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BumRushDaShow

(143,063 posts)
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:15 PM Nov 8

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

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/

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Trump victory boosts book sales from "The Handmaid's Tale" and "1984" to "Hillbilly Elegy" (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Nov 8 OP
I have owned copies of "1984", "A Handmaid's Tale", and "Fahrenheit 451" for a long time. Harker Nov 8 #1
I wouldn't accept "Hillbilly Elegy" if someone tried to give it to me. LoisB Nov 8 #2
It's for the bin. n/t Harker Nov 8 #3
At Goodwill. LoisB Nov 9 #7
Even at half price it's just taking up space... n/t Harker Nov 9 #9
I read it. I wasn't impressed. Dulcinea Nov 9 #6
I think JD Couchbanger taking over is the plan. "They" know the Orange Menace is too stupid to carry out their LoisB Nov 9 #8
I'm buying On Tyranny Lulu KC Nov 9 #4
I snapped up my copy of Mike 03 Nov 9 #5

Harker

(15,040 posts)
1. I have owned copies of "1984", "A Handmaid's Tale", and "Fahrenheit 451" for a long time.
Fri Nov 8, 2024, 07:25 PM
Nov 8

I think I'll give Vance a pass.

Dulcinea

(7,523 posts)
6. I read it. I wasn't impressed.
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 07:00 AM
Nov 9

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

(8,810 posts)
8. I think JD Couchbanger taking over is the plan. "They" know the Orange Menace is too stupid to carry out their
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 04:51 PM
Nov 9

plans.

Mike 03

(17,063 posts)
5. I snapped up my copy of
Sat Nov 9, 2024, 06:54 AM
Nov 9

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

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