In second place, for the second month in a row, is volume 18 of My Hero Academia, which was released on April 2; sales have been steady enough to keep it high on the chart this month as well. Altogether, nine volumes of My Hero Academia and one volume of the spinoff My Hero Academia: Vigilantes made the top 20, so that one franchise accounts for half the chart.
New to the chart is Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection, which was released in mid-April. Ito’s work has been steadily gaining popularity in the U.S., helped along by the anime series Junji Ito Collection, which was co-produced by Crunchyroll. Ito’s work has been among the top manga franchises for several years, and he was a guest at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival last weekend, where fans stood on line for hours to get a ticket for his two signings.
Three more April manga releases made the chart: volume 27 of Attack on Titan, volume 10 of Tokyo Ghoul: Re, and volume 4 of My Hero Academia: Vigilantes.
The top superhero title on the chart was Infinity Gauntlet, in sixth place, and the deluxe hardcover edition of Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman was the only other superhero title in the top 20.
Overall, VIZ Media had 12 books on the chart, Dark Horse Comics had the two The Umbrella Academy titles, and no other publisher had more than one title.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – April 2019 (4/7/19 - 5/4/19) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 18 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
SMASHED: JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 2: DALLAS |
GERARD WAY |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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6 |
INFINITY GAUNTLET |
JIM STARLIN |
MARVEL COMICS |
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7 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 17 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 27 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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11 |
TOKYO GHOUL: RE VOL. 10 |
SUI ISHIDA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
THE HANDMAID'S TALE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
MARGARET ATWOOD |
NAN A. TALESE |
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13 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES VOL. 4 |
HIDEYUKI FURUHASHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 16 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
RICK AND MORTY VS. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS |
PATRICK ROTHFUSS |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 5 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 15 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN DLX. ED. HC |
VARIOUS |
DC COMICS |
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20 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 31 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of April graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
April 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
April 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:
April 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
April 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
April 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."