Even more than usual, Graphix dominates the top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November 2021 (10/31/21-11/27/21) provided to ICv2.
Dav Pilkey takes 12 of the 20 slots with his Dog Man and Cat Kid books, including the six-book box set Dog Man: The Supa Epic Collection. We can expect more Pilkey next month, because his second Cat Kid book, Cat Kid Comic Club: Perspectives, came out on November 30 (after the end of this reporting period).
Then there’s a quartet of Baby-Sitters Club books, including one Baby-Sitters Little Sister title, and three of Raina Telgemeier’s original graphic novels. Her older works have been getting nudged off the chart lately; the last time she had three titles in the top 20 was last June.
The one non-Graphix title is Friends Forever, the third book in Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham’s trilogy. This is the third month on the chart for the book, which was released on August 31. Their preview book, Best Friends, was one of last year’s top 20 (see “Full Year 2020 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels“).
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – November 2021 (10/31/21 – 11/27/21) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY AND THE SNOBS |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
DOG MAN: BRAWL OF THE WILD HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
DOG MAN: A TALE OF TWO KITTIES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID 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 |
FRIENDS FOREVER |
SHANNON HALE |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL |
GABRIELA EPSTEIN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
BABY-SITTERS LITTLE SISTER: KAREN’S KITTYCAT CLUB |
KATY FARINA |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
GUTS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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17 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB: KRISTY’S GREAT IDEA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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18 |
SISTERS |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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19 |
DRAMA |
RAINA TELGEMEIER |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
DOG MAN: THE SUPA EPIC COLLECTION |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of November 2021 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
November 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:
November 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 2021 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
November 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
