ever read.