Everyone Is Reading Timothy Snyder’s ‘On Tyranny,’ for Some Reason

The 2017 book has surged to the top of the New York Times bestseller list and Barnes & Noble's charts. Here's what to know about it.

February 21, 2025 · 1 min · 48 words · Curtis Henry

That book is Timothy SnydersOn Tyranny, first published in Feb. 2017.

Currently number one, its held a spot on the paperback nonfiction chart for 109 weeks.

And its the number onebestseller overallon indie booksellerBookshop.orgslist.

Penguin

Because thats what they want.

They want you to think that its hopeless.