Manga continues to dominate the top 20 Adult graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for August 2021.

This month’s top picks include a new dragon-hunting series from Bleach creator Tite Kubo, a love story about a transgender teen, and a man traversing a zombie-infested landscape… with a cat.

Manga readers are still doing deep dives into older series, but new Superhero and Author titles popped up in July.

The June Superhero chart is remarkable in that there are so many new titles.

We look at the year-over-year trends for Superhero and Author graphic novels, and at a size comparison of manga vs. the other categories.

There were big manga sales in June despite the widespread shortages.

Beyond soaring demand, we look at the reasons for the manga shortage (some longstanding) and where we’re headed.

Given that the entire Top 20 Adult list was manga, we look at whether the numbers show that other categories shrank.

Not only did manga sales dominate the Top 20 in March, unit sales of top manga titles are exploding.

We took a look at manga sales across channels to develop guidance for retailers on the manga franchises with the best bang per title slot in the store.