For years, there was one constant about the BookScan Kids top 20 graphic novel chart: It included every available volume of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man and Cat Kid books.
Then last month, five Dog Man books didn’t make the cut, and in another first, five volumes of Wings of Fire made the chart at the same time (see "March 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels").
Things almost return to normal on the April 2022 chart, but not quite. Pilkey is well represented once more, with his new book Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose topping the chart and two Cat Kid and nine Dog Man books in the top 20 as well. Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, the third volume in the series, is still absent.
As for Wings of Fire, there are two volumes on the chart, the first and the most recent, which is not unusual.
Cat Kid: On Purpose came out in April, so it debuted at the top of the chart, and there’s one other new title as well: FGTeeV: The Switcheroo Rescue!, the latest book in HarperCollins’ series about a family of gamers. Aside from that title, Graphix owns the chart, with 19 of 20 titles. That part is pretty much business as usual.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – April 2022 (4/3/22 – 4/30/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
FGTEEV: THE SWITCHEROO RESCUE! |
FGTEEV |
HARPERCOLLINS |
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4 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB, VOL. 11: GOOD-BYE STACEY, GOOD-BYE |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB, VOL. 10: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
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 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER VOL. 5: KAREN'S SCHOOL PICTURE |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 9: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of April 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
April 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
April 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:
April 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
April 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
April 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."