The vertical scrolling revolution has arrived on the Author chart, with not only six volumes of Lore Olympus (hardcover and paperback editions of the first three volumes), but nine volumes of Korean webtoons published by Yen Press: Five volumes of Solo Leveling, plus the first volumes of three manhwa series and the second volume of Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion. The last four are all November releases and part of the launch of Yen’s Ize Korean-comics imprint.
As for the other five, Catana Chetwynd’s You Are Home and Volume 10 of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga are back for a second month, Kate Beaton’s Ducks returns for a third, and the other two titles, They Called Us Enemy and Gender Queer, are Author-list perennials.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – November 2022 (10/30/22 - 11/26/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME THREE HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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2 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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3 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME THREE |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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4 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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5 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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6 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 5 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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7 |
VILLAINS ARE DESTINED TO DIE VOL. 1 |
GWON GYEOEUL |
YEN PRESS |
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8 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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9 |
THE WORLD AFTER THE FALL VOL. 1 |
GAMJA U |
YEN PRESS |
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10 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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11 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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12 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 4 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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13 |
YOU ARE HOME |
CATANA CHETWYND |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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14 |
THE REMARRIED EMPRESS VOL. 1 |
ALPHATART |
YEN PRESS |
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15 |
SAGA VOL. 10 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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16 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 3 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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17 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE TAKEI |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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18 |
DUCKS: TWO YEARS IN THE OIL SANDS HC |
KATE BEATON |
DRAWN & QUARTERLY |
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19 |
GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR |
MAIA KOBABE |
ONI PRESS |
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20 |
WHY RAELIANA ENDED UP AT THE DUKE'S MANSION VOL. 2 |
WHALE |
YEN PRESS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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On the Manga chart, meanwhile, we have nine volumes of Chainsaw Man, three of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, and two apiece of Jujutsu Kaisen and My Hero Academia. Meanwhile Spy x Family, which filled up a lot of slots on the BookScan top 20 when the anime came out last spring, is back to just one volume on the November chart. It’s instructive to compare this month’s chart to the top sellers in Japan for 2022 (see "Oricon Reports Top-Selling Manga in Japan for 2022"). Chainsaw Man, which is probably the hottest manga in the English-language market right now, didn’t make the top five in Japan, while Tokyo Revengers, the number two seller in Japan, only charts in North America when a new volume comes out.
The outlier on the BookScan chart is Shuna’s Journey, a story by the famed director Hayao Miyazaki that has never been published in English before. Published by First Second Books as a full-color hardcover, it couldn’t be more different from the other manga in the Top 20, but it’s definitely reaching its audience.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – November 2022 (10/30/22 - 11/26/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
SHUNA'S JOURNEY |
HAYAO MIYAZAKI |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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4 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 32 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 5 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 9 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 7 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 8 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 11 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 24 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 4 |
NAOYA MATSUMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 3 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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Once again, the top seller on the Superhero chart is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, which has been doing well since it was released in July, and the number two title is Volume 1 of The Sandman, which got a push earlier in the year from the Netflix series. We’re seeing its popularity slowly wane, though; in September there were seven different volumes of The Sandman on the chart (see "September 2022 NPD BookScan"), and in November there are only three.
What’s particularly interesting about this chart, though, is that it illustrates the evolution of the Superhero category from straightforward capes-and-tights comics toward nontraditional treatment of the material: The Fortnite x Marvel and Batman/Spawn crossovers, Alex Ross’s reimagined Fantastic Four: Full Circle, Jeffrey Brown’s cozy family tale Star Wars: A Vader Family Sithmas, and even the Penguin Classics treatment of The Amazing Spider-Man as a work of serious literature are all new takes on established properties. The usual IPs are showing up in some unusual configurations these days.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 'Superheroes' Graphic Novels – November 2022 (10/30/22 - 11/26/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC |
KEVIN EASTMAN |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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2 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK ONE |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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3 |
STRANGER THINGS GRAPHIC NOVEL BOXED SET (ZOMBIE BOYS, THE BULLY, ERICA THE GREAT ) |
GREG PAK |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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4 |
FORTNITE X MARVEL: ZERO WAR HC |
CHRISTOS GAGE |
MARVEL COMICS |
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5 |
GODZILLA VS. THE MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS |
CULLEN BUNN |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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6 |
BATMAN/SPAWN: THE CLASSIC COLLECTION |
DOUG MOENCH |
DC COMICS |
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7 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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8 |
BATMAN: YEAR ONE |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
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9 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK TWO |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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10 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC (NEW EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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11 |
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS |
SCOTT SNYDER |
DC COMICS |
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12 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK THREE |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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13 |
FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE HC |
ALEX ROSS |
HARRY ABRAMS |
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14 |
STAR WARS: A VADER FAMILY SITHMAS |
JEFFREY BROWN |
CHRONICLE BOOKS |
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15 |
V FOR VENDETTA |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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16 |
BATMAN '89 HC |
SAM HAMM |
DC COMICS |
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17 |
BATMAN: HUSH (NEW EDITION) |
JEPH LOEB |
DC COMICS |
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18 |
BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN |
JEPH LOEB |
DC COMICS |
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19 |
STAR WARS: THE HALCYON LEGACY |
ETHAN SACKS |
MARVEL COMICS |
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20 |
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN |
STAN LEE |
PENGUIN CLASSICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
November 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:
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 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."
