And for the second month in a row, seven of the top twenty titles are volumes of Chainsaw Man, with the first six volumes plus the most recent one, Volume 9, making the cut. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba also got plenty of love, with four volumes, the first three and the recent sequel, all on the chart.
The top title was Volume 9 of Chainsaw Man, followed by Volume 14 of Jujutsu Kaisen, both of which were February releases. The only other February title on the chart is Volume 17 of Komi Can’t Communicate, a series whose new volumes often make the top 20.
The chart was almost all manga in February 2021 as well (see "February 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels"), with one non-manga title at the top, but there was a broader array of titles and publishers, and only one volume of Chainsaw Man.
As we observed a year ago, My Hero Academia has slipped in popularity, but the first two volumes are on the February 2022 chart, so it’s still picking up readers. In fact, with five first volumes and three second volumes in the top 20, it’s safe to assume that readers are still finding and sampling these series.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – February 2022 (1/30/22 - 2/26/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 9 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 14 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA--STORIES OF WATER AND FLAME |
RYOJI HIRANO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 3 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 5 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 1 |
NAOYA MATSUMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 2 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 17 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
ATTACK ON TITAN VOL. 34 |
HAJIME ISAYAMA |
KODANSHA COMICS |
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20 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 6 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of February 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
February 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
February 2022 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:
February 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 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."