Sailor Moon Vol. 1 held the #1 position for the second month in a row in the Nielsen BookScan chart of the Top 20 adult graphic novels sold in bookstores in October, an amazing performance for material that’s over a decade old.  And Craig Thompson’s Habibi HC, which debuted at #4 last month, rose to #2 in October.  The first volume of the new Sailor Moon series, Codename: Sailor Vol. 1, was #6 in its second month on the chart.

Four The Walking Dead hardcover volumes, including Book 7 at #4, populate the Top 20.

The collection of Kate Beaton’s Webcomic Hark! A Vagrant, from Drawn and Quarterly, is holding strong in its second month, at #8.

The top superhero title is DC’s new Batman: Arkham City HC.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in October 2011

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

SAILOR MOON VOL. 1

NAOKE TAKEUCHI

KODANSHA COMICS

2

HABIBI HC

CRAIG THOMPSON

PANTHEON BOOKS

3

NARUTO VOL. 52

MASASHI KISHIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

4

THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 7 HC

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

5

VAMPIRE KNIGHT VOL. 13

MATSURI HINO

VIZ MEDIA

6

CODENAME: SAILOR V VOL. 1

NAOKE TAKEUCHI

KODANSHA COMICS

7

ROSARIO+VAMPIRE SEASON II VOL. 6

AKIHISA IKEDA

VIZ MEDIA

8

HARK! A VAGRANT

KATE BEATON

DRAWN & QUARTERLY

9

BATMAN ARKHAM CITY HC

PAUL DINI

DC COMICS

10

BLACK BUTLER VOL. 7

YANA TOBOSO

YEN PRESS

11

BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 4

KAZUE KATO

VIZ MEDIA

12

THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 1

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

13

CASTLE: RICAHRD CASTLE'S DEADLY STORM HC

BENDIS & DECONNICK

MARVEL COMICS

14

THE WAKLING DEAD VOL. 1

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

15

YOTSUBA&! VOL. 10

KIYOHIKO AZUMA

YEN PRESS

16

THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 1 HC

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

17

THE BLOOM COUNTY LIBRARY VOL. 5

BERKELEY BREATHED

IDW PUBLISHING

18

BATMAN: YEAR ONE TP

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

19

FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST VOL. 26

HIROMU ARAKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

20

BAKUMAN VOL. 7

TSUGUMI OHBA

VIZ MEDIA

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