The latest InvestiGators volume, InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T., cracked the top ten in its first month of release, according to the chart of the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for February 2023 (January 29 – February 25) provided to ICv2.

We continue to report Young Adult titles on the Kids chart, which began in January; Heartstoppers Vol. 1 and a Five Nights at Freddy’s volume both made the chart for the second consecutive month.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – February 2023 (1/29/23 - 2/26/23)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CAT KID COMIC CLUB VOL. 4: COLLABORATIONS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

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

CYNTHIA YUAN CHENG

GRAPHIX

3

BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER VOL. 6: KAREN'S BIRTHDAY

KATY FARINA

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN VOL. 4: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

DOG MAN VOL. 10: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN VOL. 7: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN VOL. 3: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

INVESTIGATORS: AGENTS OF S.U.I.T. HC

JOHN PATRICK GREEN

MACMILLAN

9

DOG MAN VOL. 8: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

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

CHAN CHAU

GRAPHIX

11

WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

12

CAT KID COMIC CLUB VOL. 3: ON PURPOSE HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

13

DOG MAN AND CAT KID VOL. 4 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

14

HEARTSTOPPER VOL. 1

ALICE OSEMAN

GRAPHIX

15

DOG MAN VOL. 5: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

16

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S VOL. 1: FAZBEAR FRIGHTS

SCOTT CAWTHON

GRAPHIX

17

DOG MAN VOL. 1 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

18

DOG MAN VOL. 6: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

19

DOG MAN VOL. 2: UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

20

SWEET VALLEY TWINS: BEST FRIENDS

FRANCINE PASCAL

RH GRAPHIC

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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