--- title: Sinclair Lewis Novel 'It Can't Happen Here' Sells Out Online description: '''It Can''t Happen Here,'' a book by Sinclair Lewis that details the rise of a dictatorship in America, sold out on Amazon and Books-a-Million.' authors: - name: Kerry Close url: https://money.com/author/kerry-close/ at_money_since: 2016 articles: 182 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Mortgages - Personal Finance - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/kerryclose former_staff: true published: '2016-11-16T21:04:08.000Z' modified: '2016-11-16T21:04:08.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - 2016 Election - Amazon - book sales - Books - Donald Trump - Novel - onetime - sinclair lewis word_count: 229 canonical: https://money.com/sinclair-lewis-it-cant-happen-here-amazon/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![Sinclair Lewis](https://img.money.com/2016/11/gettyimages-2696503.jpg) *Copies of 'It Can't Happen Here' by Sinclair Lewis, pictured, have sold out on Amazon.* Some voters—shell-shocked by the results of the 2016 presidential election—are rushing to buy the book that Donald Trump's critics say may have predicted his rise 80 years ago. In the wake of Donald Trump's election, copies of Sinclair Lewis's 1935 satirical political novel *It Can't Happen Here* has sold out on some major online book retailers, including [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451465644/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=money018f-20&camp=1789&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0451465644&linkId=1b0280565ed5557ea31cdbc977b75d0f) and [Books-a-Million](http://www.booksamillion.com/p/Cant-Happen-Here/Sinclair-Lewis/9781433222085). The novel—which was written as Adolf Hitler rose to power in Nazi Germany—tells the story of a fascist takeover in America. The main character, Buzz Windrip, appeals to voters with a mix of crass language and nativist ideology. Once elected, he solidifies his power by energizing his base against immigrants, people on welfare, and the liberal press. The novel has been called ["frighteningly contemporary](http://www.salon.com/2015/09/29/it_really_can_happen_here_the_novel_that_foreshadowed_donald_trumps_authoritarian_appeal/)" in the wake of the Trump campaign and election. As Slate wrote in September 2015: > With his careful mix of plainspoken honesty and reactionary delusion, Trump is following an old rhetorical playbook, one defined and employed successfully in the 1936 presidential campaign of \[Windrip\]. If you'd like to read the novel, you can still order it through [Barnes & Noble](http://www.anrdoezrs.net/links/8147966/type/dlg/sid/SinclairLewsDCNov/http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/it-cant-happen-here-sinclair-lewis/1002456751;jsessionid=6DE9BF9B577EA0C021091D273BF56C26.prodny_store02-atgap03?ean=9780451465641), or by checking to see if your local brick-and-mortar bookstore has it in stock (or by going to the library!). 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