Dav Pilkey dominates this month’s chart of the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November 2022 (10/30/22-11/26/22) provided to ICv2.
For the first time in three months, all 13 Pilkey books that are currently in print are on the chart: 10 Dog Man and 3 Cat Kid Comic Club titles. Also for the first time in three months, Graphix has 18 books in the Top 20. That said, there are two outliers worth noting. One is John Patrick Green’s InvestiGators: Heist and Seek, on the chart for an unprecedented third month. The other is Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends, Nicole Andelfinger and Claudia Aguirre’s adaptation of the first volume of the 1980s series (see “‘Sweet Valley Twins’ Go to Random House Graphic“), debuting at number 12.
Both titles are firmly within the genres established by Graphix, funny animals and school drama, but each has a slightly different vibe of its own, balancing the familiar and the new.
Pilkey’s next book, Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations, was published on November 29 so we can expect to see that on next month’s chart (see “New ‘Cat Kid Comic Club’ GN Due Out in November“).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – November 2022 (10/30/22 – 11/26/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 12: JESSI’S SECRET LANGUAGE |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
INVESTIGATORS: HEIST AND SEEK |
JOHN PATRICK GREEN |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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12 |
SWEET VALLEY TWINS: BEST FRIENDS |
FRANCINE PASCAL |
RH GRAPHIC |
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13 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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14 |
BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 11: GOOD-BYE STACEY, GOOD-BYE |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
SMILE |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
November 2022 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:
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 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
