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Atlas Shrugged

Atlas Shrugged

Book · Literary & classic fiction · 18 mentions · 3 subreddits · discussed in r/books, r/booksuggestions, r/horrorlit

Reddit take

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Pros

  • I liked the bits with trains, she should have just stuck to writing railway porn.
  • Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It opened my eyes to human behavior in a way no other book has.
  • Atlas shrugged was an important book in my life.

Cons

  • Randian fiction is a perfect horror setting, which makes sense considering how thoroughly Rand misunderstood humans.
  • Knew a guy who said if you could only read one book it should be the Bible. If you could read two, the Bible and atlas shrugged. He was an idiot
  • arlats shrugged is literally just someone trying to sell you unregulated capitalism
  • Atlas Shrugged is propaganda. I wouldn't read it in a book club.
  • You couldn’t get me to willingly read Atlas Shrugged.

Sentiment

3 positive (17%) · 1 mixed (6%) · 14 negative (78%)

Trust + time weighted score: -61% · raw score -61%

What redditors said (10 of 18)

Randian fiction is a perfect horror setting, which makes sense considering how thoroughly Rand misunderstood humans.
negative · u/E****l · r/horrorlit · Jul 6, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Knew a guy who said if you could only read one book it should be the Bible. If you could read two, the Bible and atlas shrugged. He was an idiot
negative · u/S****e · r/books · comment · Jul 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
I liked the bits with trains, she should have just stuck to writing railway porn.
positive · u/B****s · r/books · comment · Feb 16, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
arlats shrugged is literally just someone trying to sell you unregulated capitalism
negative · u/d****h · r/booksuggestions · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Atlas Shrugged is propaganda. I wouldn't read it in a book club.
negative · u/P****e · r/booksuggestions · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
You couldn’t get me to willingly read Atlas Shrugged.
negative · u/m****n · r/booksuggestions · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Even though I like Rand’s novels, I’d recommend Brave New World. Atlas Shrugged is very long and therefore not really suitable for a book club. Also, Rand is quite controversial, both stylistically and in terms of content.
mixed · u/Y****3 · r/booksuggestions · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Atlas Shrugged is NOT a book club book. Ayn Rand's writing is super dated, her characters are flat, and her message is flawed to the max. Nothing screams "my audience are all idiots" like a mid book manifesto in the form of the 90 page speech on morality that is repetitive and built on a foundation of straw men.
negative · u/A****k · r/booksuggestions · comment · Dec 11, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
That title is the best thing Ayn Rand ever put to paper. Just the title. Not the book.
negative · u/L****a · r/books · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. It opened my eyes to human behavior in a way no other book has.
positive · u/B****r · r/booksuggestions · comment · Aug 21, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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