Brave New World is not by Rand, but definitely is an eye opener. Considering who the brother of the author of BNW was that makes it even a bit more of an eye opener. It's kind of a "What might this guy know that the rest of us don't?" type of situation.
Aldous Huxley (I had to look it up. Couldn't recall it off the top of my head)
His brother being Julian Huxley a big proponent of eugenics.
I don't know what came from that, but it is said he walked in some powerful circles. People have stated this influenced BNW quite a bit.
Ugh, I've made this mistake more than once, I'm not entirely sure why. Thank you for the correction. 🙏
Just to be clear, regardless of my mis-speaking, I have read both books, Rand's and Huxley's, back when I was in high-school, lol.
I wrote a lot about influence in my censorship & free speech post, and it wouldn't surprise me if Julian influenced BNW significantly. 🙂