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Full Year 2023 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Author, Superhero, and Manga Graphic Novels

Webtoon collections, turtles, and shonen titles top the Circana BookScan charts of the Top 20 Author, Superhero, and Manga Graphic Novels.

Information from Circana BookScan is the gold standard for graphic novel sales information, and ICv2 is the only authorized source of BookScan graphic novel sales rankings and actual sales info.  Any other source of that information is likely to be inaccurate, incomplete, or both.

For the first time this year, we’re reporting full year 2023 sales rankings for Superhero, Author, and Manga Graphic Novels, and for Adult and Kids titles.  Thanks to Circana for this additional information for our readers.

Top 20 2023 Author Graphic Novels
The Mysteries was the top Author graphic novel in 2023, but by numbers, webtoon collections dominated the chart, with eight Lore Olympus and seven Solo Leveling volumes combining to take three quarters of the Top 20 between them.  Throw in the first volume of Villains Are Destined To Die, and webtoons are an even 80% of the Top 20.

Circana BookScan Top 20 Author Graphic Novels – Full Year 2023

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

THE MYSTERIES HC

BILL WATTERSON

ANDREWS MCMEEL

2

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. FOUR HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

3

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 1

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

4

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 6

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

5

THEY CALLED US ENEMY

GEORGE TAKEI

TOP SHELF PROD.

6

THE ADVENTURE ZONE: THE ELEVENTH HOUR

CLINT MCELROY

FIRST SECOND

7

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. ONE

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

8

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 7

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

9

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. THREE HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

10

INVINCIBLE COMPENDIUM VOL. 1

ROBERT KIRKMAN

IMAGE COMICS

11

SOLO LEVELING VOL. 2

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

12

GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR

MAIA KOBABE

ONI PERSS

13

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. ONE HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

14

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. TWO HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

15

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. FIVE HC

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

16

VILLAINS ARE DESTINED TO DIE VOL. 1

GWON GYEOEUL

YEN PRESS

17

SOLO LEVELING, VOL. 3

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

18

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. FOUR

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

19

SOLO LEVELING, VOL. 5

CHUGONG

YEN PRESS

20

LORE OLYMPUS: VOL. THREE

RACHEL SMYTHE

INKLORE

Source: Circana

Note: All volumes are trade paperbacks unless noted as hardcovers.

Top 20 2023 Superhero Graphic Novels
Two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volumes bracketed the top five 2023 Superhero Graphic Novels, but DC Comics won the Top 20 by numbers, with 12 titles, boosted by 7 vintage titles that were over 20 years old.  Tokyopop gets kudos for charting the latest Nightmare Before Christmas title at #2 for the year (yes, we know manga is in the title, but it’s a licensed title with American and Italian creators, so doesn’t meet our definition).

Circana BookScan Top 20 “Superhero” Graphic Novels – Full Year 2023

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC

KEVIN EASTMAN

IDW PUBLISHING

2

DISNEY MANGA: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – THE BATTLE FOR PUMPKIN KING

DAN CONNER

TOKYOPOP

3

WATCHMEN (2019 EDITION)

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

4

THE SANDMAN BOOK ONE

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

5

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN–LOST YEARS HC

KEVIN EASTMAN

IDW PUBLISHING

6

BATMAN: YEAR ONE

FRANK MILLER

DC COMICS

7

BATMAN ’89 HC

SAM HAMM

DC COMICS

8

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX. ED. HC (NEW EDITION)

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

9

SPIDER-PUNK: BATTLE OF THE BANNED

CODY ZIGLAR

MARVEL COMICS

10

THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS

SCOTT SNYDER

DC COMICS

11

WATCHMEN: THE DELUXE EDITION HC

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

12

V FOR VENDETTA

ALAN MOORE

DC COMICS

13

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

STAN LEE

PENGUIN CLASSICS

14

BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN

JEPH LOEB

DC COMICS

15

SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW

TOM KING

DC COMICS

16

BLUE BEETLE: GRADUATION DAY

JOSH TRUJILLO

DC COMICS

17

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN HC

STAN LEE

PENGUIN CLASSICS

18

SPIDER-MAN: MILES MORALES VOL. 1

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

MARVEL COMICS

19

THE SANDMAN BOOK TWO

NEIL GAIMAN

DC COMICS

20

STRANGER THINGS AND DUNGEONS & DRAGONS

JODY HOUSER

DARK HORSE

Source: Circana

Note: All volumes are trade paperbacks unless noted as hardcovers.

Top 20 2023 Manga
Compared to the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels chart, which was mostly manga, the Top 20 manga chart adds two more Jujutsu Kaisen volumes, bringing the total in the Top 20 to five, the most of any title.

Circana BookScan Top 20 Manga Graphic Novels – Full Year 2023

Rank

Title

Author

Publisher

1

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

VIZ MEDIA

2

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

3

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

4

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

5

BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC

KENTARO MIURA

DARK HORSE COMICS

6

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

7

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 12

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

8

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 9

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

9

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

10

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

11

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 2

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

12

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 19

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

13

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA, VOL. 2

KOYOHARU GOTOUGE

VIZ MEDIA

14

MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 33

KOHEI HORIKOSHI

VIZ MEDIA

15

ONE PIECE VOL. 103

EIICHIRO ODA

VIZ MEDIA

16

CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 3

TATSUKI FUJIMOTO

VIZ MEDIA

17

BLUE LOCK VOL. 1

MUNEYUKI KANESHIRO

KODANSHA COMICS

18

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 20

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

19

SPY X FAMILY VOL. 3

TATSUYA ENDO

VIZ MEDIA

20

JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 18

GEGE AKUTAMI

VIZ MEDIA

Source: Circana

Note: All volumes are trade paperbacks unless noted as hardcovers.

For charts of full year 2023 graphic novel sales from Circana:
Full Year 2023 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Adult and Kids Graphic Novels

For the charts with the actual sales numbers from Circana, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
Full Year 2023 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Adult and Kids Graphic Novels, with Actual Sales
Full Year 2023 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Author, Superhero, and Manga 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 our monthly Top 20 Graphic Novel charts, see the “Top 20 Graphic Novels Index.”

Source: ICv2

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