While other titles have made inroads in recent months, the mid-August release of Dog Man: For Whom the Ball Rolls put the canine crime-fighter back on top, with the seven titles in the series taking the top seven slots.
Coming in just behind the Dog Man run is Shannon Hale’s Best Friends (the sequel to her Real Friends), which was released by First Second Books in August.
Then there’s Just Jaime, the latest Terri Libenson book, which has solidified its hold on the top 20 since it came out last May.
The number 10 title is a head-scratcher, though. CatStronauts: Mission Moon, the first volume of Drew Brockington’s five-book series, was published over two years ago and hasn’t appeared in the charts since ICv2 started keeping track. Why is it charting now? There doesn’t seem to be a movie or TV show in the works. One reason may be the renewed interest in space with the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, but it’s also possible that the release of the fifth book in late April stirred interest in the first as well.
The rest of the chart should look familiar: the Raina Telgemeier tomes, Jerry Craft’s New Kid (another new book that is a frequent flier in the top 20) the Minecraft-inspired PopularMMOS Presents Enter the Mine, and, bringing up the rear, the perennially popular Phoebe and Her Unicorn.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – August 2019 (8/4/19 - 8/31/19) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID 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 |
BEST FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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9 |
JUST JAIME |
TERRI LIBENSON |
BALZER & BRAY |
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10 |
CATSTRONAUTS: MISSION MOON |
DREW BROCKINGTON |
LITTLE BROWN YR |
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11 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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13 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
POPULARMMOS PRESENTS ENTER THE MINE HC |
POPULARMMOS |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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15 |
CAMP |
KAYLA MILLER |
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN |
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16 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
GHOSTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
HEY, KIDDO |
JARRETT KROSOCZKA |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOL. 2: THE LOST HEIR |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
PHOEBE AND HER UNICORN BOOK 1 |
DANA SIMPSON |
ANDREWS MCMEEL |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of August graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
August 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
August 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Author, and Manga Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
August 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
August 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Superhero, Author, and Manga 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."