According to CNN, George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, is currently the #1 best selling book at Amazon.
The publishing house responsible for the book noticed the recent spike in sales.
"We put through a 75,000 copy reprint this week. That is a substantial reprint and larger than our typical reprint for '1984,'" a Penguin spokesman told CNNMoney Tuesday evening.
The spokesman explained that the start of the spring semester always leads to new sales of the book, since "1984" is a staple in classrooms. But the size of this reprint is unusual.
Hard to say whether the unusual interest in this book is being driven by those who who looking for a survival guide in the new age of “alternative facts,” or if it has quietly become a required handbook for federal employees.
Other notable works on the list include:
#8 The Art of the Deal — Donald Trump/Tony Schwartz
#16 It Can’t Happen Here — Sinclair Lewis
#18 Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
#3,122 Mein Kampf — Adolf Hitler (#4 on the Amazon Fascism list. Yes, there really is an Amazon Fascism list.)
Not much of a diary, I know, but I thought it was interesting.