Dog Man and Cat Kid creator Dav PIlkey continued his dominance of the Top 20 book channel Kids graphic novels, based on NPD BookScan data for August 2022 (7/31/22-9/3/22) provided to ICv2.  He created 60% (12) of the Top 20, led by Cat Kid Comic Club: On Purpose in the #1 slot.  The missing Pilkey title, as it was last month, is Dog Man and Cat Kid.

The latest Cat Kid Comic Club, released in April, was one of only two 2022 releases on the August chart, along with the new FGTEEV volume; the rest were all evergreens from earlier years.

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

FGTEEV: THE SWITCHEROO RESCUE! HC

FGTEEV

HARPERCOLLINS

9

DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

11

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

12

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

GABRIELA EPSTEIN

GRAPHIX

13

DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

14

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

15

WINGS OF FIRE BBOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

16

NEW KID

JERRY CRAFT

HARPERCOLLINS

17

WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

18

GUTS: A GRAPHIC NOVEL

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

19

SMILE: A GRAPHIC NOVEL

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

20

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

CHAN CHAU

GRAPHIX

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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