‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two’ by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne tops Maclean’s fiction lis

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending July 31 as compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The previous week’s position is in parentheses.

FICTION

1. (-) Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts One and Two _ J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne

2. (1) The Girls _ Emma Cline

3. (3) The Black Widow _ Daniel Silva

4. (2) First Comes Love _ Emily Giffin

5. (10) Before the Fall _ Noah Hawley

6. (7) The Nest _ Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney

7. (5) Magic _ Danielle Steel

8. (4) End of Watch _ Stephen King

9. (8) The Games _ James Patterson and Mark Sullivan

10. (6) Barkskins _ Annie Proulx

NON-FICTION

1. (1) When Breath Becomes Air _ Paul Kalanithi

2. (5) Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance _ Angela Duckworth

3. (2) Van Gogh’s Ear _ Bernadette Murphy

4. (10) Idiot Brain: What Your Head Is Really Up To _ Dean Burnett

5. (7) Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike _ Phil Knight

6. (8) The Gene: An Intimate History _ Siddhartha Mukherjee

7. (-) Freedom: My Book of Firsts _ Jaycee Dugard

8. (3) The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss _ Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt

9. (9) Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging _ Sebastian Junger

10. (6) White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America _ Nancy Isenberg