Classics · Dystopian
Atlas Shrugged
As government rules choke American industry, the country's most capable producers begin vanishing one by one. A railroad executive fights to keep her family's company running while trying to understand why.
- First published
- 1957
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a huge, argumentative novel that mixes industry, romance and mystery in the service of one philosophy.
Skip this if you dislike long speeches and one-sided characters, since the book is over a thousand pages.
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