Dog Man takes the top five slots on the chart, but there were six Dog Man books available in July; Terri Libenson’s Just Jaime broke up the streak of Dog Man titles, as it did in May and June. The sixth Dog Man book shows up at number 7, followed by PopularMMOS Presents Enter the Mine, which debuted in the number 2 spot in June. The new Dog Man book came out last week, so we can expect it will have a lock on the top of the August chart.
The rest of the top 20 is mostly the usual suspects: Dog Man, Raina Telgemeier, that first Phoebe and Her Unicorn book that kids can’t seem to get enough of. Jerry Craft’s New Kid has been in the top 20 since it came out in February, and Kayla Miller’s Camp has also charted consistently since its release in April. Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire adaptations always make the chart as well. The one outlier is El Deafo, a 2014 release that pops up in the number 20 slot.
Graphix dominates the Top 20 with 14 titles; HarperCollins has two, and the other publishers on the chart have one each.
The top kids’ graphic novel on the Diamond chart didn’t crack the BookScan Top 20 at all; it’s Dear Justice League, the latest release in DC’s DC Zoom kids’ imprint, which came in at number 6 overall in comic stores (see "Top 500 Graphic Novels – July 2019").
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – July 2019 (7/7/19 -8/3/19) |
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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 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
JUST JAIME |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER & BRAY |
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7 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
POPULARMMOS PRESENTS ENTER THE MINE HC |
POPULARMMOS |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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9 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
CAMP |
KAYLA MILLER |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN |
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12 |
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BOOK 1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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13 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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14 |
WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL. 2: THE LOST HEIR |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 6 |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1 |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
EL DEAFO |
CECE BELL |
HARRY N. ABRAMS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of July graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
July 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
July 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, and Author Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
July 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Manga, and Author Graphic Novels with Actua 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."