'On Tyranny,' '1984' Boosted Book Sales Last Week By Jim Milliot | Jan 21, 2021 Unit sales of print books continue to gallop past 2020 numbers in the early weeks of 2021. For the week ended January 16, 2021, units jumped 22.7% over the comparable week in 2020 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Against the backdrop of the January 6 insurrection in Washington, D.C., a couple of books dealing with political upheaval did well in the week. Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny sold almost 25,000 copies, placing it in the fourth spot on the overall bestseller list. 1984 by Geo...