We broke out the Top 20 Manga, Top 20 Superhero Graphic Novels, and Top 20 Author Graphic Novels in the book channel for March 2018 based on information provided by NPD BookScan covering the period February 26 to April 1, 2018.

For the second month in a row, Black Panther graphic novels dominate the March superheroes chart, taking up seven of the 20 slots. Six are by Ta-Nehisi Coates, but one of Christopher Priest’s volumes makes an appearance as well.  Marvel wins in terms of share of the Top 20 with 11 titles on the chart, and DC Comics/Vertigo cleans up with 8; the remaining title, the Overwatch Anthology from Dark Horse Comics, is a video game tie-in book.

NPD BookScan Top 20 'Superhero' Graphic Novels – March 2018 (2/26/18 - 4/1/18)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

2

INFINITY GAUNTLET

JIM STARLIN

MARVEL COMICS

3

GREEN LANTERN: EARTH ONE VOL. 1 HC

GABRIEL HARDMAN

DC COMICS

4

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 2: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

5

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 3: A NATION UNDER OUR FEET

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

6

OVERWATCH: ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1 HC

MATT BURNS

DARK HORSE BOOKS

7

WATCHMEN

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

8

STAR WARS: JEDI OF THE REPUBLIC - MACE WINDU

MATT OWENS

MARVEL COMICS

9

BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

10

MARVEL'S BLACK PANTHER: THE ART OF THE MOVIE HC

ELENI ROUSSOS

MARVEL COMICS

11

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED HC

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

12

BLACK PANTHER BOOK 4: AVENGERS OF THE NEW WORLD BK 1

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

13

INFINITY WAR

JIM STARLIN

MARVEL COMICS

14

BLACK PANTHER: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION BOOK 1

CHRISTOPHER PRIEST

MARVEL COMICS

15

V FOR VENDETTA

ALAN MOORE

VERTIGO

16

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD OF THE SITH VOL. 1

CHARLES SOULE

MARVEL COMICS

17

BLACK PANTHER VOL. 1

TA-NEHISI COATES

MARVEL COMICS

18

SUPER SONS VOL. 2

PETER J. TOMASI

DC COMICS

19

JUSTICE LEAGUE: THEIR GREATEST TRIUMPHS

GEOFF JOHNS

DC COMICS

20

BATMAN/THE FLASH: THE BUTTON DLX. ED. HC

KING / WILLIAMSON

DC COMICS

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

VIZ Media dominates the manga chart, with 18 out of 20 titles, but what’s less obvious is the way those series break out.  Seven of the top 20 books are Shonen Jump series: My Hero Academia, Boruto, Dragon Ball, Bleach.  Six more volumes are game or anime tie-ins: Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, RWBY.  Of the remaining books, four (two volumes each of One-Punch Man and Tokyo Ghoul) run in Japanese anthology magazine Young Jump, and the Seven Seas title Monster Musume is directed toward the same demographic:  all are seinen manga.  The two that remain are the horror one-shot Shiver, by Junji Ito, and the sole shojo manga on the list, Cardcaptor Sakura.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – March 2018 (2/26/18 - 4/1/18)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 3

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

2

ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 13

ONE

VIZ MEDIA

3

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 11

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

4

MONSTER MUSUME VOL. 13

OKAYADO

SEVEN SEAS

5

TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 3

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

6

BORUTO VOL. 3

MASASHI KISHIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

7

SPLATOON VOL. 2

SANKICHI HINODEYA

VIZ MEDIA

8

RWBY

SHIROW MIWA

VIZ MEDIA

9

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

10

DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 2

AKIRA TORIYAMA

VIZ MEDIA

11

CARDCAPTOR SAKURA: CLEAR CARD 2

CLAMP

KODANSHA COMICS

12

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

13

DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 1

AKIRA TORIYAMA

VIZ MEDIA

14

BLEACH VOL. 72

TITE KUBO

VIZ MEDIA

15

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 2

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

16

SPLATOON VOL. 1

SANKICHI HINODEYA

VIZ MEDIA

17

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 1

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

18

SHIVER: JUNJI ITO SELECTED STORIES

JUNJI ITO

VIZ MEDIA

19

TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

20

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 10

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

The two top sellers on the author graphic novel chart couldn’t be more different:  The latest volume of the long-running The Walking Dead and a lighthearted "guide to growing up," Am I There Yet?  The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood, by a young woman who posted the cartoons on Instagram.  That shows the breadth of the audience in the book channel.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – March 2018 (2/26/18 - 4/1/18)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 29

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

2

AM I THERE YET?: THE LOOP-DE-LOOP, ZIGZAGGING JOURNEY TO ADULTHOOD HC

MARI ANDREW

CLARKSON POTTER

3

MARCH: BOOK ONE

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

4

SAGA VOL. 8

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

5

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

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

6

AMERICAN GODS VOL. 1: SHADOW HC

NEIL GAIMAN

DARK HORSE BOOKS

7

FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC

ALISON BECHDEL

MARINER BOOKS

8

SAGA VOL. 1

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

9

THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 28

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

10

SAGA VOL. 7

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

11

PUERTO RICO STRONG: A COMICS ANTHOLOGY SUPPORTING PUERTO RICO DISASTER

VITA AYALA

LION FORGE

12

BRANDON SANDERSON'S WHITE SAND VOL. 2 HC

BRANDON SANDERSON

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

13

PAPER GIRLS VOL. 1

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

14

I KILL GIANTS FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

JOE KELLY

IMAGE COMICS

15

SAGA VOL. 2

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

16

MARCH: BOOK TWO

JOHN LEWIS

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS

17

THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM ONE

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

18

PIERCE BROWN'S RED RISING: SON OF ARES HC

PIERCE BROWN

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

19

BINGO LOVE OGN

TEE FRANKLIN

IMAGE COMICS

20

MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS

EMIL FERRIS

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of March graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
March 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
March 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels

For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
March 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels with Actual Numbers

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."