5050 Before the Revolution : 1905-1917
Looters : 1917-1925
Freedom to think : 1926-1934
We are not like our brothers : 1934-1938
The Fountainhead : 1936-1941
The soul of an individualist : 1939-1942
Money : 1943
Fame : 1943-1946
The top and the bottom : 1946-1949
The means and the end : 1950-1953
The immovable mover : 1953-1957
Atlas shrugged : 1957
The public philosopher : 1958-1963
Account overdrawn : 1962-1967
Either/or (the break) : 1967-1968
In the name of the best within us : 1969-1982

Ayn Rand is best known as the author of the perennially bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Altogether, more than 12 million copies of the two novels have been sold in the United States. The books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the foundation of the Libertarian movement, and influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond. A passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights, Rand remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. Yet twenty-five years after her death, her readers know little about her life. In this seminal biography, Anne Conover Heller traces the controversial author's life from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout, Heller reveals previously unknown facts about Rand's history and looks at Rand with new research and a fresh perspective.