A webtoon collection originally released in September 2021 made the chart of the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for July 2022 (7/3/22-7/30/22) provided to ICv2.

Appearing on the chart for the first time is Miriam Bonastre Tur’s Hooky, which was released in September 2021 and is based on a webtoon on the Webtoon platform (see "Q&A with Bobbie Chase, Webtoon Unscrolled").  A second volume is due out in September 2022.

For the second month in a row, Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man and Cat Kid is not among the Top 20.  That doesn’t mean there’s a Pilkey shortage, though: Of the 18 Graphix titles in the Top 20, a solid dozen are by Pilkey.

Last month we noted an annual pattern in the Top 20, having to do with summer releases that hit the chart for a few months and then drop to a lower level of sales (see "June 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels").  Those patterns didn’t hold true into July: While the new FGTEEV book is still on the chart, Terri Libenson’s Remarkably Ruby and Jerry Craft’s New Kid have slipped off again.  In July 2021, both New Kid and Libenson’s Truly Tyler stayed on the chart for another month.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – July 2022 (7/3/22 – 7/30/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

FGTEEV: THE SWITCHEROO RESCUE! HC

FGTEEV

HARPERCOLLINS

6

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

9

DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

11

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

12

CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

13

DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

14

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 11: GOOD-BYE STACEY, GOOD-BYE

GABRIELA EPSTEIN

GRAPHIX

15

WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

16

WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

17

GUTS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

18

HOOKY VOL. 1

MÍRIAM BONASTRE TUR

CLARION

19

THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 10: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS

CHAN CHAU

GRAPHIX

20

SMILE

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

For charts of July 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
July 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:
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
July 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."