First, though, let’s acknowledge the return of a book that was last on the chart in August 2021: Jerry Craft’s New Kid. This title, which was published in February 2019, was a perennial seller that slipped below the Top 20, but now it’s back. This title may be getting more attention because it’s on some of the lists of graphic novels being removed from schools and libraries in the latest efforts to limit what kids can read. SpringHill Entertainment is planning an adaptation of the book (see "‘New Kid’ Teams with LeBron and Universal").
Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives tops the chart for the second month in a row, and the fifth volume of adaptations of Tui T. Sutherland’s Wings of Fire books moves up from sixth to second place; that book was released on December 28, so it’s pretty impressive that it charted at all in December (see "December 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels").
Every Dog Man and Cat Kid graphic novel in print has been on every BookScan Kids chart since January 2018, when there were only three (see "January 2018 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels"). For a while they were all clustered at the top of the chart, and it was unusual for any book to rank higher. That’s no longer the case, and the top of the chart is more diverse than it used to be, but all of Pilkey’s books are still charting every month.
Partly because of this, the chart is dominated by Graphix, with 18 of the 20 titles.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – January 2022 (1/2/22 - 1/29/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB, VOL. 10: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
FRIENDS FOREVER |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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12 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
NEW KID |
JERRY CRAFT |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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17 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB, VOL. 9: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of January 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
January 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
January 2022 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:
January 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
January 2022 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."