November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels

For the second month in a row, there are nine volumes of Chainsaw Man on the chart of the top 20 Adult graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for November 2022 (10/30/22-11/26/22) provided to ICv2.

Chainsaw Man has been selling well for a while; there were four volumes in the Top 20 a year ago (see “November 2021 NPD BookScan“).  Nine is a big jump, though, and it’s of course attributable to the anime, which premiered on October 11 (see “‘Chainsaw Man’ Voice Cast“).

In the number three spot is Shuna’s Journey, the Hayao Miyazaki manga (actually closer to a picture book, but it’s being marketed as manga), which was published by First Second Books as a full-color hardcover.  This is the first manga that First Second has published, and a Miyazaki title that has never been published in English before is a serious get.

The hardcover edition of Volume 3 of Lore Olympus, which debuted at the top of the chart in October (see “October 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels”), has dropped to number 7, and the paperback has fallen out of the Top 20 altogether.  This isn’t much different from the pattern of the first two volumes: Topping the chart the first month, then dwindling quickly, with the hardcover usually selling better than the paperback.

The rest of the top 20 is manga, with Volume 32 of My Hero Academia and Volume 4 of Kaiju No. 8, both October releases, making the chart for a second month, and Volume 24 of One Punch Man, a November release, debuting on the chart.  Volume 23 came out in October 2021, but apparently readers haven’t forgotten this once super-popular series.

For charts of November 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels
November 2022 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:
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