Aside from that, we’re in familiar territory all the way down the line. Graphix dominates the chart with 16 titles, seven of which are Dog Man. All four of Raina Telgemeier’s indy graphic novels are there, along with four Baby-Sitters Club adaptations, two by her and two by Gale Galligan. Volume 8 of Amulet, subtitled Supernova, is in the 19th slot, and perennial favorites Big Nate and Phoebe and Her Unicorn make their monthly appearance as well. The only new-ish book is Svetlana Chmakova’s Crush, which is on the chart for the third month in a row. Crush is the third in Chmakova’s Berrybrook Middle School series, which has been slowly building an audience over the past two years.
So what’s not there? Alex Hirsch’s Gravity Falls: Lost Legends has finally dropped off the chart, at least for now, as has the Internet phenom PopularMMOS Presents: A Hole New World. Both did pretty well last year, so it will be interesting to see if they pop up again this year, or if the kids reach for another Dog Man or Baby-Sitters Club title instead.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – January 2019 (12/30/18 - 2/2/19) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
4 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
5 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
6 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
7 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
|
8 |
CRUSH |
SVETLANA CHMAKOVA |
JY |
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9 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 6 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
|
10 |
MAX AND THE MIDKNIGHTS HC |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
CROWN BOOKS YR |
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11 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
PHOEBE & HER UNICORN BOOK 1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB. |
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13 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
DOG MAN BRAWL OF WILD HC (B&N EXC) |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
|
15 |
BIG NATE GOES BANANAS! |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB. |
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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 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
HILO BOOK 5 HC |
WINICK, JUDD |
RANDOM HOUSE YR |
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20 |
AMULET BOOK 8 |
KAZU KIBUISHI |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of January graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
January 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
January 2019 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:
January 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2018 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2019 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."