Sales of the new Adventure Zone graphic novel, released in February, beat all other adult graphic novel titles but one, according to the chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for February 2023 (January 29 – February 25) provided to ICv2.
The Adventure Zone: The Eleventh Hour placed #2 in February adult graphic novel sales, behind the latest My Hero Academia, Volume 33. That’s the same position The Adventure Zone: The Crystal Kingdom, the previous volume, held in its first month of release in July 2021 (see “July 2021 BookScan“).
The rest of the Top 20 was manga, including two non-VIZ Media titles: Square Enix’s My Dress-Up Darling, and Kodansha Comics’ Blue Lock.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels – February 2023 (1/29/23 – 2/26/23) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 33 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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2 |
THE ADVENTURE ZONE: THE ELEVENTH HOUR |
CLINT MCELROY |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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3 |
DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1 |
KOYOHARU GOTOUGE |
VIZ MEDIA |
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4 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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5 |
MY DRESS-UP DARLING VOL. 7 |
SHINICHI FUKUDA |
SQUARE ENIX |
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6 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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7 |
MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1 |
KOHEI HORIKOSHI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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8 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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9 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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10 |
KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 23 |
TOMOHITO ODA |
VIZ MEDIA |
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11 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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12 |
SPY X FAMILY VOL. 3 |
TATSUYA ENDO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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13 |
KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 5 |
NAOYA MATSUMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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14 |
JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 18 |
GEGE AKUTAMI |
VIZ MEDIA |
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15 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 4 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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16 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 7 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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17 |
BLUE LOCK VOL. 1 |
MUNEYUKI KANESHIRO |
KODANSHA |
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18 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 9 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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19 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 10 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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20 |
CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 5 |
TATSUKI FUJIMOTO |
VIZ MEDIA |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of February 2023 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
February 2023 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
February 2023 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:
February 2023 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2023 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
February 2023 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
