Amulet is in the #3 spot for the second month in a row, showing that Kazu Kibuishi’s fantasy tale still has plenty of appeal to readers, even eight volumes in. Meanwhile, Volume 6 of The Baby Sitters Club has moved up two places, to #5. This is Gale Galligan’s second volume of the series (she took over from Raina Telgemeier), and readers seem to be OK with that; Volume 1 (by Telgemeier) and Volume 5 (by Galligan) are on the chart as well, in the 16th and 17th slots.
Jarrett Krosoczka’s Hey, Kiddo, a National Book Award finalist, debuts at #15. Krosoczka’s memoir of a childhood spent in his grandparents’ care because of his mother’s drug addiction is powerful on the strength of its story alone, but also a masterful piece of cartooning. Although it does have its funny moments, be warned that Hey, Kiddo is very different from Krosczka’s zany Lunch Lady graphic novels.
In terms of publishers, Graphix dominates this chart even more than usual: usually between 10 and 12 of their books are on the chart, but this month it is 15.
The other titles on the chart are pretty solid. The latest entry in Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales, a bio of the Marquis de Lafayette, debuts at #12. That’s a series that middle-graders can’t seem to get enough of. Big Nate Goes Bananas! moves up a notch to #8. The first volume of The Last Kids on Earth returns after dropping off the chart for a month. And down at the bottom of the chart, PopularMMOS Presents: A Hole New World continues its slide down the chart to #19, and Book 1 of Phoebe and Her Unicorn pops up in the #20 slot.
What’s missing? Terri Libenson’s Invisible Emmie slipped off the chart in September, and this month her Positively Izzy is gone as well.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – September 2018 (9/27/18 - 10/30/18) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN & CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
AMULET BOOK 8 |
KAZU KIBUISHI |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 6 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
|
6 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
BIG NATE GOES BANANAS! |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
ANDREWS MCMEE |
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9 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS |
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12 |
NATHAN HALE'S HAZARDOUS TALES #8: LAFAYETTE HC |
NATHAN HALE |
HARRY N. ABRAMS |
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13 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
HEY, KIDDO |
JARRETT J. KROSOCZKA |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1 |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 5 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
DOG MAN: THE EPIC COLLECTION BOXED SET |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
POPULARMMOS PRESENTS: A HOLE NEW WORLD HC |
POPULARMMOS |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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20 |
PHOEBE & HER UNICORN BOOK 1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of October graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
October 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
October 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
October 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
October 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
October 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, Author 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."