I normally find it trite to say "This book changed my life...", but in this case it legitimately did. I read Atlas Shrugged when working some dead-end-yet-comfy job and it was one of the catalysts that inspired me to resign.

There are some profound ideas in the book, which I think is often missed by critics who worry more about their delivery (the book is waaay too long and Rand's treatment of "the other side" is comically savage). I think about them regularly to this day, and the book is more relevant than ever.

I won't spoil anything, but there are some interesting parallels to Bitcoin coming up in the second half of the book.