The Sandman takes over the Superhero chart, webtoons rule in Author, and manga readers are snapping up the newest volumes. That’s what we’re seeing on the charts of the top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for August 2022 (7/31/22-8/27/22) provided to ICv2.
The big book on the August Superhero chart is The Sandman, with all four volumes of the new collected editions and the first five volumes of the older (and slimmer) 30th anniversary edition in the top 20.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin returns to the Superhero chart for a second month, and the Penguin Classics editions of The Amazing Spider-Man are there as well. This is the third month for these two, while the Black Panther and Captain America volumes have dropped off the chart. As in previous months, the hardcover is doing bigger numbers than the paperback.
There are two August releases on the chart, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror, a deluxe slipcase edition from Abrams ComicArts, and Devil’s Reign, collecting the Marvel event comic by Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto (see “Preview: ‘Devil’s Reign’“).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 ‘Superheroes’ Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK ONE |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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2 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK TWO |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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3 |
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC |
KEVIN EASTMAN |
IDW PUBLISHING |
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4 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 1: PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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5 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK THREE |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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6 |
THE SANDMAN BOOK FOUR |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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7 |
WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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8 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 2: THE DOLL’S HOUSE ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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9 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 3: DREAM COUNTRY ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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10 |
BATMAN: YEAR ONE |
FRANK MILLER |
DC COMICS |
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11 |
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC |
STAN LEE |
PENGUIN CLASSICS |
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12 |
THE SIMPSONS TREEHOUSE OF HORROR OMINOUS OMNIBUS VOL. 1: SCARY TALES & SCARIER TENTACLES |
MATT GROENING |
ABRAMS COMICARTS |
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13 |
MS. MARVEL VOL. 1: NO NORMAL |
G. WILLOW WILSON |
MARVEL COMICS |
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14 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 4: SEASON OF MISTS 30TH ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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15 |
STRANGER THINGS AND DUNGEONS & DRAGONS |
JODY HOUSE |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
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16 |
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN |
STAN LEE |
PENGUIN CLASSICS |
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17 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC (NEW EDITION) |
ALAN MOORE |
DC COMICS |
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18 |
DEVIL’S REIGN |
CHIP ZDARSKY |
MARVEL COMICS |
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19 |
BATMAN/FORTNITE: ZERO POINT HC |
CHRISTOS GAGE |
DC COMICS |
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20 |
THE SANDMAN VOL. 5: A GAME OF YOU 30TH ANN. ED. |
NEIL GAIMAN |
DC COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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Lore Olympus and Solo Leveling continue to take the top spots on the Author chart, but there are a couple of intriguing new developments.
At number 13 is The Beginning After the End, which like Lore Olympus and Solo Leveling is based on a webcomic (see “Yen Press Announces Collection of American Webtoon“).
Paper Girls: The Complete Story and Paper Girls, Volume 1 pop up at numbers 18 and 19, respectively, getting an obvious boost from the Amazon Prime series, which premiered on July 29 (see “‘Paper Girls’ Trailer“).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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2 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME TWO |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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3 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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4 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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5 |
LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME ONE HC |
RACHEL SMYTHE |
DEL REY |
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6 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 4 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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7 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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8 |
DUNE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL BOOK 2 – MUAD’DIB HC |
FRANK HERBERT |
ABRAMS |
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9 |
SOLO LEVELING VOL. 3 |
CHUGONG |
YEN PRESS |
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10 |
CRITICAL ROLE: THE MIGHTY NEIN ORIGINS – YASHA NYDOORIN HC |
CECIL CASTELLUCCI |
DARK HORSE BOOKS |
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11 |
THEY CALLED US ENEMY |
GEORGE GAKEI |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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12 |
THE ART OF WAR: A GRAPHIC NOVEL HC |
SUN TZU |
CANTERBURY CLASSICS |
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13 |
THE BEGINNING AFTER THE END VOL. 1 |
TURTLEME |
YEN PRESS |
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14 |
MARCH: BOOK ONE |
JOHN LEWIS |
TOP SHELF PROD. |
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15 |
GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR DLX. ED. |
MAIA KOBABE |
ONI PRESS |
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16 |
FUN HOME: A FAMILY TRAGICOMIC |
ALISON BECHDEL |
MARINER BOOKS |
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17 |
INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 1 |
ROBERT KIRKMAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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18 |
PAPER GIRLS: THE COMPLETE STORY |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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19 |
PAPER GIRLS VOL. 1 |
BRIAN K. VAUGHAN |
IMAGE COMICS |
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20 |
SPAWN COMPENDIUM VOL. 3 (COLOR EDITION) |
TODD MCFARLANE |
IMAGE COMICS |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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The Manga chart is very driven by new releases, much more so than the others, and you can see it here with the newest volume of Jujutsu Kaisen at the top. Altogether there are eight August 2022 releases on the chart, all new volumes in ongoing series, plus a handful of first and second volumes.
Spy X Family seems to have cooled off a bit after the recent anime surge, with just two volumes on the chart, and Kaiju No. 8 seems to have a firm foothold, as Volume 3 makes the chart for the second month in a row.
Another series that’s getting traction is My Dress-Up Darling, a series about a teenage boy who helps a cosplayer classmate sew her costumes. It’s a bit of a sleeper: Volume 5 was the first Square Enix title to make the chart, back in May (see “May 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels”), and here’s Volume 6 this month, which also placed high enough to make the Adult Top 20 (see “August 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels”).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – August 2022 (7/31/22 – 8/27/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 17 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
ONE PIECE VOL. 100 |
EIICHIRO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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3 |
DRAGON BALL SUPER VOL. 16 |
AKIRA TORIYAMA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 14 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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6 |
BLEACH 20TH ANN. ED. VOL. 1 |
TITE KUBO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 31 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 20 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 11 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
TOILET-BOUND HANAKO-KUN VOL. 15 |
AIDAIRO |
YEN PRESS |
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14 |
KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 3 |
NAOYA MATSUMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 6 |
SHINICHI FUKUDA |
SQUARE ENIX |
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16 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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18 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 16 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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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 Kids 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.”
Source: ICv2
