WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

Bestselling Books Week Ended September 4th.

FICTION

1. “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two” by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany (Scholastic)

2. “A Great Reckoning” by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

3. “Rushing Waters” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)

4. “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

5. “A Torch Against the Night” by Sabaa Tahir (Razorbill)

6. “Wonder” by R.J. Palacio (Alfred Knopf For Young Readers)

7. “Sting” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

8. “If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!” by Elise Parsley (Little, Brown Books For Young Readers)

9. “If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don’t!” by Elise Parsley (Little, Brown Books For Young Readers)

10. “Bullseye” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)

NONFICTION

1. “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” by Amy Schumer (Gallery Books)

2. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance (Harper)

3. “Strengths Finder 2.0” by Tom Rath (Gallup Press)

4. “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed)

5. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi (Random House)

6. “Clean House” by Tom Fitton (Threshold Editions)

7. “Present Over Perfect” by Shauna Niequist (Zondervan)

8. “The Whole30” by Melissa and Dallas Hartwig (Houghton Mifflin)

9. “In Trump We Trust” by Ann Coulter (Sentinel)

10. “Hillary’s America” by Dinesh D’Souza (Regnery Publishing)

FICTION E-BOOKS

1. “A Great Reckoning” by Louise Penny (Minotaur)

2. “Rushing Waters” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)

3. “The Light Between the Oceans” by M.L. Stedman (Scribner)

4. “The Billionaire’s Voice” by J.S. Scott (Montlake Romance)

5. “The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)

6. “Depraved Heart” by Patricia Cornwell (William Morrow)

7. “Fast and Loose” by Fern Michaels (Zebra)

8. “Anti Stepbrother” by Tijan (Tijan)

9. “Always a Cowboy” by Linda Lael Miller (Harlequin HQN)

10. “Sting” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

NONFICTION E-BOOKS

1. “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” by Amy Schumer (Gallery Books)

2. “I Am Malala” by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb (Little, Brown)

3. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)

4. “What If?” by Randall Munroe (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

5. “The Last Madam” by Chris Wiltz (Open Road Media)

6. “A Woman in Charge” by Carl Bernstein (Knopf Doubleday)

7. “Nitty-Gritty Grammar” by E.H. Fine and J.P. Josephson (Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony)

8. “It’s Not Okay” by Andi Dorfman (Gallery Books)

9. “Mary Queen of Scots” by Antonia Fraser (Random House)

10. “Big Magic” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin)

Nielsen 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.