That omission is Raina Telgemeier’s Ghosts, which has been on the BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novel list since we started running them and was one of the top graphic novels of 2017 as well. February 2020 was the first month that all of Telgemeier’s original works were not on the chart. This doesn’t result from a drop in sales but rather from a crowded field: Eight Dog Man books, four other Telgemeier titles, two Baby Sitters Club books, a new gaming/YouTube title, a new volume of Judd Winick’s Hilo, plus some old stalwarts: Jerry Craft’s New Kid, Shannon Hale’s Best Friends, Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth, and Tui T. Sutherland’s The Dragonet Prophecy. Despite having eight Dog Man titles, it’s a pretty well-rounded list, with fantasy, superheroes, and slice-of-life stories.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – February 2020 (2/2/20 - 2/29/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
FGTEEV PRESENTS: INTO THE GAME! HC |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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5 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
KAREN'S WITCH: A GRAPHIX BOOK |
ANN M. MARTIN |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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8 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
HILO BOOK 6: ALL THE PIECES FIT HC |
JUDD WINICK |
RANDOM HOUSE |
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10 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
BEST FRIENDS |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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15 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
BOY-CRAZY STACEY |
GALE GALLIGAN |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH HC |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS YR |
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20 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of February graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
February 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
February 2020 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:
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2020 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."