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Please list the title, author, and year (if known) of the book.  Optionally, add a '''1'''-'''5''' rating, where '''5''' is a timeless must-read classic, and '''1''' is a book of passing interest. 
''Note: Authors and publishers are strictly prohibited from rating their own books!  You may add, but not rate your books.  Anyone found to be doing so will be banned from the Wiki.  Book descriptions are not allowed on this page, but if you have a book of particular interests to Objectivists, you can make a new page for it.--[[User:GreedyCapitalist|GreedyCapitalist]] 13:39, 9 February 2006 (CST)''
== Non-Fiction ==
== Non-Fiction ==
"The Values of Harry Potter: Lessons For Muggles" By Ari Armstrong
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! Title !! Author !! Rating !! Contributor
''Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand'' ([[OPAR]]) - [[Leonard Peikoff]] '''5'''
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| Evidence of the Senses || Kelley, David || 4 ||
''The Ominous Parallels'' - Leonard Peikoff '''4'''
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| How We Know || Binswanger, Harry || ||
''Study Methods and Motivation'' - Edwin Locke '''3'''
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| Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology || Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
''The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism'' - Ayn Rand '''5'''
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| Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand || Peikoff, Leonard || 5 ||
''Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology'' - Ayn Rand '''4'''
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| Philosophy: Who Needs It || Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
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| The DIM Hypothesis || Peikoff, Leonard || ||
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| The Logical Leap || Harriman, David || 5 ||
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| The Romantic Manifesto ||Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
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| The Virtue of Selfishness || Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
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''[[Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal]]'' - Ayn Rand '''4'''
== History ==
 
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''The Romantic Manifesto'' - Ayn Rand '''4'''
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''The Case for Israel'' - Alan Dershowitz '''4'''
| A History of Western Philosophy || Jones, W. T. || 5 || Dream_Weaver
 
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''Moral Armor'' -Ronald E. Springer 2004 '''1'''
| Why I am not a Muslim || Warroq, Ibn || 5 || Dream_Weaver
 
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[[The Capitalist Manifesto]]: The Historic, Economic and Philosophic Case for Laissez-Faire- Andrew Bernstein 2005
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== Money ==
''Markets don't fail!'' - Brian Simpson '''4'''
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! Title !! Author !! Rating !! Contributor
''[http://www.capitalism.net/Capitalism/CAPITALISM%20Internet.pdf CAPITALISM: A Treatise on Economics]'' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reisman George Reisman] (1996) '''5'''
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| "Money" The Greatest Hoax on Earth || Jenkins Sr., M.R., Merrill M. E. || 4 || Dream_Weaver
== Historical Non-Fiction ==
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| Economics in One Lesson || Hazlit, Henrey || 4 || Dream_Weaver
''A History of the United States and Its People'' - Edward Eggleston
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| Human Action || von Mises, Ludwig || 5 || Dream_Weaver
''The Rise of the Roman Empire'' - Polybius
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| The God of the Machine || Patterson, Isabelle || 3 || Dream_Weaver
''Cicero'' -Anthony Everitt
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| The Secrets of the Federal Reserve || Mullins, Eustace || 3 || Dream_Weaver
''The War with Hannibal (Book XXI-XXX)'' - Livy
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''The Coming Battle'' - M.W. Walbert
 
''Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation'' -Joseph J. Ellis 2002 '''4'''


== Fiction ==
== Fiction ==
 
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''Harvest of Stars'' - Poul Anderson '''5'''
! Title !! Author !! Rating !! Contributor
 
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''The Stars Are Also Fire'' - Poul Anderson '''5'''
| Atlas Shrugged || Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
 
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''Noble House'' - James Clavell '''5'''
| The Fountianhead ||Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
 
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov - [http://www.randomhouse.com/features/nabokov/lo_excerpt.html ''Lolita'' ] '''5'''
| The Night of January 16th || Rand, Ayn || 5 ||
 
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''The Chequer Board'' - Nevil Shute '''5'''
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== Poetry ==
''Pastoral'' - Nevil Shute '''5'''
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! Title !! Author !! Rating !! Contributor
''Ruined City'' - Nevil Shute '''4'''
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| title || author || rating || contributor
''A Town Like Alice'' - Nevil Shute '''5'''
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''Wizards First Rule'' - Terry Goodkind '''3'''

Latest revision as of 15:47, 17 August 2014

Non-Fiction

Title Author Rating Contributor
Evidence of the Senses Kelley, David 4
How We Know Binswanger, Harry
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology Rand, Ayn 5
Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Peikoff, Leonard 5
Philosophy: Who Needs It Rand, Ayn 5
The DIM Hypothesis Peikoff, Leonard
The Logical Leap Harriman, David 5
The Romantic Manifesto Rand, Ayn 5
The Virtue of Selfishness Rand, Ayn 5

History

Title Author Rating Contributor
A History of Western Philosophy Jones, W. T. 5 Dream_Weaver
Why I am not a Muslim Warroq, Ibn 5 Dream_Weaver

Money

Title Author Rating Contributor
"Money" The Greatest Hoax on Earth Jenkins Sr., M.R., Merrill M. E. 4 Dream_Weaver
Economics in One Lesson Hazlit, Henrey 4 Dream_Weaver
Human Action von Mises, Ludwig 5 Dream_Weaver
The God of the Machine Patterson, Isabelle 3 Dream_Weaver
The Secrets of the Federal Reserve Mullins, Eustace 3 Dream_Weaver

Fiction

Title Author Rating Contributor
Atlas Shrugged Rand, Ayn 5
The Fountianhead Rand, Ayn 5
The Night of January 16th Rand, Ayn 5

Poetry

Title Author Rating Contributor
title author rating contributor
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