The Sandman takes over the Superhero chart, webtoons rule in Author, and manga readers are snapping up the newest volumes.  That’s what we’re seeing on the charts of the top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for August 2022 (7/31/22-8/27/22) provided to ICv2.

The big book on the August Superhero chart is The Sandman, with all four volumes of the new collected editions and the first five volumes of the older (and slimmer) 30th anniversary edition in the top 20.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin returns to the Superhero chart for a second month, and the Penguin Classics editions of The Amazing Spider-Man are there as well. This is the third month for these two, while the Black Panther and Captain America volumes have dropped off the chart.  As in previous months, the hardcover is doing bigger numbers than the paperback.

There are two August releases on the chart, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, a deluxe slipcase edition from Abrams ComicArts, and Devil’s Reign, collecting the Marvel event comic by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (see "Preview: ‘Devil’s Reign’").

NPD BookScan Top 20 'Superheroes' Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

THE SANDMAN BOOK ONE

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

2

THE SANDMAN BOOK TWO

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

3

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC

KEVIN EASTMAN

IDW PUBLISHING

4

THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANN. ED.

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

5

THE SANDMAN BOOK THREE

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

6

THE SANDMAN BOOK FOUR

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

7

WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION)

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

8

THE SANDMAN VOL. 2: THE DOLL'S HOUSE ANN. ED.

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

9

THE SANDMAN VOL. 3: DREAM COUNTRY ANN. ED.

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

10

BATMAN: YEAR ONE

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

11

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC

STAN LEE

PENGUIN CLASSICS

12

THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR OMINOUS OMNIBUS VOL. 1: SCARY TALES & SCARIER TENTACLES

MATT GROENING

ABRAMS COMICARTS

13

MS. MARVEL VOL. 1: NO NORMAL

G. WILLOW WILSON

MARVEL COMICS

14

THE SANDMAN VOL. 4: SEASON OF MISTS 30TH ANN. ED.

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

15

STRANGER THINGS AND DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

JODY HOUSE

DARK HORSE COMICS

16

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

STAN LEE

PENGUIN CLASSICS

17

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC (NEW EDITION)

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

18

DEVIL'S REIGN

CHIP ZDARSKY

MARVEL COMICS

19

BATMAN/FORTNITE: ZERO POINT HC

CHRISTOS GAGE

DC COMICS

20

THE SANDMAN VOL. 5: A GAME OF YOU 30TH ANN. ED.

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

Lore Olympus and Solo Leveling continue to take the top spots on the Author chart, but there are a couple of intriguing new developments.

At number 13 is The Beginning After the End, which like Lore Olympus and Solo Leveling is based on a webcomic (see "Yen Press Announces Collection of American Webtoon").

Paper Girls: The Complete Story and Paper Girls, Volume 1 pop up at numbers 18 and 19, respectively, getting an obvious boost from the Amazon Prime series, which premiered on July 29 (see "‘Paper Girls’ Trailer").

NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

DEL REY

2

LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO

RACHEL SMYTHE

DEL REY

3

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

4

LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE

RACHEL SMYTHE

DEL REY

5

LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

DEL REY

6

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 4

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

7

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

8

DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK 2 - MUAD'DIB HC

FRANK HERBERT

ABRAMS

9

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 3

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

10

CRITICAL ROLE: THE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS - YASHA NYDOORIN HC

CECIL CASTELLUCCI

DARK HORSE BOOKS

11

THEY CALLED US ENEMY

GEORGE GAKEI

TOP SHELF PROD.

12

THE ART OF WAR: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC

SUN TZU

CANTERBURY CLASSICS

13

THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END VOL. 1

TURTLEME

YEN PRESS

14

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PROD.

15

GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR DLX. ED.

MAIA KOBABE

ONI PRESS

16

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

17

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 1

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

18

PAPER GIRLS: THE COMPLETE STORY

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

19

PAPER GIRLS VOL. 1

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

20

SPAWN COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 (COLOR EDITION)

TODD MCFARLANE

IMAGE COMICS

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

The Manga chart is very driven by new releases, much more so than the others, and you can see it here with the newest volume of Jujutsu Kaisen at the top.  Altogether there are eight August 2022 releases on the chart, all new volumes in ongoing series, plus a handful of first and second volumes.

Spy X Family seems to have cooled off a bit after the recent anime surge, with just two volumes on the chart, and Kaiju No. 8 seems to have a firm foothold, as Volume 3 makes the chart for the second month in a row.

Another series that’s getting traction is My Dress-Up Darling, a series about a teenage boy who helps a cosplayer classmate sew her costumes.  It’s a bit of a sleeper: Volume 5 was the first Square Enix title to make the chart, back in May (see “May 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels”), and here’s Volume 6 this month, which also placed high enough to make the Adult Top 20 (see “August 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels”).

NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 17

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

2

ONE PIECE VOL. 100

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

3

DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 16

AKIRA TORIYAMA

VIZ MEDIA

4

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

5

TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 14

AIDAIRO

YEN PRESS

6

BLEACH 20TH ANN. ED. VOL. 1

TITE KUBO

VIZ MEDIA

7

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

8

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

9

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

VIZ MEDIA

10

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 31

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

11

KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 20

TOMOHITO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

12

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 11

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

13

TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 15

AIDAIRO

YEN PRESS

14

KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 3

NAOYA MATSUMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

15

MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 6

SHINICHI FUKUDA

SQUARE ENIX

16

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

17

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

18

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 16

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

19

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

VIZ MEDIA

20

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of August 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
August 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
August 2022 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 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 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."