"Who becomes valuable and who becomes worthless . . ." --

Good theme
(I have not read the book) .

"One Second After" is a good book. It is about an electromagnetic pulse attack. The entire USA grid is out. The time frame is from the day of the attack to one year later. Who becomes valuable and who becomes worthless is interesting. This book is not for a weak stomach.

I don't read much fiction, but my wife recently read the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind, which has a strong objectivist message: http://www.terrygoodkind.com/

Hello CatieM,

Aside from the material written by Rand and her associates, I don’t know if others agree, but it would seem to me that Winston from 1984 (Orwell) gained much objectivity, as did Montag in Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury). I don’t know if I would classify them as objectivist books, but they are great works where the protagonists discover the subjective nature of the establishments and rebel against them… In any case they are a must read in the Sci-Fi genre that act as a warning against the collective. I am sure there are more, and I would also like to hear what others recommend.

Regards,
O.A.

Most of mine are geared towards younger readers as most of my reading time is spent reading with my kids (ages 7-17)

Atlas is mandatory reading at age 16, you do not read it and have multiple discussions with me as you do and you do not drive.

A few good books for younger readers that teach good values and objective thinking

Micheal Vey series.
The first is one of the best books I have read for young people to read. Its a great book, the second was good but not nearly as much so.

Fablehaven Series
Five books, all very entertaining and all teach good principles that you want your kids to learn.

A little article about the author http://www.deseretnews.com/article/65019...

Also he has a new series (a couple books out) called the beyonders, we are currently reading it.