In the number one spot is Nathan Pyle’s Stranger Planet, the sequel to his 2019 Strange Planet, which is at number 4. The first book has been on the chart since its debut in November 2019 and has been in first place for all but one of those six months. Like the first book, Stranger Planet is a collection of comics that first appeared on Instagram and other social media.
In the number two spot is the latest volume of My Hero Academia, followed by the first one, with volume 2 following in the number five spot. So there’s not much diversity at the top of the list.
Moving down, the newest volume of Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is in the number six spot. VIZ Media is now releasing new volumes monthly, and vol. 12 was the top manga last month (see "May 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels").
The other manga on the chart are the latest volumes of Dragon Ball Super, Komi Can’t Communicate, and the My Hero Academia spinoff My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, along with Junji Ito’s Uzumaki and the new series Spy x Family, a Shonen Jump title that has been running on that digital service for a while.
The top superhero graphic novel is the 2019 edition of Watchmen, followed immediately by the second volume of the Watchmen sequel Doomsday Clock. Aside from the two Strange Planet books, the only other non-manga titles are the top-20 regulars March: Book One and They Called Us Enemy.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – June 2020 (5/31/20 - 7/4/20) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
STRANGER PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
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2 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 24 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
4 |
STRANGE PLANET HC |
NATHAN W. PYLE |
MORROW GIFT |
|
5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 13 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
7 |
DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 9 |
AKIRA TORIYAMA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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10 |
DOOMSDAY CLOCK PART 2 HC |
GEOFF JOHNS |
DC COMICS |
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11 |
UZUMAKI HC |
JUNJI ITO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 23 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 3 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
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15 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE TAKEI |
TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
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17 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES VOL. 7 |
HIDEYUKI FURUHASHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 7 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 4 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of June graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
June 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
June 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
June 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 2020 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
June 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."