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The question was what's a popular book everyone buys but no-one reads. Plenty of people read 1984.
It's quoted to death on the internet, most of the time in completely the wrong context that would be obvious to anyone that actually read it. It's become a popular strawman, sales rocketed since 2016. If everybody actually read it, it wouldn't be so misunderstood.
I assume they don't buy it though.
And most misquotes and references are sarcastic.
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Literally 1984