Editing Ayn Rand (section)

=== Popular interest ===

[[File:Atlas Shrugged (1957 1st ed) - Ayn Rand.jpg|thumb|upright|alt=Dust jacket from ''Atlas Shrugged'' depicting railroad tracks|''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' has sold more than 10 million copies.{{sfn|Offord|2022|p=12}}]]
With over 37{{nbs}}million copies sold {{as of|2020|lc=y}}, Rand's books continue to be read widely.{{sfn|Offord|2022|p=12}}{{efn|name="sales"}} In 1991, a survey conducted for the [[Library of Congress]] and the [[Book of the Month Club]] asked club members to name the most influential book in their lives. Rand's ''Atlas Shrugged'' was the second most popular choice, after the Bible.{{sfn|Doherty|2007|p=11}} Although Rand's influence has been greatest in the United States, there has been international interest in her work.{{efn|Countries mentioned by sources discussing such interest include Australia, Denmark, France, Germany, Iceland, India, Israel, Monaco, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Gladstein|2003|pp=384–386}}{{sfn|Murnane|2018|pp=2–3}}{{sfn|Brühwiler|2021|pp=126, 129, 137–138, 145-157}}}}

Rand's contemporary admirers included fellow novelists, like [[Ira Levin]], [[Kay Nolte Smith]] and [[L. Neil Smith]]. She influenced later writers like [[Erika Holzer]], [[Terry Goodkind]],{{sfn|Riggenbach|2004|pp=91–144}} and comic book artist [[Steve Ditko]].{{sfn|Sciabarra|2004|pp=8–11}} Rand provided a positive view of business and subsequently many business executives and entrepreneurs have admired and promoted her work.{{sfn|Burns|2009|pp=168–171}} Businessmen such as [[John A. Allison IV|John Allison]] of [[BB&T]] and [[Ed Snider]] of [[Comcast Spectacor]] have funded the promotion of Rand's ideas.{{sfn|Burns|2009|p=298}}{{sfn|Heller|2009|p=412}}

Television shows, movies, songs, and video games have referred to Rand and her works.{{sfn|Sciabarra|2004|pp=4–5}}{{sfn|Burns|2009|p=282}} Throughout her life she was the subject of many articles in popular magazines,{{sfn|Gladstein|1999|p=110–111}} as well as book-length critiques by authors such as the psychologist Albert Ellis{{sfn|Gladstein|1999|p=98}} and Trinity Foundation president John W. Robbins.{{sfn|Gladstein|1999|p=101}} Rand or characters based on her figure prominently in novels by American authors,{{sfn|Sciabarra|2004|p=3}} including Kay Nolte Smith, [[Mary Gaitskill]], [[Matt Ruff]], and [[Tobias Wolff]].{{sfn|Brühwiler|2021|pp=15–22}} [[Nick Gillespie]], former editor-in-chief of ''[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]'', remarked: "Rand's is a tortured immortality, one in which she's as likely to be a punch line as a protagonist. Jibes at Rand as cold and inhuman run through the popular culture."{{sfn|Chadwick|Gillespie|2005|loc=at 1:55}} 

Two movies have been made about Rand's life. A 1997 documentary film, ''[[Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life]]'', was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature]].{{sfn|Gladstein|1999|p=128}} ''[[The Passion of Ayn Rand (film)|The Passion of Ayn Rand]]'', a 1999 television adaptation of the [[The Passion of Ayn Rand|book of the same name]], won several awards.{{sfn|Gladstein|2010|p=122}} Rand's image appears on a [[List of people on stamps of the United States#R|1999]] [[Postage stamps and postal history of the United States|U.S. postage stamp]] illustrated by artist [[Nick Gaetano]].{{sfn|Wozniak|2001|p=380}}

Rand's works, most commonly ''Anthem'' or ''The Fountainhead'', are sometimes assigned as secondary school reading.<ref>Salmieri, Gregory. "An Introduction to the Study of Ayn Rand". In {{harvnb|Gotthelf|Salmieri|2016|p=4}}.</ref> Since 2002, the Ayn Rand Institute has provided free copies of Rand's novels to teachers who promise to include the books in their curriculum.{{sfn|Duffy|2012}} The Institute had distributed 4.5{{nbs}}million copies in the U.S. and Canada by the end of 2020.<ref name="ARI2020"/> In 2017, Rand was added to the required reading list for the [[GCE Advanced Level (United Kingdom)|A Level]] Politics exam in the United Kingdom.{{sfn|Wang|2017}}