DC placed eight titles in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels chart of bookstore bestsellers in July, based on info provided exclusively to ICv2.com by Nielsen BookScan.  All but one of them were classics new and old, with The Killing Joke, originally published in 1988, at #1.  It would be a surprise if the DC surge is not tied to promotional activity with one or more of the major book retailers, but regardless of the reason it’s good to see DC in the Top 20 in these numbers.

The one new DC title in the Top 20 was Batgirl Vol. 1, which was released in June but did not make the chart last month (see "June 2015 BookScan").

Scott Snyder now has bestsellers from two publishers in the top 20:  Wytches Vol. 1 from Image, and two Batman volumes from DC.

The ratio of the three major title groupings was exactly the same in July as it was in June:  10 superhero titles, six author titles, and four manga.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in July 2015

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

2

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

3

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE

GENE LUEN YANG

MACMILLAN

4

NARUTO VOL. 70

MASASHI KISHIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

5

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

6

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

7

SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1 (N52)

ADAM GLASS

DC COMICS

8

CIVIL WAR

MARK MILLAR

MARVEL COMICS

9

MINIONS VOL. 1 BANANA!

TITAN COMICS

TITAN COMICS

10

WYTHES VOL. 1

SCOTT SNYDER

IMAGE COMICS

11

MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA: THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE HC

MATT FORBECK

DK PUBLISHING

12

BATMAN: YEAR ONE

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

13

BATMAN VOL. 1: THE COURT OF OWLS

SCOTT SNYDER

DC COMICS

14

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

15

SAGA VOL. 1

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

16

ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1

HAJIME ISAYAMA

KODANSHA COMICS

17

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 23

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

18

BATMAN VOL. 2: THE CITY OF OWLS

SCOTT SNYDER

DC COMICS

19

SWORD ART ONLINE PROGRESSIVE VOL. 2

REKI KAWAHARA

YEN ON

20

BATGIRL VOL. 1: THE BATGIRL OF BURNSIDE

CAMERON STEWART

DC COMICS

For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."