dan_edge Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 By [email protected] (Dan Edge) from The Edge of Reason,cross-posted by MetaBlog I was doing a search of the recent Amazon sales figures for Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and stumbled upon a marvelous discovery: In Amazon's "Literature and Fiction/Classics" category, Atlas Shrugged is the #1 best-seller! Even better, the #2 best-selling "Classic" is also Atlas Shrugged, just another version of the paperback. The #3 best-seller is The Federalist Papers. And the #4 best-seller is, amazingly, Atlas Shrugged again! Rounding out the top ten are Fahrenheit 451 (#7), Thomas Paine's Common Sense (#8), and Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead (#9). People are starting to sit up and pay attention to what is going on in the world around them. Woo hoo! --Dan Edge Cross-posted from Metablog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Wonderful! If one were to look at the current list of Amazon bestsellers you would see the highest sales out of 100: 1. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (paperback) 3. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (paperback) 4. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Centennial edition, paperback) 9. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (paperback) 19. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (Centennial edition HC) 30. Atlas Shrugged Cliff's Notes by Andrew Bernstein 36. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (audio cd) 86. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (Centennial edition HC) 100. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (paperback) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMartins Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Here's some interesting statistics from the "Atlas Shrugged" page on Facebook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 This news makes me happy and gives me hope for the future during a time when it seems like the world is falling apart. On a related note, the other day while watching Fox News they were doing a report on modern day "Tea Parties" that are popping up around the country due to the sudden massive increases in taxes and socialism; one of the "protesters" was holding up a sign that said, "Atlas Will Shrug". That was pretty damn cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intellectualammo Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 This news makes me happy and gives me hope for the future during a time when it seems like the world is falling apart. On a related note, the other day while watching Fox News they were doing a report on modern day "Tea Parties" that are popping up around the country due to the sudden massive increases in taxes and socialism; one of the "protesters" was holding up a sign that said, "Atlas Will Shrug". That was pretty damn cool. I visited a website before about the Tea Parties, my favorite was the banner "Read Atlas Shrugged before it Happens" at one of the cities. This one is for April 15 (which is my birthday) where cities are having Tax Day Tea Parties. Hmm...there is one planned for my city, Pittsburgh... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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