The Top 20 chart is based on NPD BookScan data for June (5/28/2018 – 7/1/18) provided to ICv2. As usual, the four volumes of Dog Man are in the top four slots, but number five is taken by a graphic novel with the ungainly title PopularMMOS Presents A Hole New World. The book, a June release, is by Patrick Julianelle (a.k.a. PopularMMOS), who runs a YouTube channel devoted to Minecraft videos and other gamer content with his wife Jen. Pat and Jen are the lead characters in the book, which features other popular characters from the channel, including Captain Cookie and Bomby. The book is from HarperCollins, which also published DanTDM: Trayaurus and the Enchanted Crystal, one of the top selling graphic novels of last year (it’s in the 19th slot on this month’s chart), and Hole New World is pitched at the same audience.
Aside from that, the top 20 is all pretty familiar stuff, although a few other 2018 titles, Tui Sutherland’s The Dragonet Prophecy, Terri Libenson’s Positively Izzy, and Vera Brosgol’s Be Prepared, are showing some staying power.
So maybe it’s not so hard after all.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – June 2018 (5/28/18 - 7/1/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
POPULARMMOS PRESENTS: A HOLE NEW WORLD HC |
PATRICK JULIANELLE |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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6 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
POSITIVELY IZZY |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER & BRAY |
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9 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
BIG NATE: SILENT BUT DEADLY |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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12 |
KRISTY'S GREAT IDEA: FULL-COLO |
GRAPHIX |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH AND THE ZOMBIE PARADE HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS |
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14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 5 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
INVISIBLE EMMIE |
LIBENSON TERRI |
BALZER & BRAY |
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16 |
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BOOK #1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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17 |
BE PREPARED |
VERA BROSGOL |
FIRST SECOND |
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18 |
REAL FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND |
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19 |
DANTDM: TRAYAURUS AND THE ENCHANTED CRYSTAL |
DANTDM |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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20 |
WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of June graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
June 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
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."