5th Place, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand is one of the most influential philosophical writers of the 20th century, and this book is the second best-selling book in American history after the Bible.
This is a novel set against the backdrop of a gradually disintegrating American society, where core producers such as entrepreneurs, engineers, and inventors are disappearing one after another, and the railway, industrial, and financial systems are gradually collapsing.
Through a collapse of economy and order, the author focuses on discussing the relationships between creators, power, morality, and wealth, questioning who truly sustains the functioning of civilization, and how society should define ability, responsibility, creativity, and individual value.