The Adventure Zone, the gaming graphic novel that just won’t quit, is in second place. This book was released in July and has been in the top 20 every month since it came out.
Only two Big Two graphic novels make the top 20: DC’s Batman: White Knight, charting for the third month in a row, and Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet.
Two older best-sellers reappear, perhaps getting a holiday boost from gift-givers: Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood, by Instagram star Mari Andrew, and Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Ablien Too, by Twitter personality Jomny Sun.
The ninth volume of Saga is the only Image Comics title on the chart.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – December 2018 (12/2/18 - 12/29/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 16 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS |
CLINT MCELROY |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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3 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 15 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT |
SEAN MURPHY |
DC BLACK LABEL |
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8 |
INFINITY GAUNTLET |
JIM STARLIN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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9 |
SAGA VOL. 9 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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10 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 26 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
AM I THERE YET?: THE LOOP-DE-LOOP, ZIGZAGGING JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD HC |
MARI ANDREW |
CLARKSON POTTER PUB. |
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13 |
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
HARPER LEE |
HARPER |
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14 |
EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC |
JOMNY SUN |
HARPER PERENNIAL |
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15 |
SPLATOON VOL. 5 |
SANKICHI HINODEYA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 4 |
AKIRA HIMEKAWA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 14 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
RWBY: OFFICIAL MANGA ANTHOLOGY VOL. 3 |
VARIOUS |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of December graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
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."
