Margaret Atwood’s 1985 book The Handmaid’s Tale tops Amazon bestseller list

As of Monday, February 6, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (published 1985) is Amazon.com’s bestselling book.

As of Monday, February 6, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (published 1985) is Amazon.com’s bestselling book.

Canadian Margaret Atwood at the Frankfurt Book Fair 1987.(Picture Alliance)

Most likely following a spot for the television adaptation of the Booker Prize-winning novel during the American Super Bowl, the Canadian author Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel The Handmaid’s Tale has now taken over the number 1 bestselling book position on Amazon, over Milo Yiannopoulos’ Dangerous and George Orwell’s 1985.

The adaptation of Atwood’s novel, which stars Elisabeth Moss (also a producer) and Joseph Fiennes in a patriarchal totalitarian theocracy, is set to air on Hulu, April 26, 2017.

Watch the trailer of the movie here:

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