Appearing on the chart for the first time is Miriam Bonastre Tur’s Hooky, which was released in September 2021 and is based on a webtoon on the Webtoon platform (see "Q&A with Bobbie Chase, Webtoon Unscrolled"). A second volume is due out in September 2022.
For the second month in a row, Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man and Cat Kid is not among the Top 20. That doesn’t mean there’s a Pilkey shortage, though: Of the 18 Graphix titles in the Top 20, a solid dozen are by Pilkey.
Last month we noted an annual pattern in the Top 20, having to do with summer releases that hit the chart for a few months and then drop to a lower level of sales (see "June 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels"). Those patterns didn’t hold true into July: While the new FGTEEV book is still on the chart, Terri Libenson’s Remarkably Ruby and Jerry Craft’s New Kid have slipped off again. In July 2021, both New Kid and Libenson’s Truly Tyler stayed on the chart for another month.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – July 2022 (7/3/22 – 7/30/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE 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 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
5 |
FGTEEV: THE SWITCHEROO RESCUE! HC |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS |
|
6 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
7 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
8 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
10 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
13 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 11: GOOD-BYE STACEY, GOOD-BYE |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
HOOKY VOL. 1 |
MÍRIAM BONASTRE TUR |
CLARION |
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19 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 10: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of July 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
July 2022 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:
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2022 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."
