Last month it was PopularMMOS Presents A Hole New World, a graphic novel by a YouTube star whose shtick is MineCraft videos. That book, which just came out on June 1, debuted at number five last month and is in the number two slot this month.
The new title is Gravity Falls: Lost Legends, which collects a quartet of stories set in the world of the Disney XD animated series Gravity Falls, which ran from 2014 to 2016. It's possible that the artist for the anthology, including fan favorites Jacob Chabot, Mike Holmes, and Meredith Gran, brought their own followers to the book, and of course series has followers of its own. Gravity Falls: Lost Legends was just released on July 1, so for it to make the number 11 slot in one month is a pretty impressive feat.
Don't expect this to happen a third time though: The next Dog Man book, subtitled Lord of the Fleas, is due out on August 28— and given the enormous popularity of everything Dav Pilkey does, it may make the chart based on just three days’ sales.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – July 2018 (7/1/18 - 7/29/18) |
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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 |
POPULARMMOS PRESENTS: A HOLE NEW WORLD HC |
POPULARMMOS |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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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 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
POSITIVELY IZZY |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER & BRAY |
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8 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS |
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11 |
GRAVITY FALLS: LOST LEGENDS HC |
ALEX HIRSCH |
DISNEY PRESS |
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12 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1 |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 5 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BOOK #1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEE |
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16 |
REAL FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND |
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17 |
BIG NATE: SILENT BUT DEADLY |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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18 |
INVISIBLE EMMIE |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER & BRAY |
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19 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH AND THE ZOMBIE PARADE HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS |
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20 |
BE PREPARED |
VERA BROSGOL |
FIRST SECOND |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of July graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
July 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
July 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:
July 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 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."