The other big news on the January list is that Black Panther is on the move in the run-up to the movie. At #9 in January, the first volume, by Ta-Nehisi Coates, appears on the Top 20 chart for the first time since last March. It was the #13 graphic novel overall in the book channel last year (see"NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – Full Year 2017"). The movie opens next week.
Check out the other Top 20 BookScan graphic novel charts from January:
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Author Graphic Novels
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Manga
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels
And for the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on our ICv2 Pro site:
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 BookScan – Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – January 2018 (12/31/17 - 1/28/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
1 |
SAGA VOL. 8 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
2 |
RWBY |
SHIROW MIWA |
VIZ MEDIA |
3 |
EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC |
JOMNY SUN |
HARPER PERENNIAL |
4 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
5 |
DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 2 |
AKIRA TORIYAMA |
VIZ MEDIA |
6 |
TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 2 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
7 |
GOING INTO TOWN: A LOVE LETTER HC |
ROZ CHAST |
BLOOMSBURY UK |
8 |
WATCHMEN |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
9 |
BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET |
TA-NEHISI COATES |
MARVEL COMICS |
10 |
OVERWATCH: ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 HC |
MATT BURNS |
DARK HORSE BOOKS |
11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 10 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
12 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
13 |
TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
14 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
15 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 23 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
16 |
BATMAN VOL. 4 TP (REBIRTH) |
TOM KING |
DC COMICS |
17 |
BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 18 |
KAZUE KATO |
VIZ MEDIA |
18 |
SHIVER: JUNJI ITO SELECTED STORIES HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
19 |
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD OF THE SITH VOL. 1 |
CHARLES SOULE |
MARVEL COMICS |
20 |
MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS |
EMIL FERRIS |
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS |
Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
NPD Bookscan collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more. NPD Bookscan covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market. The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we've removed those titles from the ranking above.
For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."