Three titles with sales tied to social media, including the #1 book, appeared in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel for 2017, based on information provided to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.  The first volume of Congressman John Lewis’ graphic memoir, March Book One, was the bestselling adult graphic novel in the book channel in 2017, which along with the March Trilogy had sales turbocharged by a Trump tweetstorm in the run-up to his inauguration last January.  And Jomny Sun, with his half million Twitter followers, had the #3 graphic novel title in the book channel last year, everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too: a book.

Perhaps the biggest surprise was that there was only one new superhero title in the Top 20, Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther Book 1, from Marvel.  DC Comics’ two volumes in the Top 20 were both around 30 years old:  Batman: The Killing Joke Deluxe Edition HC and Watchmen.

Image Comics had two volumes in the Top 20 with Saga and The Walking Dead volumes.  VIZ Media had nine manga titles in the Top 20, topped by Tokyo Ghoul.  And three literary-style one-offs also made the chart, including Fun Home, which has had amazing legs over the past few years; Fantagraphics Books’ electrifying My Favorite Things is Monsters; and the latest from Roz Chast, whose Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant had a long run on the monthly charts a couple of years back.

This chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels from NPD  BookScan for the full year 2017 is one manifestation of a new deal between ICv2 and NPD (see "ICv2 to Publish NPD BookScan Graphic Novel Bestseller Charts").

Check out our other charts on the public site:
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 Manga
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 'Author' Graphic Novels
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 'Superhero' Graphic Novels

And for the charts with actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on our ICv2 Pro site:
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 Manga with Actual Sales
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 'Author' Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Full Year 2017 BookScan - Top 20 'Superhero' Graphic Novels with Actual Sales

NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – Full Year 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

2

SAGA VOL. 7

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

3

EVERYONE'S A ALIEBN WHEN UR A ALIEBN TOO: A BOOK HC

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

4

MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET)

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

5

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 27

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

6

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED HC

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

7

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

8

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

9

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

10

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

11

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

12

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS

EMIL FERRIS

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

13

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

14

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED. VOL. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

15

ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1

ONE

VIZ MEDIA

16

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 2

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

17

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED. VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

18

GOING INTO TOWN: A LOVE LETTER

ROZ CHAST

BLOOMSBURY UK

19

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA LEGENDARY ED. VOL. 3

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

20

DEATH NOTE BLACK EDITION VOL. 1

TSUGUMI OHBA

VIZ MEDIA

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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.

For past BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "BookScan Top 20 GN Index."