Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a novel set in a totalitarian society, has shot to the top of Amazon’s bestselling books list following Donald Trump’s reelection.

Margaret Atwood's 1985 dystopian classic saw a 1,826 percent increase on the retailer's Movers & Shakers list the day after the election

One Twitter user voiced widespread alarm, saying, “For the people who said Project 2025 wasn’t possible… this will be the handmaid’s tale,” while another user echoed this sentiment: “That’s what I’ve been afraid of for years. So many times, I've been watching 'The Handmaid’s Tale' thinking, ‘This could ‘actually’ happen in the near future.’”

Millions of Americans who were hoping for a different result from the presidential election have coped with the news in different ways. While some had their eyes glued to MSNBC and CNN as results began rolling in on Tuesday night,

The prospect of four more years of Trump has sent readers back to their bookshelves to reacquaint themselves with the bleak futures depicted in works by Margaret Atwood and George Orwell. View on euro