Batman: Three Jokers debuts at number three on the list, behind the first two volumes of My Hero Academia. This graphic novel collects the three-issue series, which performed well in the direct market; the first issue had orders of over 300,000 (see "Jim Lee: Bottom 20-25% of the DC Line Was Losing Money"), and the third issue topped the sell-through chart in October (based on ComicHub data, see "Top 20 Comics – October 2020").
Two other November releases made the top 20: the first volume of the graphic adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic Dune (see "‘Dune’ Gets Graphic Novel Treatment by Abrams ComicArts") appears in the 18th spot; this is separate from the prequel miniseries being published by BOOM! Studios (see "BOOM! Gets ‘Dune’ Prequel Comics"). The other new release is Volume 6 of the deluxe edition of Berserk.
In addition, Volume 1 of Sapiens: A Graphic History, which made the Author chart but not the top 20 in October, does make it on to the big chart in November.
Nathan Pyle’s Strange Planet, which topped the chart in November 2019, is still hanging on in 19th place.
Other than that there’s a lot of manga on the chart, with the first two volumes of My Hero Academia taking the top two spots and the latest volume in fourth place. In addition to seven volumes of that series, and three volumes of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, we see a sprinkling of volumes of older series such as Tokyo Ghoul and Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun, and the first two volumes of the volleyball series Haikyu!!
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – November 2020 (11/1/20 - 11/28/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
BATMAN: THREE JOKERS HC |
GEOFF JOHNS |
DC COMICS |
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4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 25 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
HAIKYU!! VOL. 1 |
HARUICHI FURUDATE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 18 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 24 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 1 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
UZUMAKI HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
HAIKYU!! VOL. 2 |
HARUICHI FURUDATE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
SAPIENS: A GRAPHIC HISTORY: THE BIRTH OF HUMANKIND VOL. 1 HC |
YUVAL NOAH HARARI |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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18 |
DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK 1 HC |
BRIAN HERBERT |
ABRAMS COMICARTS |
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19 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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20 |
BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 6 |
KENTARO MIURA |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
November 2020 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:
November 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2020 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."
