Dav Pilkey still owns half the chart, but as happened last month, some new titles are popping up as well.
The Baby-Sitters Club: Kristy and the Snobs, a September release, stays on the chart for a second month and only drops by one place, from second to third. Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Friends Forever, the last volume in the Real Friends trilogy, charts for the second month in a row. Two titles dropped off the chart after just one month: Big Nate: Aloha and Narwhal’s School of Awesomeness, both September releases, and two brand-new ones came on: InvestiGators: Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S., the latest in John Patrick Green’s goofy series about secret agent alligators, and the 11th Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales book, Cold War Correspondent.
There are three Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels on the chart, including the first volume, plus the latest Baby-Sitters Little Sister title. The Baby-Sitters Club books have been charting consistently as new ones come out. Finally, FGTEEV Saves the World and Raina Telgemeier’s Guts both make the top 20; Guts has been charting pretty consistently, while FGTEEV pops up every month or two.
It’s worth noting that every graphic novel in the top 20 is part of a series, except for Guts, which stands alone but is definitely part of a group of similar books. While all the Dog Man books make the chart every month, we are seeing a situation not unlike manga with the other titles, where the most recent volume sells well enough to make it into the top 20 for a month or two; only a few last longer than that.
As usual, Graphix dominates the chart, with 16 titles; First Second Books has two, and Abrams and HarperCollins have one apiece.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – October 2021 (10/3/21 - 10/30/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
|
4 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
5 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
6 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
7 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
8 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
9 |
FRIENDS FOREVER |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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10 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
12 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
13 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
|
15 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER: KAREN'S KITTYCAT CLUB |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
INVESTIGATORS: ANTS IN OUR P.A.N.T.S. HC |
JOHN PATRICK GREEN |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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18 |
NATHAN HALE'S HAZARDOUS TALES #11: COLD WAR CORRESPONDENT HC |
NATHAN HALE |
HARRY N. ABRAMS |
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19 |
FGTEEV SAVES THE WORLD! HC |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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20 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY'S GREAT IDEA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of October 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
October 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
October 2021 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:
October 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
October 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
October 2021 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."
