Bestselling Books Week Ended Aug. 21st.

FICTION

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

2. "The Underground Railroad" by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

3. "Sting" by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

4. "Bullseye" by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown)

5. "Curious Minds" by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton (Bantam)

6. "If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, Don't!" by Elise Parsley (Little, Brown Books For Young Readers)

7. "The Woman in Cabin 10" by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)

8. "Truly Madly Guilty" by Liane Moriarty (Flatiron Books)

9. "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio (Alfred Knopf For Young Readers)

10. "Insidious" by Catherine Coulter (Gallery Books)

NONFICTION

1. "The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo" by Amy Schumar (Gallery Books)

2. "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance (Harper)

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

4. "Present Over Perfect" by Shauna Niequist (Zondervan)

5. "Liars" by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

6. "Hillary's America" by Dinseh D'Souza (Regenry Publishing)

7. "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed)

8. "Armageddon" by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (Humanix Books)

9. "Art of Coloring: Disney Villains" (Disney Editions)

10. "Crisis of Character" by Gary J. Byrne (Center Street)

FICTION E-BOOKS

1. "Sting" by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

2. "Curious Minds" by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton (Bantam)

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

4. "America's First Daughter" by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie (HarperCollins)

5. "A Beautiful Funeral" by Jamie mcGuire (Jamie McGuire)

6. "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead)

7. "Shadow Born" by Jasmine Walt and Rebecca Hamilton (Blue Bolt Publishing)

8. "Damaged" by Lisa Scottoline (St. Martin's Press)

9. "Neighbor Dearest" by Penelope Ward (Penelope Ward)

10. "Truly Madly Guilty" by Liane Moriarty (Flatiron Books)

NONFICTION E-BOOKS

1. "The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo" by Amy Schumar (Gallery Books)

2. "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins)

3. "Freakonomics" by S.D. Levitt and S.J. Dubner (HarperCollins)

4. "Don't Let's Go to the Dogsg Tonight" by Alexandra Fuller (Random House)

5. "I Give You My Body..." by Diana Gabaldon (Random House)

6. "In the Sanctuary of Outcasts' by Neil White (HarperCollins)

7. "Moosewood Rerstaurant.." by Moosewood Collective (Potter/Ten Speed/ Harmony)

8. "The Liberator" by Alex Kershaw (Crown/Archetype)

9. "When Breath Becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi (Random House)

10. "Possessed" by Daniel Spoto (Crown/Archetype)

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.

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