Trump victory boosts book sales from "The Handmaid's Tale" and "1984" to "Hillbilly Elegy"

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: CBS News/AP

November 8, 2024 / 10:19 AM EST


"The Handmaid's Tale" is selling again.

Since President-elect Donald Trump clinched his return to the White House, Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic about a country in which women are brutally repressed has been high on the Amazon.com best seller list.

"The Handmaid's Tale" was popular throughout Trump's first term, along with such dark futuristic narratives as George Orwell's "1984" and Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451," both of which were in the Amazon top 40 as of Thursday afternoon.

Another best-seller from Trump's previous time in office, Timothy Snyder's "On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century," was in the top 10.

Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/1984-handmaids-tale-hillbilly-elegy-trump-victory-boosts-book-sales/

[Harker]

1. I have owned copies of "1984", "A Handmaid's Tale", and "Fahrenheit 451" for a long time.

I think I'll give Vance a pass.

[LoisB]

2. I wouldn't accept "Hillbilly Elegy" if someone tried to give it to me.

[Harker]

3. It's for the bin. n/t

[LoisB]

7. At Goodwill.

[Harker]

9. Even at half price it's just taking up space... n/t

[Dulcinea]

6. I read it. I wasn't impressed.

When JD Couchbanger takes over (and he might at some point) the whole house of cards will implode. He doesn't have The Felon's salesmanship or ability to sway a crowd. He's an unlikable little prick like Ron DeathSentence.

[LoisB]

8. I think JD Couchbanger taking over is the plan. "They" know the Orange Menace is too stupid to carry out their

plans.

[Lulu KC]

4. I'm buying On Tyranny

and not from Amazon.

[Mike 03]

5. I snapped up my copy of

"Hitler's First Hundred Days: When Germans Embraced the Third Reich" before there's a run on that one.