As usual, manga dominates the chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for December (12/2/18-12/29/18) provided to ICv2. The new volume of My Hero Academia, Vol. 16, tops the chart, and seven other volumes of the series also make the top 20. All the manga on the chart are from the publisher Viz, except for the most recent volume of the former manga powerhouse Attack on Titan.

The Adventure Zone, the gaming graphic novel that just won’t quit, is in second place. This book was released in July and has been in the top 20 every month since it came out.

Only two Big Two graphic novels make the top 20: DC’s Batman: White Knight, charting for the third month in a row, and Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet.

Two older best-sellers reappear, perhaps getting a holiday boost from gift-givers: Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood, by Instagram star Mari Andrew, and Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Ablien Too, by Twitter personality Jomny Sun.

The ninth volume of Saga is the only Image Comics title on the chart.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – December 2018 (12/2/18 - 12/29/18)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 16

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

2

THE ADVENTURE ZONE: HERE THERE BE GERBLINS

CLINT MCELROY

FIRST SECOND BOOKS

3

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

4

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

5

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

6

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 15

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

7

BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT

SEAN MURPHY

DC BLACK LABEL

8

INFINITY GAUNTLET

JIM STARLIN

MARVEL COMICS

9

SAGA VOL. 9

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN

IMAGE COMICS

10

ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 26

HAJIME ISAYAMA

KODANSHA COMICS

11

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

12

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

MARI ANDREW

CLARKSON POTTER PUB.

13

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC

HARPER LEE

HARPER

14

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

JOMNY SUN

HARPER PERENNIAL

15

SPLATOON VOL. 5

SANKICHI HINODEYA

VIZ MEDIA

16

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 5

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

17

THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 4

AKIRA HIMEKAWA

VIZ MEDIA

18

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 14

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

19

TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1

SUI ISHIDA

VIZ MEDIA

20

RWBY: OFFICIAL MANGA ANTHOLOGY VOL. 3

VARIOUS

VIZ MEDIA

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of December graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
December 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:
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 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."