The Walking Dead topped the October 2017 Top 20 Adult Fiction Graphic Novel chart provided exclusively to ICv2 by NPD BookScan (as is usually the case in October as the new season kicks off), and also accounted for four slots of the 20.  Notably, two of The Walking Dead volumes were not collections of comics from the regular series; they were both editions of Here’s Negan, a hardcover collection of comics from Image+, Image Comics' monthly promotional magazine.   The regular edition came in at #4, and the Barnes & Nobel exclusive hardcover was just a few slots lower at #7.

Two new titles with the potential to be on the list for a while took the second and third slots in October.  The new Roz Chast graphic novel, Going into Town:  A Love Letter, took the #2 slot; Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant was on the chart for months a few years back.  And Dark Horse’s Overwatch:  Anthology Vol. 1 came in at #3, powered by Blizzard Entertainment's hot  multiplayer online first-person shooter, which now has over 35 million players.

Other 2017 hits were also doing well, with Everybody’s a Aliebn on the chart for the fifth consecutive month, and The Life-Changing Manga of Tidying Up staying on the chart for its fourth month.

BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in October 2017

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 28

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

2

GOING INTO TOWN: A LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK HC

ROZ CHAST

BLOOMSBURY UK

3

OVERWATCH: ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1

BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT

DARK HORSE BOOKS

4

THE WALKING DEAD: HERE'S NEGAN HC

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

5

BATMAN/THE FLASH: THE BUTTON DLX ED HC

TOM KING

DC COMICS

6

TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

7

THE WALKING DEAD: HERE'S NEGAN B&N EXC HC

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

8

THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 14 HC

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

9

BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT - MASTER RACE HC

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

10

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

11

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

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

12

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

13

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 9

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

14

RAT QUEENS VOL. 14

KURTIS WIEBE

IMAGE COMICS

15

ONE PUNCH VOL. 12

ONE

VIZ MEDIA

16

WILLIAM GIBSON'S ARCHANGEL HC

WILLIAM GIBSON

IDW PUBLISHING

17

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

18

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

19

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

MARIE KONDO

TEN SPEED PRESS

20

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

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