All three of the non-manga titles in the top 20 are webtoon collections, a sign of the massive audiences the new digital format is garnering. The top two slots are taken by the hardcover and paperback editions of Rachel Smythe’s Lore Olympus, a comic that started out on the Webtoon platform, where it had 5.1 million followers (see "Massively Popular Webtoon ‘Lore Olympus’ Coming to Print"). The third non-manga title is Vol. 3 of Solo Leveling, a Korean comic that also started as a webcomic, at number 7.
As was the case last month, there are four different manga publishers on the chart (see "October 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels"), three of which have more than one volume in the top 20. Unlike last month, though, there aren’t many new manga volumes. There were 11 different manga series on the October chart; in November, there were eight. And while there were eight new releases on the October chart, the November chart only has two new manga volumes, Volume 9 of Berserk and Volume 11 of Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun. Volume 3 of Solo Leveling is a new release as well, and this series seems to fit the pattern of new releases making the chart in their debut month. The number of first and second volumes of manga on this month’s chart indicates that readers are still discovering new series. And the fact that the Demon Slayer box set, with its MSRP of $199.99, sold enough units to make the number 3 spot indicates that this series continues to be popular, even though the last volume came out in August.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – November 2021 (10/31/21 - 11/27/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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2 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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3 |
DEMON SLAYER COMPLETE BOX SET |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 34 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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5 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 29 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 3 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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8 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 1 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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11 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
DEATH NOTE BLACK EDITION VOL. 1 |
TSUGUMI OHBA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 2 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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15 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 1 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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16 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 2 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 9 HC |
KENTARO MIURA |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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18 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 23 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 7 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 11 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
November 2021 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:
November 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2021 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 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."