For other NPD BookScan charts for graphic novel sales in March:
Batman's 80th made the chart with one title, the Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition HC, which took the #5 position.
The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins remained on the chart, although at a lower position, but a new Dungeons & Dragons tie-in charted at #7, the Rick and Morty Vs. Dungeons & Dragons collection from IDW Publishing.
Manga took 13 of the top 20 positions, seven of them tied to My Hero Academia. Among new manga volumes, Dark Horse charted with the first volume of its Berserk Deluxe collections.
There were no Marvel Comics volumes in the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel in March.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels –March 2019 (3/3/19 - 4/6/19) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 18 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 31 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN DLX. ED. HC |
VARIOUS |
DC COMICS |
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6 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 17 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS |
PATRICK ROTHFUSS |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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8 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 2: DALLAS |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC |
KENTARO MIURA |
DARK HORSE MANGA |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 16 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
THE LIFE-CHANGING MANGA OF TIDYING UP: A MAGICAL STORY |
MARIE KONDO |
TEN SPEED PRESS |
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14 |
BORUTO VOL. 5 |
UKYO KODACHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES VOL. 4 |
HIDEYUKI FURUHASHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 15 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
THE HANDMAID'S TALE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
MARGARET ATWOOD |
NAN A. TALESE |
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19 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS |
CLINT MCELROY |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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20 |
TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For other NPD BookScan charts for graphic novel sales in March:
March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
March 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author 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."
