Neither Marvel nor DC placed a volume featuring its current core characters in the July 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.  Each placed two graphic novels in the Top 20 (DC had two 80s classics, and Marvel had two Star Wars volumes), but there was nary a collection of current material featuring their own characters between them.

Jomny Sun’s Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book, based on his @jonnysun Twitter account, moved up one slot to the #1 position in July.

Another title that may have been missed is Kondo Marie’s The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up (see "Manga Round-Up: Decluttering"), a story tied to her self-help book, which debuted at #5.

Valerian: The Complete Collection moved up four spots behind the increased visibility provided by the Luc Besson film, which released in July.

The top manga for the month was the latest volume of Seven Seas’ The Ancient Magus’ Bride, which hit the chart at #4.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in July 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

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

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

2

MONSTRESS VOL. 2

MARJORIE LIU

IMAGE COMICS

3

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

4

THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE VOL. 7

KORE YAMAZAKI

SEVEN SEAS

5

THE LIFE-CHANGING MANGA OF TIDYING UP: A MAGICAL STORY

MARIE KONDO

TEN SPEED PRESS

6

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

7

VALERIAN: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 1 HC

PIERRE CHRISTIN

CINEBOOK LTD

8

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 5

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

9

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

10

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 13

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

11

SAGA VOL. 7

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

12

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

13

BERSERK VOL. 38

KENTARO MIUARA

DARK HORSE

14

DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 1

AKIRA TORIYAMA

VIZ MEDIA

15

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

16

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

17

STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA VOL. 1

KIERON GILLEN

MARVEL COMICS

18

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 8

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

19

BLUE EXORCIST VOL. 17

KAZUE KATAO

VIZ MEDIA

20

STAR WARS VOL. 5

JASON AARON

MARVEL COMICS

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