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

Here are the top 10 hardcover fiction and non-fiction books in Canada for the week ending Sept. 4 as compiled by Maclean’s magazine. The previous week’s position is in parentheses.

FICTION

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

2. (2) By Gaslight _ Steven Price

3. (3) The Underground Railroad _ Colson Whitehead

4. (9) Before the Fall _ Noah Hawley

5. (6) Truly Madly Guilty _ Liane Moriarty

6. (-) Damaged _ Lisa Scottoline

7. (4) Sting _ Sandra Brown

8. (5) Three Sisters, Three Queens _ Philippa Gregory

9. (10) The Black Widow _ Daniel Silva

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

NON-FICTION

1. (1) The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo _ Amy Schumer

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

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

4. (3) Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis _ J.D. Vance

5. (-) Sully: My Search for What Really Matters _ Chesley B. Sullenberger

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

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

8. (9) Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance _ Angela Duckworth

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

10. (4) The View from the Cheap Seats _ Neil Gaiman