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WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

Bestselling Books Week Ended August 26th.

FICTION

1. “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company)

2. “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas Balzer & Bray (Harperteen)

3. “The President is Missing” by James Patterson and Bill Clinton (Little, Brown)

4. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio (Knopf Books for Young Readers)

5. “Tailspin” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “Pieces of Her” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)

7. “Happy Dreamer” by Peter H. Reynolds (Orchard Books)

8. “The Outsider” by Stephen King (Scribner)

9. “Dog Man and Cat Kid” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix)

10. “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” by Dr. Seuss (Random House)

NONFICTION

1. “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis (Thomas Nelson)

2. “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account” by Omarosa Newman Manigault (Gallery Books)

3. “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House Canada)

4. “The Russia Hoax” by Gregg Jarrett (Broadside)

5. “Magnolia Table” by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets (Morrow Cookbooks)

6. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne)

7. “StrengthsFinder 2.0” by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

8. “Educated” by Tara Westover (Random House)

9. “Liars, Leakers and Liberals” by Jeanine Pirro (Center Street)

10. “The Plant Paradox” by Steven R. Gundry (Harper Wave)

FICTION E-BOOKS

1. “Crazy Rich Asians” by Kevin Kwan (Doubleday)

2. “Pieces of Her” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)

3. “Small Great Things” by Jodi Picoult (Random House)

4. “Invisible” by James Patterson and D. Ellis (Little, Brown)

5. “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

6. “Year One” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)

7. “At the Water’s Edge” by Sara Gruen (Random House)

8. “P.S. I Still Love You” by Jenny Han (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers)

9. “The Hunt for Red October” by Tom Clancy (Penguin)

10. “Texas Ranger” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

NONFICTION E-BOOKS

1. “Unhinged” by Omarosa Newman Manigault (Gallery Books)

2. “The Leangains Method” by Martin Berkhan (Martin Berkhan)

3. “Lincoln’s Last Trial” by Dan Abrams and David Fisher (Hanover Square Press)

4. “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis (Thomas Nelson)

5. “Instant Pot Miracle” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

6. “Mountains Beyond Mountains” by Tracy Kidder (Random House)

7. “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)

8. “21-Day Ketogenic Diet…” by Rachel Gregory (Callisto Media)

9. “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck” by Mark Manson (HarperOne)

10. “Originals” by Adam Grant (Penguin)

NPD BookScan gathers point-of-sale book data from about 16,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 85 per cent of the nation’s book sales. Print-book data providers include all major booksellers and Web retailers, and food stores. E-book data providers include all major e-book retailers. Free e-books and those sold for less than 99 cents are excluded. The fiction and nonfiction lists in all formats include both adult and juvenile titles; the business list includes only adult titles. The combined lists track sales by title across all print and e-book formats; audio books are excluded. Refer questions to Michael.Boone(at)wsj.com.

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