Last month, there were only five volumes of My Hero Academia in the top 20; in June, with a new volume topping the chart, there are seven. And then there are six other manga titles, including the first volume of Komi Can’t Communicate in the number four position, an unusually high spot for a debut manga that doesn’t even have an anime in Japan yet. Three of the six manga have been on the chart before: volume 16 of One-Punch Man (which charted in May), Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection (charted in April and May), and the first deluxe volume of Berserk, which was released in March and charted in March, May, and now June. So these series are showing some staying power.
The hardcover edition of Saga Book Three, a June release, sits at number three on the chart.
Only one traditional superhero comic cracks the top 20 this month, and that’s the deluxe edition of Detective Comics #1000, at number eight, although an untraditional superhero comics, The Umbrella Academy, comes in at number 10.
In terms of publishers, VIZ Media owns the chart with 12 titles, and Dark Horse Comics has three.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – June 2019 (6/2/19 - 7/6/19) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 19 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
SAGA BOOK THREE HC |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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4 |
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 1 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
SPLATOON VOL. 6 |
SANKICHI HINODEYA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
DETECTIVE COMICS #1000: THE DELUXE EDITION HC |
VARIOUS |
DC COMICS |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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10 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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11 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 18 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
THE PROMISED NEVERLAND VOL. 10 |
KAIU SHIRAI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 16 |
ONE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
SMASHED: JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC |
KENTARO MIURA |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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16 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS |
CLINT MCELROY |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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17 |
STRANGER THINGS: THE OTHER SIDE VOL. 1 |
JODY HOUSER |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 17 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
THE HANDMAID'S TALE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
MARGARET ATWOOD |
NAN A. TALESE |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of June graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
June 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
June 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:
June 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Author, and Manga 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."
