Atwood's bestseller The Handmaid's Tale returned to the top of Amazon's charts following the 2024 election results. It's available in paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and on Kindle. The dystopian novel is set in a post-war future as 'declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War.
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.. The book previously sat in the 443 spot on the list and has jumped to the eighth spot on the chart.returned to the top of Amazon’s charts following the 2024 election results. It’s available in paperback, hardcover, audiobook, and on Kindle.
The dystopian novel is set in a post-war future as “declining birthrates have led to a Second American Civil War. The result is the rise of the Republic of Gilead, a totalitarian regime that enforces rigid social roles and enslaves the few remaining fertile women,” as the book’s logline goes.back in 2021, Atwood discussed watching Trump’s rise “With trepidation! We’ve seen this before. It’s right out of the playbook.
Continued Atwood, “It was either Hitler or Goebbels who said if you tell the big lie often enough, people will believe it. Make the lie big, and make it often. We saw that. And it’s not a question of left or right — so-called left regimes have done the same thing. It’s a question of totalitarianism or not totalitarianism.”bestseller has climbed back on Amazon’s bestsellers chart as well, seeing a 63% jump and landing at the No. 23 spot on the list.
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