Dav Pilkey dominates this month’s chart of the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November 2022 (10/30/22-11/26/22) provided to ICv2.

For the first time in three months, all 13 Pilkey books that are currently in print are on the chart: 10 Dog Man and 3 Cat Kid Comic Club titles.  Also for the first time in three months, Graphix has 18 books in the Top 20.  That said, there are two outliers worth noting.  One is John Patrick Green’s InvestiGators: Heist and Seek, on the chart for an unprecedented third month.  The other is Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends, Nicole Andelfinger and Claudia Aguirre’s adaptation of the first volume of the 1980s series (see "‘Sweet Valley Twins’ Go to Random House Graphic"), debuting at number 12.

Both titles are firmly within the genres established by Graphix, funny animals and school drama, but each has a slightly different vibe of its own, balancing the familiar and the new.

Pilkey’s next book, Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations, was published on November 29 so we can expect to see that on next month’s chart (see "New ‘Cat Kid Comic Club’ GN Due Out in November").

NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – November 2022 (10/30/22 - 11/26/22)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 12: JESSI'S SECRET LANGUAGE

CHAN CHAU

GRAPHIX

3

DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

5

CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

DOG MAN HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

9

DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

11

INVESTIGATORS: HEIST AND SEEK

JOHN PATRICK GREEN

FIRST SECOND BOOKS

12

SWEET VALLEY TWINS: BEST FRIENDS

FRANCINE PASCAL

RH GRAPHIC

13

DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

14

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

GABRIELA EPSTEIN

GRAPHIX

15

GUTS

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

16

DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

17

DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

18

DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

19

SMILE

RAINA TELGEMEIER

GRAPHIX

20

DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

Source: The NPD Group/BookScan

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