 | Reason and Value: Aristotle versus Rand by Roderick T. Long
Buy new: $14.78 Places Rand's thought in the context of various philosophical traditions.
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 | The Philosophic Thought of Ayn Rand
Buy used from: $2.31 Collection of hit or miss essays on Rand. The essays by King and Matson are good jumping off points for reflection.
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 | Ayn Rand by Tibor R. Machan
Buy used from: $18.50 Solid introduction on Rand by a philosopher who is sympathetic to many of her ideas, but not uncritically so.
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 | On Ayn Rand (Wadsworth Philosophers Series) by Allan Gotthelf
Buy new: $15.95 / Used from: $0.57 Accurate, but dry, introduction to Rand. Good example of how Rand's ultra-fans view her.
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 | Ayn Rand: The Russian Radical by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
Buy new: $35.95 / Used from: $4.99 Probably the best book written about Rand. Valuable even if you don't agree with Sciabarra's thesis.
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 | The Contested Legacy of Ayn Rand by David Kelley
Buy new: $21.95 / Used from: $11.90 An Objectivist philosopher takes a nuanced view of Rand and Objectivism.
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 | Universals: An Opinionated Introduction (Focus Series) by D. M. Armstrong
Buy new: $32.25 / Used from: $15.94 Contra Rand, the question of universals is a metaphysical problem. This book will help you undo some of Rand's confusion.
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 | Ayn Rand, Objectivists, and the History of Philosophy by Fred Seddon
Buy used from: $71.30 There is no satisfactory book on Rand's philosophy of history. This is an okay place to start.
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| New Individualist Review by New Individualist Review Journal
Buy used from: $6.90 Contains Bruce Goldberg's scathing critique of Rand's (mis)understanding of other philosophers.
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 | Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals: With on a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns by Immanuel Kant
Buy new: $7.95 / Used from: $0.75 Don't trust the Rand/Peikoff caricature of Kant's ethics. Read him for yourself (and in only 62 pages).
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 | Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe
Buy new: $5.00 / Used from: $14.99 Libertarian economist and philosopher defends Kant's epistemology in the face of Randian-like criticisms.
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 | The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity (The Works of Christopher Dawson, 3) by Christopher Henry Dawson
Buy new: $20.26 / Used from: $14.13 Rand had an extremely negative view of Christianity and religion. The works of Dawson will serve as a good correction.
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| Evidence of the Senses: Realist Theory of Perception by David Kelley
Buy used from: $4.23 The best book by an Objectivist philosopher. Ignored by Official Objectivists because (in part) Kelley's views in The Contested Legacy.
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 | The Reliability of Sense Perception by William P. Alston
Buy new: $22.95 / Used from: $14.70 Doesn't discuss Rand, but mentions some arguments used by her. A good example of how certain topics in philosophy are a bit more complex than Rand believed.
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 | Objectivism and the Corruption of Rationality: A Critique of Ayn Rand's Epistemology by Scott Ryan
Buy new: $20.65 / Used from: $29.44 Best critique of Rand.
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 | Ayn Rand Contra Human Nature by Greg Nyquist
Buy new: $21.55 / Used from: $18.89 Critiques Rand's view of human nature.
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| Without A Prayer: Ayn Rand and the Close of Her System (Trinity Papers No. 50) by John W. Robbins
Buy used from: $12.48 Another hit or miss book on Rand. Good discussion of Rand's lack of originality on certain issues.
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 | The Ayn Rand Cult by Jeff Walker
Buy used from: $6.64 Type of book about Rand that I can't recommend. Collects a lot of material, but hard to distinguish wheat from chaff.
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 | The Passion of Ayn Rand by Barbara Branden
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $1.98 Hard to evaluate biography of Rand by a follower who had a falling out with Rand. Fortunately the two biographies of Rand in preparation will render it obsolete.
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