In January we saw some new titles elbowing their way into the top of the list, which had previously been Dog Man’s exclusive territory (see “January 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels”), and the chart continued to evolve in February. Two new titles appear in the bottom half of the chart: Book 7 of Judd Winick’s kids-and-aliens series Hilo appears at number 13, and InvestiGators: Off the Hook, the third volume of John Patrick Green’s goofy secret-agent caper, checks in at number 19.
At the top of the chart, Cat Kid Comic Club stayed at number one, as befits a new Dav Pilkey book; Dog Man: Grime and Punishment stays at number two and the fourth Wings of Fire book, which came out at the end of December, takes the number three slot for the second month in a row. Below those top slots, we see some shifting around; Dog Man: Fetch 22 and New Kid move up, the third Baby-Sitters Little Sister book moves down, and all this activity bumped two Raina Telgemeier titles off the chart, Drama and Sisters.
With the lowest Dog Man title at number 15, the day may come when one of them leaves the top 20. For now, though, Dav Pilkey still owns half the chart and 75% of it is Graphix titles.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – February 2021 (1/31/21 - 2/27/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 4: THE DARK SECRET |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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6 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER VOL. 3: KAREN'S WORST DAY |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
HILO BOOK 7: GINA - THE GIRL WHO BROKE THE WORLD |
JUDD WINICK |
RANDOM HOUSE |
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14 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
CLASS ACT |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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17 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
INVESTIGATORS: OFF THE HOOK HC |
JOHN PATRICK GREEN |
FIRST SECOND |
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20 |
THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH |
MAX BRALLIER |
VIKING BOOKS YR |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of February 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
February 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
February 2021 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 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2021 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."