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The books, lectures, plays and periodicals of writers, thinkers and other creators, in the order they appeared.

146 works · 6 creators

About this chronology

Each list is in order of first publication, or for lectures, the year each was first given. Works published after the creator’s death are marked Posthumous, with their editors. Titles link to more information about each work.

Works that someone co-wrote or edited also appear in their own list, marked Co-author or Editor.

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Credit to Pooja Gupta for providing the list this was derived from.

Ayn Rand

Fiction

  1. 1936
  2. 1937
  3. 1940
  4. 1943
  5. 1957
  6. 1984

    The Early Ayn Rand Posthumous

    Edited by Leonard Peikoff

  7. 2015

    Ideal Posthumous

    Published as both a novel and a play.

Nonfiction

  1. 1961
  2. 1964
  3. 1966
  4. 1969
  5. 1971
  6. 1979
  7. 1982

    Philosophy: Who Needs It Posthumous

    Edited by Leonard Peikoff

  8. 1986

    The Ayn Rand Lexicon Posthumous

    Edited by Harry Binswanger · A mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism.

  9. 1989

    The Voice of Reason Posthumous

    Edited by Leonard Peikoff

  10. 1991

    The Ayn Rand Column Posthumous

    Edited by Peter Schwartz

  11. 1995

    Ayn Rand’s Marginalia Posthumous

    Edited by Robert Mayhew

  12. 1995

    Letters of Ayn Rand Posthumous

    Edited by Michael S. Berliner

  13. 1997

    Journals of Ayn Rand Posthumous

    Edited by David Harriman

  14. 1999
  15. 1999

    Return of the Primitive Posthumous

    Edited by Peter Schwartz

  16. 1999

    Russian Writings on Hollywood Posthumous

    Edited by Michael S. Berliner · Translated by Dina Schein.

  17. 1999

    The Ayn Rand Reader Posthumous

    Edited by Gary Hull and Leonard Peikoff

  18. 2000

    The Art of Fiction Posthumous

    Edited by Tore Boeckmann

  19. 2001

    The Art of Nonfiction Posthumous

    Edited by Robert Mayhew

  20. 2002
  21. 2005

    Ayn Rand Answers Posthumous

    Edited by Robert Mayhew

  22. 2009

    Objectively Speaking: Ayn Rand Interviewed Posthumous

    Edited by Marlene Podritske and Peter Schwartz

Plays

  1. 1936

    Night of January 16th

    Originally produced in 1936, published in 1968.

  2. 2005

    Three Plays Posthumous

    Edited by Richard E. Ralston

  3. 2014

    The Unconquered Posthumous

    Edited by Robert Mayhew · Stage adaptation of We the Living.

Periodicals

  1. 1962–1965

    The Objectivist Newsletter

    Monthly, volumes 1 to 4.

  2. 1966–1971

    The Objectivist

    Monthly magazine, January 1966 to September 1971. Most of Rand’s articles have been reprinted elsewhere; many of those by contributing writers have not.

  3. 1971–1976

    The Ayn Rand Letter

    Biweekly newsletter, October 1971 to February 1976. Most of Rand’s articles were collected in Philosophy: Who Needs It and The Voice of Reason; some were not.

  4. 1980–1987

    The Objectivist Forum

    Edited by Harry Binswanger · Bimonthly journal, with Leonard Peikoff as consulting editor. Ayn Rand helped establish it and was its philosophic consultant until her death in 1982.

Articles & interviews

  1. 1962

    Let Us Alone!

    Ayn Rand reads from her 1962 Los Angeles Times column: “Let Us Alone!”, “The Cold Civil War” and “The Man-Haters”.

  2. 1962

    Structure of Government Interview

    From the Columbia University radio show “Ayn Rand on Campus” (1962–1965).

  3. 1964

    19th-Century Capitalism Interview

    From the Columbia University radio show “Ayn Rand on Campus”.

  4. 1964

    Romantic Literature Interview

    From the Columbia University radio show “Ayn Rand on Campus”.

  5. 1980

    America’s Future Interview

    Interviewed by Jerry Schwartz of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Leonard Peikoff

Fiction

  1. 1984

    The Early Ayn Rand Editor Posthumous

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Leonard Peikoff

Nonfiction

  1. 1982

    Philosophy: Who Needs It Editor Posthumous

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Leonard Peikoff

  2. 1982
  3. 1989

    The Voice of Reason Editor Posthumous

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Leonard Peikoff

  4. 1991
  5. 1999

    The Ayn Rand Reader Editor Posthumous

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Gary Hull and Leonard Peikoff

  6. 2012

Lectures

  1. 1970

    History of Philosophy Course

    Two volumes: the first began in 1970, the second in 1972.

  2. 1974
  3. 1976
  4. 1980
  5. 1980
  6. 1982
  7. 1983
  8. 1983
  9. 1985
  10. 1986
  11. 1986
  12. 1987
  13. 1988
  14. 1988
  15. 1989
  16. 1990

    Advanced Seminars on Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand Course

    Two parts: the first began in 1990, the second in 1991.

  17. 1990
  18. 1990
  19. 1992
  20. 1992
  21. 1993
  22. 1993
  23. 1994
  24. 1995
  25. 1995
  26. 1996
  27. 1996
  28. 1997
  29. 1998
  30. 1998
  31. 1999
  32. 2002
  33. 2003

    America vs. Americans

    Ford Hall Forum.

  34. 2005

Yaron Brook

James S. Valliant

Articles & interviews

  1. 2015
  2. 2017

    Creating Christ: An Interview with James Valliant Interview

    On Amy Peikoff’s radio show.

Harry Binswanger

Nonfiction

  1. 1986

    The Ayn Rand Lexicon Editor Posthumous

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Harry Binswanger · A mini-encyclopedia of Objectivism.

  2. 1990
  3. 2014

Periodicals

  1. 1980–1987

    The Objectivist Forum Editor

    By Ayn Rand · Edited by Harry Binswanger · Bimonthly journal, with Leonard Peikoff as consulting editor. Ayn Rand helped establish it and was its philosophic consultant until her death in 1982.

John David Lewis

Nonfiction

  1. 2007

    Early Greek Lawgivers

  2. 2008
  3. 2010

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