--- description: The author of a lesser-known 'Fire and Fury' book has been surprised to see a readership spike in the wake of Michael Wolff's book title: People Are Buying the Wrong ‘Fire and Fury’ Book image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab41a87b04a4d7d/6988f7eadb2987db9025e5e5/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # People Are Buying the Wrong _Fire and Fury_ Book and This Author Is Making Money  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2018 12:50 AM CUT  Customers purchase copies of one of the first UK consignments of Michael Wolff's book on President Trump's Presidency "Fire and Fury", at Waterstones, Piccadilly on Jan. 9, 2018 in London, England. Customers purchase copies of one of the first UK consignments of Michael Wolff's book on President Trump's Presidency "Fire and Fury", at Waterstones, Piccadilly on Jan. 9, 2018 in London, England.Leon Neal—Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 11, 2018 12:50 AM CUT For more than a week, the nation’s capital has been [consumed by _Fire and Fury_](http://time.com/5094085/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-interview/ "undefined") — the explosive new book about the Trump Administration written by [Michael Wolff](http://time.com/5094085/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-interview/ "undefined") that now [tops the New York _Times_ bestseller list](https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/951217011614453760?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=http%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fblogs%2Fblog-briefing-room%2F368398-fire-and-fury-debuts-at-1-on-new-york-times-bestseller-list "undefined"). Meanwhile in Canada, the author of a lesser-known book with the same title has been pleasantly surprised to see a readership spike of his own. Randall Hansen, interim director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, said sales for his 2009 book —[ _Fire and Fury: The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945_](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0451230086/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time037-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0451230086&linkId=f798cc998d0dcfec52462dd7a0fc718a "undefined") — jumped in the past week. His book focuses on the bombing tactics that killed hundreds of thousands of German civilians during World War II, while Wolff’s book chronicles [turmoil](http://time.com/5087823/michael-wolff-fire-and-fury-donald-trump-white-house/ "undefined") within Donald Trump’s White House. “Will I owe a larger royalty cheque to Bannon & Trump? If so, the irony will know no limits,” Hansen [tweeted](https://twitter.com/ProfRAHansen/status/949510305612271616 "undefined") the day after Wolff’s book was released. Some of Hansen’s new readers might have purchased his book intentionally after stumbling upon it while searching for Wolff’s, but at least a few reviewers on Amazon voiced frustration that the book they purchased was not what they had expected. “I DON’T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMP! I DON’T KNOW WHY THE DEMOCRATS ARE SO HAPPY WITH THIS BOOK AND MAKEINIG A BIG DEAL OF THIS !” one person wrote. “I love Trump, so I bought this book to spite Wolf,” said another. A third directed confused customers to the page where they could buy Wolff’s book. “If a few more people read my book now and reflect on the horrific consequences of war to civilian populations,” Hansen [told the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/01/10/some-people-are-buying-the-wrong-fire-and-fury-book-its-canadian-author-isnt-complaining/?utm%5Fterm=.b70c90a9a5a8 "undefined"), “I think that would be a very good outcome.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5098171/fire-and-fury-randall-hansen-book-michael-wolff/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5098171/fire-and-fury-randall-hansen-book-michael-wolff/"},"headline":"People Are Buying the Wrong Fire and Fury Book and This Author Is Making Money","datePublished":"2018-01-11T00:50:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:50:08.929Z","description":"A professor in Canada has seen sales of his book jump this week","url":"https://time.com/5098171/fire-and-fury-randall-hansen-book-michael-wolff/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Books","White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab41a87b04a4d7d/6988f7eadb2987db9025e5e5/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ab41a87b04a4d7d/6988f7eadb2987db9025e5e5/fire-and-fury-michael-wolff-book.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"500 Copies Of Hotly Anticipated Trump Book Arrive At Waterstones","caption":"500 Copies Of Hotly Anticipated Trump Book Arrive At Waterstones","creditText":"Leon Neal—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5098171/fire-and-fury-randall-hansen-book-michael-wolff/","name":"People Are Buying the Wrong Fire and Fury Book and This Author Is Making Money"}}]}] ```