Schedule of Readings

The discussion questions and podcasts on Ayn Rand's epic novel Atlas Shrugged are broken down into twenty sessions, each covering about 65 pages of the novel. That is the format that Front Range Objectivism is using for its Atlas Shrugged Reading Groups.

Please note that the pagination of the two larger hardcover and softcover editions differ from that of the smaller mass market paperback. I recommend using the larger edition: I don't always list page numbers for the smaller edition on this web site.

Session 1

• Pages 1 - 63 (larger) or 9 - 67 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 1: The Theme
  
• Part 1: Chapter 2: The Chain
  
• Part 1: Chapter 3: The Top and the Bottom

Session 2

• Pages 64 - 126 (larger) or 67 - 124 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 4: The Immovable Movers
  
• Part 1: Chapter 5: The Climax of the d'Anconias

Session 3

• Pages 127 - 185 (larger) or 124 - 178 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 6: The Non-Commercial
  
• Part 1: Chapter 7: The Exploiters and the Exploited (Part A)

Session 4

• Pages 185 - 252 (larger) or 178 - 241 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 7: The Exploiters and the Exploited (Part B)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 8: The John Galt Line

Session 5

• Pages 253 - 309 (larger) or 241 - 294 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 9: The Sacred and the Profane
  
• Part 1: Chapter 10: Wyatt's Torch (Part A)

Session 6

• Pages 309 - 378 (larger) or 294 - 358 (smaller)
  
• Part 1: Chapter 10: Wyatt's Torch (Part B)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 1: The Man Who Belonged on Earth

Session 7

• Pages 379 - 438 (larger) or 358 - 412 (smaller)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 2: The Aristocracy of Pull
  
• Part 2: Chapter 3: White Blackmail (Part A)

Session 8

• Pages 438 - 495 (larger) or 412 - 465 (smaller)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 3: White Blackmail (Part B)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 4: The Sanction of the Victim

Session 9

• Pages 496 - 566 (larger) or 466 - 531 (smaller)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 5: Account Overdrawn
  
• Part 2: Chapter 6: Miracle Metal

Session 10

• Pages 567 - 632 (larger) or 531 - 591 (smaller)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 7: The Moratorium on Brains
  
• Part 2: Chapter 8: By Our Love

Session 11

• Pages 633 - 697 (larger) or 591 - 650(smaller)
  
• Part 2: Chapter 9: The Face Without Pain or Fear or Guilt
  
• Part 2: Chapter 10: The Sign of the Dollar

Session 12

• Pages 699 - 751 (larger) or 651 - 699 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 1: Atlantis

Session 13

• Pages 752 - 815 (larger) or 699 - 758 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 2: The Utopia of Greed

Session 14

• Pages 816 - 863 (larger) or 758 - 802 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 3: Anti-Greed

Session 15

• Pages 864 - 936 (larger) or 802 - 869 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 4: Anti-Life
  
• Part 3: Chapter 5: Their Brothers' Keepers (Part A)

Session 16

• Pages 936 - 999 (larger) or 869 - 927 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 5: Their Brothers' Keepers (Part B)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 6: The Concerto of Deliverance

Sessions 17 and 18

• Pages 1000 - 1069 (larger) or 927 - 993 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 7: "This is John Galt Speaking"

Session 19

• Pages 1070 - 1125 (larger) or 993 - 1035 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 8: The Egoist

Session 20

• Pages 1126 - 1168 (larger) or 1035 - 1074 (smaller)
  
• Part 3: Chapter 9: The Generator
  
• Part 3: Chapter 10: In the Name of the Best Within Us