In fact, the top three slots are the same, with the 2019 edition of Watchmen taking the number 2 slot and volume 1 of My Hero Academia just behind it.
The charts diverge after that, with volume 22 of My Hero Academia, the most recent volume, taking the fourth slot on the December chart. It’s interesting that the first volume is outselling the newest one, but that may be due to holiday shopping or teens checking out the series over winter break. At any rate, interest still seems to be high in this series.
VIZ Media takes 11 of the top 20 slots with seven volumes of My Hero Academia, the newest volumes of One-Punch Man and Dragon Ball Super, the one-shot No Longer Human (adapted by Junji Ito), and the first volume of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (see "‘Demon Slayer’ Picking Up Steam"). All the manga on this month’s chart are from VIZ.
There are just two superhero titles on this chart, the 2019 edition of Watchmen and Jonathan Hickman’s House of X/Powers of X (see "Paired Hickman X-Men Series Launch in July").
In the author realm, the fourth volume of The Walking Dead Compendium, which topped the chart when it was released in October, is still in the top 20 adult graphic novels for December. Three more of the author titles are based on properties with strong niche followings. Pyle’s Strange Planet, a slim volume based on an Instagram comic, debuted in the top slot last month and stayed there this month. The Adventure Zone, which is based on a Dungeons & Dragons podcast, has been on the chart since it came out in July. And Critical Role: Vox Machina: Origins, volume 1, based on a webseries in which voice actors play D&D, marks its third month on the chart this month.
George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy has now been in the top 10 on this chart for six months, since its release in July.
New to the chart, and also very topical, is the graphic novel version of The Mueller Report.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – December 2019 (12/3/19 - 1/4/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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2 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
|
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3 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 22 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
6 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
7 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 18 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
8 |
THE MUELLER REPORT ILLUSTRATED: THE OBSTRUCTION INVESTIGATION |
THE WASHINGTON POST |
SCRIBNER |
|
|
9 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: MURDER ON THE ROCKPORT LIMITED! |
CLINT MCELROY |
MACMILLAN |
|
|
10 |
NO LONGER HUMAN HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
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12 |
THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM VOL. 4 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
|
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13 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE TAKEI |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
|
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14 |
HOUSE OF X / POWERS OF X HC |
JONATHAN HICKMAN |
MARVEL COMICS |
|
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15 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
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16 |
DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 7 |
AKIRA TORIYAMA |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
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18 |
CRITICAL ROLE VOX MACHINA: ORIGINS VOL. 1 |
MATTHEW MERCER |
DARL HORSE COMICS |
|
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19 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 21 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
|
20 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 20 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
December 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
December 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
December 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids 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."
