The top title, Volume 1 of The Umbrella Academy, is 12 years old, but the Netflix series has brought it a new audience, and when the second season launched on July 31 it topped TV Time’s "Top Binge Shows" list (see "‘The Umbrella Academy’ S2 Top Binge Show"). Volumes 2 and 3 of the series are in the number 3 and 4 slots, so readers are apparently binging on the graphic novel as well as the TV show.
In the number 2 slot is Book 1 of March, which gained renewed interest after the passing of its lead author, Rep. John Lewis, in June.
So what’s new? Volume II of Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins, which concludes the prequel to the popular podcast. Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will publish a hardcover Library Edition of both volumes in November (see "‘Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins’ Receives Hardcover Treatment").
Junji Ito’s short story collection Venus in the Blind Spot is at number 14, displacing his Uzumaki, which has reliably been making the chart for months.
And a Marvel title makes the Adult Top 20 for the first time since December 2019, as Charles Soule’s Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren debuts at number 17.In addition to the Junji Ito title, there’s a mix of old and new manga, as early volumes of My Hero Academia, Haikyu!!, and Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba sell well enough to make the chart alongside new volumes of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess and One Piece.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – August 2020 (8/2/20 - 8/29/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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2 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
LEWIS, JOHN |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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3 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 2: DALLAS |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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4 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 3: HOTEL OBLIVION |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 15 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 24 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
CRITICAL ROLE: VOX MACHINA ORIGINS VOL. II |
CRITICAL ROLE |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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10 |
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 7 |
AKIRA HIMEKAWA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
STRANGER PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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12 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
HAIKYU!! VOL. 1 |
HARUICHI FURUDATE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
VENUS IN THE BLIND SPOT HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: PETALS TO THE METAL |
CLINT MCELROY |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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16 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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17 |
STAR WARS: THE RISE OF KYLO REN |
CHARLES SOULE |
MARVEL COMICS |
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18 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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19 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
ONE PIECE VOL. 94 |
EIICHIRO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of August graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
August 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
August 2020 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:
August 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 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."
