The Handmaid’s Tale” is selling again Donald Trump had to return to The White House, Margaret AtwoodThe ‘dystopian classic’ about a country that brutally oppresses women is sublime. Amazon Best Seller List. Like other dark futuristic stories George Orwell‘s “1984” and Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” were also in the Amazon Top 40. Another bestseller from Trump’s time in office, Timothy Snyder’s “On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century,” was in the top 10.