My Objectivist Book Collection

Yesterday (October 12, 2007), at the Atlas Shrugged 50th anniversary celebration event at Landmark, Infiniti Mall, a number of Ayn Rand fans were interested in knowing which books I have in my Ayn Rand/Objectivist collection (after I announced that I have a sizable collection of Objectivist books and am willing to lend them). So, I decided to put the list up as a blogpost. I have 39 titles in all, including books, audio, and video. Feel free to email me if you are interested in borrowing any of them.

Needless to say, I encourage everyone to buy these books/audios/videos; however, if any of you are unable to locate them in India and cannot afford to order them from online bookstores, do contact me. That is the main reason I wish to make these books available to Objectivists, in particular, and Ayn Rand fans, in general.

I intend to include a short description for each item, but, until then, readers may look for descriptions on the Ayn Rand Bookstore website.

During the event, a certain person commented that I am a "worthless showoff" (no offense meant, nor taken). I disagree with adjective, but I have no problem with being called a showoff—esp. for showing off my Ayn Rand collection. It is something I prize and am very proud of. I bought most of it while I was in college, with meager savings from my pocket money, scouring the street leading from Churchgate to Flora Fountain for second-hand books.

Anyway, here it is:

Ayn Rand (Fiction)

1. Atlas Shrugged
2. The Fountainhead
3. We The Living
4. Anthem
5. Night of January Sixteenth
6. The Early Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand (Non-Fiction)

1. Journals of Ayn Rand (includes the manuscript of "To Lorne Dieterling" —her last projected novel)
2. Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
3. The Virtue of Selfishness
4. Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
5. The New Left: Anti-Industrial Revolution
6. The Romantic Manifesto
7. Art of Fiction
8. Art of Nonfiction
9. Ayn Rand Answers
10. For The New Intellectual
11. Philosophy: Who Needs It
12. The Ayn Rand Letter
13. The Voice of Reason

Videos

1. Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life (DVD)
2. The Fountainhead (VCD/VHS)
3. We The Living (VHS)

Leonard Peikoff

1. Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (book)
2. Ominous Parallels (book)
3. The DIM Hypothesis (audio cassette)
4. Induction in Physics and Philosophy (audio cassette)

Harry Binswanger (Items 1 to 9 are audio cassettes)

1. Abstraction From Abstractions
2. America Vs. Death-Worship
3. Ayn Rand's Life: Highlights and Sidelights
4. Capitalism Vs. Democratic Socialism
5. Consciousness As Identification
6. Emotions
7. Free Will and Values
8. How To Study Ayn Rand's Writings
9. Psycho-Epistemology (Volumes I, II, and III)
10. The Ayn Rand Lexicon (book)

Other Authors (Non-Fiction)

1. Ayn Rand's Marginalia - Edited by Robert Mayhew
2. Market's Don't Fail - By Brian P. Simpson
3. The Passion of Ayn Rand's Critics - By James S. Valiant

Note: All items are genuine (i.e., there are not pirated/unauthorized copies; some are new and the rest are second-hand), and I am willing to lend them strictly on the condition that borrowers will use them only for personal, private purposes and will not make any copies. If you have any doubts/questions regarding this condition, please contact me.