A single creator accounted for over half the spots on the chart of the Top 20 Adult graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for January 2023 (1/1/23-1/28/23) provided to ICv2.

Tatsuki Fujimoto dominated the chart with all 11 volumes of his manga Chainsaw Man, plus a volume of his short stories, Tatsuki Fujimoto Before Chainsaw Man: 17-21.  Fujimoto has been taking up some serious real estate on this chart for a while; back in January 2022, seven of the eight volumes of Chainsaw Man that were then available were in the Top 20 (see "January 2022 NPD BookScan"), and since the anime was released in October 2022, there have been eight or nine volumes in the Top 20 every month.  But 12 is a new record, and the fact that the top seller in January was the first volume of the series bodes well for its continuing popularity.

The other titles on the chart are almost all Shonen Jump manga, including Volume 101 of One Piece, the latest volume of Kaiju No. 8, and three volumes of Spy x Family.

The January 2023 chart is the first since July 2022 to be entirely made up of manga.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – January 2023 (1/1/23 - 1/28/23)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

2

KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 5

NAOYA MATSUMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

3

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

4

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

5

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 18

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

6

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

7

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 5

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

8

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 7

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

9

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

10

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

VIZ MEDIA

11

ONE PIECE VOL. 101

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

12

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 9

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

13

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 6

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

14

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

15

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

16

BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC

KENTARO MIURA

DARK HORSE COMICS

17

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 11

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

18

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 8

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

19

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO BEFORE CHAINSAW MAN: 17-21

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

20

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 3

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of January 2023 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
January 2023 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
January 2023 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:
January 2023 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2023 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2023 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."