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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone sold 120M copies, The Little Prince sold 100M. 7M over 64 years is tiny! A big difference is that these books had global audiences, but Ayn Rand is US-only. Hardly anyone in Europe or Japan has even heard of her.https://twitter.com/mkibbe/status/1447200246488961028 …
To everyone saying "actually...": I can't speak for the UK or India, but in non-English speaking countries she is unknown. Atlas Shrugged didn't have a French edition until 2011, a German edition until 2012, Japanese until 2004. It sold *thousands* of copies in these countries.
Meanwhile in the US she's completely mainstream. Everyone knows her name and the title of that book. Very commonly read in high school for class. So yes, there's a big difference. The extent she's known elsewhere is a pure side effect of her influence in the US.
Anyway, that's a lot of unnecessary words to say, no I don't think Atlas Shrugged is the most influential book in history after the Bible. Guess there's a lesson here about the relativism of culture: what's essential and obvious to one person may mean nothing to their neighbor.
I think people have heard of her, they just haven't succumbed to obsession with her isolationist, antisocial views.
Ayan Rand is quite popular in India too. Of course, not as big as in the US, but has a decent fan base.
Also there was a distinct lack of wizards in Atlas Shrugged.
It's a tool for some to justify their selfishness. Nothing to do with the content...
Not quite true. Her work has a substantial audience here in Poland.
Two of my favourite parts from the book: 1. Atlas Shrugged – I : http://monceabraham.com/atlas-shrugged-answers-to-questions-you-never-knew-existed-deep-inside-your-being/ … 2. Atlas Shrugged – II : http://monceabraham.com/atlas-shrugged-answers-to-questions-you-never-knew-existed-deep-inside-your-being-ii/ …
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