Up till now, Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man books have consistently taken the top slots in the list, so with six books out, that’s the top six. Until this month, when Big Nate: Payback Time! shows up at number 5. That book came out in mid-March and made number 8 on the March chart as well.
There is one new title on the chart: Camp, by Kayla Miller, which was released on April 23 and debuts at number 19. This middle grade friends-drama series is a follow-up to Miller’s Click, which just came out last January.
The rest of the chart looks a lot like the March chart. The second volume of Wings of Fire (adapted from Tui T. Sutherland’s novels) shows up at number 9, down a bit from last month, and the first volume is there at number 17. Max and the Midknights (by Big Nate creator Lincoln Peirce) slides off the chart, and the Dog Man box set appears at number 20. Two February releases, Jerry Craft’s New Kid and the fourth Narwhal and Jelly book, make the chart for the third month in a row. And the usual Raina Telgemeier and Baby-Sitters Club books make their monthly appearances.
In terms of publishers, 15 of the top 20 books are from Graphix and two are from Andrews McMeel.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – April 2019 (4/7/19 - 5/4/19) |
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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 |
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4 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
BIG NATE: PAYBACK TIME! |
LINCOLN PEIRCE |
ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB. |
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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 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL. 2: THE LOST HEIR |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 6 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
PHOEBE & HER UNICORN BOOK 1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB. |
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14 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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15 |
A NARWHAL AND JELLY BOOK VOL. 4: NARWHAL'S OTTER FRIEND HC |
BEN CLANTON |
TUNDRA BOOKS (NY) |
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16 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1 |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
CAMP |
KAYLA MILLER |
HOUGHTON M |
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20 |
DOG MAN: THE EPIC COLLECTION: FROM THE CREATOR OF CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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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 Adult 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 Numbers
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."