The latest volume of Saga debuted at #1 in April on the Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.  But it was one of only seven non-manga titles; manga titles were 13 of the top 20 in April.  VIZ Media had most of those, with 11 volumes in the Top 20, all from major franchises:  four The Legend of Zelda, three Tokyo Ghoul, two One-Punch Man, plus a Yu-Gi-Oh! volume and the first Boruto.  Kodansha Comics and Seven Seas each had one volume in the top 20, the latest of Attack on Titan and Monster Musume, respectively.

Back in print, critics’ darling My Favorite Thing is Monsters, from Fantagraphics Books, was at #7, the highest rank it’s achieved (it was #8 in February, its launch month, and off the chart last month, presumably due to lack of availability).

There was one new Big Two volume in the Top 20, the latest Batman ("Rebirth") collection.  There were no Marvel titles in the Top 20; two classic Alan Moore titles from DC made up the remainder of the three Big Two superhero volumes on the chart.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in April 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

SAGA VOL. 7

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

2

BARUTO VOL. 1

UKYO KODACHI

VIZ MEDIA

3

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 12

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

4

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 27

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

5

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

6

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 1

HIMEKAWA AKIRA

VIZ MEDIA

7

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS

EMIL FERRIS

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

8

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 3

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

9

ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 21

USA HIMEKAWA

KODANSHA COMICS

10

MONSTER MASUME VOL. 11

OKAYADO

SEAVEN SEAS

11

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

12

ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 11

YUSUKE MURATA

VIZ MEDIA

13

BATMAN VOL. 2 (REBIRTH)

TOM KING

DC COMICS

14

ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 1

YUSUKE MURATA

VIZ MEDIA

15

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

16

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

17

YU-GI-OH! ARC-V VOL. 1

SHIN YOSHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

18

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 11

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

19

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

20

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

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