The chart of the top 20 best-selling Adult graphic novels has a lot of new releases, but the Kids chart does not, according to Circana (formerly NPD) BookScan data for April 2024 (4/7/24 – 5/4/24) provided to ICv2.

Two new titles debut on the April chart. Bad Dreams in the Night, by Adam Ellis, is an adult take on kids’ horror collections such as Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark.  Vol. 1 of Gokurakugai launches a new older-teen supernatural-adventure story that VIZ Media is publishing under the Shonen Jump imprint, although it ran in the sister publication Jump Square in Japan.  Because Jump Square is a monthly, the release schedule of the collected editions is fairly slow, with only three out in Japan right now, and there is no anime (yet).

As usual, the Adult chart is mostly manga, with some interesting features compared to the April 2023 chart (see "April 2023 Circana BookScan").  The Top 20 includes a number of titles that only show up when a new volume is released: My Dress-Up Darling, Komi Can’t Communicate, and Dandadan.  Those are on April charts in both years.

Missing from the April 2024 chart are the latest volume of Blue Lock, which was released on April 30 so the sales window is pretty small, and Kaiju No. 8, which won’t be out until June.  That’s a big gap – the series seems to have been on a three-month release schedule until now, with the most recent volume out in January 2024. (The release intervals for the Japanese books have increased as well, but they are three volumes ahead of the English-language releases).

Volumes of the more popular series, such as Chainsaw Man and My Hero Academia, tend to stay on the chart for more than one month, and that’s happening here.  Note that Vol. 21 of Jujutsu Kaisen, absent from the March 2024 chart, reappears in April; one of the recurring patterns on these charts is that a new volume often juices sales of an older one.

Circana BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – April 2024 (4/7/24 - 5/4/24)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 22

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

2

BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC

KENTARO MIURA

DARK HORSE

3

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC

KEVIN EASTMAN

IDW PUBLISHING

4

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 11

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

5

MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 11

SHINICHI FUKUDA

SQUARE ENIX

6

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 14

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

7

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 37

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

8

BAD DREAMS IN THE NIGHT HC

ADAM ELLIS

ANDREWS MCMEEL

9

ONE PIECE VOL. 105

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

10

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1

CHUGONG

IZE PRESS

11

KOMI CAN'T COMMUNICATE VOL. 29

TOMOHITO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

12

DANDADAN VOL. 7

YUKINOBU TATSU

VIZ MEDIA

13

ONE PIECE OMNIBUS EDITION VOL. 1

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

14

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

15

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 8

CHUGONG

IZE PRESS

16

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU ACADEMY VOL. 2

NATSUKI HOKAMI

VIZ MEDIA

17

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 2

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

18

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 21

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

19

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 1

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

20

GOKURAKUGAI VOL. 1

YUTO SANO

VIZ MEDIA

Source: Circana

Graphix takes every slot in the Kids Top 20, and 14 of those slots are Dav Pilkey titles, including all 12 volumes of Dog Man.  This is good for Pilkey and for Graphix, but maybe not so good for the category as a whole, as there is only one April title (I Survived) on the chart.  Graphix publishes two or three Pilkey books a year, and the newest one usually stays in the top position until it’s dislodged by the next one.  It is true that the latest volume of Baby-Sitters Club is always in the Top 20, but only until the next one or two volumes come out. Backlist is great, but the lack of new titles is somewhat troubling.

Circana BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – April 2024 (4/7/24 - 5/4/24)

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

DOG MAN VOL. 12: THE SCARLET SHEDDER HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

2

DOG MAN VOL. 11: TWENTY THOUSAND FLEAS UNDER THE SEA HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

3

CAT KID COMIC CLUB VOL. 5: INFLUENCERS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

4

BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 15: CLAUDIA AND THE BAD JOKE

ARLEY NOPRA

GRAPHIX

5

DOG MAN VOL. 10: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

6

DOG MAN VOL. 7: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

7

DOG MAN VOL. 9: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

8

AMULET VOL. 9: WAVERIDER

KAZU KIBUISHI

GRAPHIX

9

DOG MAN VOL. 3: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

10

DOG MAN VOL. 5: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

11

DOG MAN VOL. 8: FETCH-22 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

12

DOG MAN VOL. 1 HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

13

DOG MAN VOL. 2: UNLEASHED HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

14

I SURVIVED VOL. 9: I SURVIVED THE BATTLE OF D-DAY, 1944

LAUREN TARSHIS

GRAPHIX

15

WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY

TUI T. SUTHERLAND

GRAPHIX

16

FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY'S: FAZBEAR FRIGHTS GRAPHIC NOVEL COLLECTION VOL. 4

SCOTT CAWTHON

GRAPHIX

17

CAT KID COMIC CLUB VOL. 4: COLLABORATIONS HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

18

HEARTSTOPPER Vol. 5

ALICE OSEMAN

GRAPHIX

19

DOG MAN VOL. 4: DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

20

DOG MAN VOL. 6: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC

DAV PILKEY

GRAPHIX

Source: Circana

For charts of April 2024 graphic novel sales from Circana:
April 2024 Circana – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels

For the charts with the actual sales numbers from Circana, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
April 2024 Circana – Top 20 Adult & Kids Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
April 2024 Circana – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales


Circana collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more.  Circana 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 Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the "Top 20 GN Index."