Shoppers stuck to the tried-and-true, according to the list of the Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November (11/3/19-11/30/19) provided to ICv2.
Graphix dominated the list, with 18 of 20 titles, and nine of those 18 were Dog Man books or box sets. There are seven Dog Man books currently on the market (Dog Man: Fetch-22 is due out in December), and they take up seven of the top eight slots, along with Raina Telgemeier’s newest graphic memoir, Guts. Then Dog Man: The Epic Collection (comprising Vols. 1-3) and Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection (Vols. 1-6) check in at numbers 17 and 20. The kids can’t get enough Dog Man, it seems.
Then there’s Telgemeier, who has fewer books but a whole lot of staying power: All five of her original graphic novels are in the top 20, as they have been since we started keeping track. That’s impressive when you consider that Smile will be 10 years old next year, so the kids who first grabbed it are now in college.
Rounding out the Graphix titles are Boy-Crazy Stacey, the most recent Baby-Sitters Club graphic novel, and three volumes of the graphic adaptation of Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire books.
All on their own are Best Friends, Shannon Hale’s follow-up to her 2017 book Real Friends, and Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth. NB: Shannon Hale and her husband Dean are the co-authors of Diana: Princess of the Amazons, a new DC graphic novel for middle-grade readers due out in January.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – November 2019 (11/3/19 - 11/30/19) |
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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 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN 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 UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
BOY-CRAZY STACEY |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
THE HIDDEN KINGDOM |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
BEST FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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12 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS YR |
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13 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
DOG MAN: THE EPIC COLLECTION (BOX SET) |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
GHOSTS |
TELGEMEIER, RAINA |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
WINGS OF FIRE GRAPHIC NOVEL #2: THE LOST HEIR |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
DOG MAN: THE SUPA EPIC COLLECTION (BOX SET) |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2019 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
November 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
November 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2019 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Kids 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."