One of the new books is Becoming Brianna, the fourth in Terri Libenson's series, which began with Invisible Emmie. Every book in this series has made the top 20 and stayed there for months. The other new title is Jacky Ha-Ha, by James Patterson, which is adapted from Patterson’s prose story of the same name. It's a middle-school drama about a kid who likes to clown around but has to make a hard choice when her family has troubles. This is not at all the typical Patterson fare, at least as far as graphic novels are concerned; his adaptations are usually action-oriented stories such as Maximum Ride and Witch and Wizard. This is the first time one of his books has appeared on the BookScan Top 20 since we have been keeping track.
The rest of the list is familiar fare, but it’s worth noting that there are more than 20 best-selling titles at this point, so when a new one comes on it jostles another one out. In May, Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts didn’t make the top 20, and neither did the first volume of The Baby-Sitters Club. The first volume of the adaptation of Wings of Fire is back, though, and that FGTEEV book is holding steady. What we haven’t seen so far, though, is a top 20 list that didn’t include all the Dog Man books currently in print.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – May 2020 (5/3/20 - 5/30/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
BECOMING BRIANNA |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER + BRAY |
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5 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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7 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
BEST FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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9 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS YR |
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13 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
THE BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER GN VOL 1: KAREN'S WITCH |
ANN M. MARTIN |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
FGTEEV PRESENTS: INTO THE GAME! HC |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS PUB. |
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17 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
JACKY HA-HA: A GRAPHIC NOVEL |
JAMES PATTERSON |
HACHETTE BOOK GROUP |
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20 |
WINGS OF FIRE: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY VOL. 1 |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of May graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
May 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
May 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
May 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
May 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
May 2020 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."
