I read "The Fountainhead" and "Anthem" a few years ago... loved them both at the time, but I've fallen out a bit with Mrs. Rand. While I agree with many of her ideas on the individuality and integrity, the whole "selfishness-is-cool" Capitalism thing is a bit of a jagged pill to swallow. As for her "philosophy" of objectivism... it isn't very respected in philosophical circles nor is it very popular. My argument for reading Ayn Rand: "read it, get what you can from it, and take it with a grain of salt."