Viz’s Vampire Knight Vol. 7 was the #1 graphic novel in bookstores in August, according to rankings provided by Nielsen BookScan.  Watchmen went up one rank to #2, behind marketing associated with the DVD release.  Naruto Vol. 45 and Fruits Basket Vol. 23 stayed in the top five for another month.  The launch title in the top five was Del Rey’s Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, a new prequel to the Mercy Thompson novels written by Patricia Briggs.

Hill & Wang’s Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 adaptation debuted at #20. 

There were eleven manga titles in the Top 20 in August, down from 12 in July.  There were only two Naruto volumes in the Top 20, down from six and seven in the last two months, respectively.  Viz still had eight of the top 20 titles, though.  DC/Vertigo had five, Tokyopop had three, and Del Rey, Image, Pantheon, and Hill & Wang each had one.

The rankings, provided by Nielsen BookScan, track the bestselling U.S. graphic novels in major book chains, mass merchants, online retailers, and some independent retailers using POS data from June 29th to August 2nd.  Titles racked in the Kids or YA sections do not appear in this list.

For charts from other months, see the "BookScan Top 20 GNs Index."