The Death Note movie started streaming on Netflix on August 25 (see "Moving Pictures: New Anime Come to Netflix"), and just like clockwork, two Death Note titles turned up in the September 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan.  The All-in-One Edition took the #2 slot, impressive for a $39.99 title.

The Death Note volumes were two of ten manga VIZ Media placed in the Top 20.

The collection of DC Comics' Dark Knight sequel, Batman: The Dark Knight - Master Race HC, placed at #3, a rare top-level hit for new material from one of the Big Two comic publishers.

Avatar Press made a rare appearance in the Top 20 with its Providence Act 3 Limited Edition HC, a one-time-only hardcover collection of the final arc in the story by Alan Moore and artist Jacen Burrows.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in September 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

ONE PUNCH VOL. 12

ONE

VIZ MEDIA

2

DEATH NOTE (ALL-IN-ONE EDITION)

TAKESHI OBATA

VIZ MEDIA

3

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT - MASTER RACE HC

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

4

THE ART OF RICK AND MORTY HC

JUSTIN ROILAND

DARK HORSE BOOKS

5

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

6

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

7

BORUTO VOL. 2

MASASHI KISHIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

8

BATMAN VOL. 3 (REBIRTH)

TOM KING

DC COMICS

9

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

MARIE KONDO

TEN SPEED PRESS

10

YU-GI-OH! ARC-V VOL. 2

SHIN YOSHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

11

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

12

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 14

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

13

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

14

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

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

15

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 9

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

16

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

17

MONSTER GIRL ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.

KENKOU CROSS

SEAVEN SEAS

18

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

19

DEATH NOTE BLACK EDITION VOL. 1

TSUGUMI OHBA

VIZ MEDIA

20

PROVIDENCE ACT 3 LTD. ED. HC

ALAN MOORE

AVATAR PRESS

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