For the second month in a row, Graphix takes 19 of the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for December 2021 (11/28/21-1/1/22) provided to ICv2.
Dav Pilkey’s newest book, Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives, which was released on November 30, was the number one seller, followed by four more Pilkey titles. Literally every graphic novel Pilkey has made has been on the list every month, and as of December that comes to 12 titles.
Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives is one of only two December releases on the chart; the other one is Volume 5 of Wings of Fire.
The Baby-Sitters Club books are still going strong, with three volumes of the regular series (one of which was originally adapted by Raina Telgemeier) and one of the spinoff Baby-Sitters Little Sister. Two of Telgemeier’s original graphic novels, Guts and Sisters, are in the top 20, and the lone non-Graphix book is Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s Friends Forever, which has been on the chart for four months in a row (it was released on August 31).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – December 2021 (11/28/21 – 1/1/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
WINGS OF FIRE BOOK 5: THE BRIGHTEST NIGHT |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 10: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 9: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
FRIENDS FOREVER |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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18 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 1: KRISTY’S GREAT IDEA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER, VOL. 4: KAREN’S KITTYCAT CLUB |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of December 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
December 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
December 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
For the charts with the actual sales numbers from NPD BookScan, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
December 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2021 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
