A lot of things look different now than they did at this time last year, and that includes sales for books whose themes have become hot topics of conversation: totalitarianism, sexual politics*, and the newly elected president of the United States. Here, we look at 10 books whose print unit sales were notably higher in the first four weeks of 2017 than in the same period the year before.

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

Year-to-date print sales: 8,837
Increase over January 2016: 12,346%



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The Origin of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt

Year-to-date print sales: 2,686
Increase over January 2016: 1,058%



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March: Book One

John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell

Year-to-date print sales: 12,836
Increase over January 2016: 427%

 

Trump: The Art of the Deal

Donald J. Trump, with Tony Schwartz

Year-to-date print sales: 18,759
Increase over January 2016: 325%

1984

George Orwell

Year-to-date print sales: 38,826
Increase over January 2016: 185%



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We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Year-to-date print sales: 16,507
Increase over January 2016: 133%



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The Constitution of the United States

Year-to-date print sales: 17,105
Increase over January 2016: 78%

 



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Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

Year-to-date print sales: 12,925
Increase over January 2016: 43%



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Animal Farm

George Orwell

Year-to-date print sales: 15,027
Increase over January 2016: 36%



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Farenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Year-to-date print sales: 19,070
Increase over January 2016: 9%



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* Margaret Atwood’s A Handmaid’s Tale has also shown significant gains, thanks in part to the fortuitously timed Hulu adaptation premiering April 26.

Source: NPD BookScan; Sales figures are for the bestselling edition of each title