With sales sparked by a Tweetstorm from then President-elect Donald Trump, Congressman John Lewis's memoir series March reclaimed the #1 slot in January on the Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by Nielsen BookScan.  The series held the top two positions as well as #5, with only the latest volume, Book 3, not in the Top 20, presumably due to sell-outs at major retailers (it was #10 in December, see "December 2016 BookScan--Top 20").

There were seven first-time titles on the chart for January.  Three manga titles made the list: the latest One-Punch Man and a new Legend of Zelda volume from VIZ Media, and the new volume of The Ancient Magus' Bride from Seven Seas.

Love Is Love, the Orlando benefit anthology from IDW Publishing and DC Entertainment, debuted at #4.

The first collection of a DC Rebirth title hit the chart this month; Batman Vol. 1:  I Am Gotham launched at #15.

And as Marvel sister company Lucasfilm begins filming on the new Han Solo movie, Star Wars:  Han Solo Vol. 1, hit the chart at #19.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in January 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET)

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

2

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

3

ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 10

YUSUKE MURATA

VIZ MEDIA

4

LOVE IS LOVE

PHIL JIMENEZ

IDW PUBLISHING

5

MARCH: BOOK TWO

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

6

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

7

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

8

MARY ASTOR'S PURPLE DAY: THE GREAT AMERICAN SEX SCANDAL OF 1936

EDWARD SOREL

LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING

9

THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE VOL. 6

KORE YAMAZAKI

SEVEN SEAS

10

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 10

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

11

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA VOL. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

12

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

13

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

14

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

15

BATMAN VOL. 1 (REBIRTH)

TOM KING

DC COMICS

16

ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 20

HAJIME ISAYAMA

KODANSHA COMICS

17

MONSTRESS VOL. 1

MARJORIE LIU

IMAGE COMICS

18

AMERICAN BORN CHINESE

GENE LUEN YANG

SQUARE FISH

19

STAR WARS: HAN SOLO

MARJORIE LIU

MARVEL COMICS

20

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

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