Alex Ross’s homage to Jack Kirby, Fantastic Four: Full Circle, debuts on the chart in 19th place. Neither Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, which made it into the top 20 in July, nor The Sandman, which charted in August, is on the September chart.
In terms of Author titles, Lore Olympus has slipped out of the Top 20 and the sole Author title in September is Volume 5 of Solo Leveling.
The other 18 titles are all manga. Topping the list is Vol. 8 of Spy x Family, the third September release on the chart, and there are three more further down. The release of the anime in April gave this series a big boost, and it’s likely that the same will happen with Chainsaw Man after the anime premieres on October 11 (see "‘Chainsaw Man’ Voice Cast"). On the other hand, there are five volumes in the Top 20 already, so maybe it has reached saturation.
One more title worth noting is the only non-VIZ Media manga in the Top 20, Volumes 3-4 of Tokyo Revengers. Volumes 1-2 debuted on the chart in July; this series also benefits from a popular anime.
Neither Volume 100 of One Piece nor the special 20th anniversary edition of Volume 1 of Bleach returned to the chart for a second month, after appearing in the August Top 20 (see "August 2022 BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels").
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – September 2022 (8/28/22 - 10/1/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 8 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 17 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
4 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 5 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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5 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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6 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
7 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
8 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
|
9 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 3 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 16 |
AKIRA TORIYAMA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
TOKYO REVENGERS (OMNIBUS) VOL. 3-4 |
KEN WAKUI |
SEVEN SEAS ENT. |
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13 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 11 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 31 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE HC |
ALEX ROSS |
ABRAMS |
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20 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of September 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
September 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novel
September 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:
September 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
September 2022 NPD BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
September 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."