Two box sets made it onto the chart of the Top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for December 2022 (11/27/22 – 12/31/22) provided to ICv2.

Not surprisingly, one was the first seven volumes of The Baby-Sitters Club, and the other was the first seven of Dog Man.  It is mildly surprising that the Baby-Sitters Club box set placed higher on the chart, given that the individual titles tend not to linger more than a few months, while Pilkey’s stay in the top 20 month after month.

Indeed, Pilkey had 14 titles in the December top 20, including Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations, released at the end of November, topping the chart.  The box set did bump one single Dog Man volume out of the top 20, however.

The two non-Pilkey titles on the November chart (see "November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels") were back in December.  Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends made the chart for a second month, and John Patrick Green’s InvestiGators: Heist and Seek was back for the fourth month, the first time a volume of this series has stayed on the chart for that long.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – December 2022 (11/27/22 - 12/31/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: COLLABORATIONS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 12: JESSI'S SECRET LANGUAGE

CHAN CHAU

GRAPHIX

5

DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 13: MARY ANNE'S BAD LUCK MYSTERY

CYNTHIA YUAN CHENG

GRAPHIX

8

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

9

CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

11

DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

12

WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

13

SWEET VALLEY TWINS: BEST FRIENDS

FRANCINE PASCAL

RH GRAPHIC

14

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB GRAPHIC NOVELS #1-7 BOX SET

ANN M. MARTIN

GRAPHIX

15

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

16

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

17

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

18

INVESTIGATORS: HEIST AND SEEK

JOHN PATRICK GREEN

FIRST SECOND BOOKS

19

DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

20

DOG MAN: THE SUPA EPIC COLLECTION HC (DOG MAN #1-6 BOX SET)

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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