I won't be putting
Atlas Shrugged on the list. It wasn't the best of Rand's book and completely lacked subtlety. It was like getting hit over the head again and again with a Randian message club. BTW,
Shane has a similar message but Schaefer doesn't slam you over the head with speeches that go on for dozens of pages.
p.s. The Fountainhead was a much better book but I won't be assigning that one either. But don't worry, down the road I will be assigning a Rand book but it will surprise you, especially since the characters in this book seem REAL.
So glad to read someone else that didn't find Atlas that good. You were so right - overkill - redundant. She really needed a vicious editor to cut that book down.
Count me in.