Two box sets made it onto the chart of the Top 20 Kids graphic novels in the book channel, based on NPD BookScan data for December 2022 (11/27/22 – 12/31/22) provided to ICv2.
Not surprisingly, one was the first seven volumes of The Baby-Sitters Club, and the other was the first seven of Dog Man. It is mildly surprising that the Baby-Sitters Club box set placed higher on the chart, given that the individual titles tend not to linger more than a few months, while Pilkey’s stay in the top 20 month after month.
Indeed, Pilkey had 14 titles in the December top 20, including Cat Kid Comic Club: Collaborations, released at the end of November, topping the chart. The box set did bump one single Dog Man volume out of the top 20, however.
The two non-Pilkey titles on the November chart (see “November 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels“) were back in December. Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends made the chart for a second month, and John Patrick Green’s InvestiGators: Heist and Seek was back for the fourth month, the first time a volume of this series has stayed on the chart for that long.
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NPD BookScan Top 20 Kids Graphic Novels – December 2022 (11/27/22 – 12/31/22) |
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Rank |
Title |
Author |
Publisher |
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1 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: COLLABORATIONS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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2 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: ON PURPOSE HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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3 |
DOG MAN: MOTHERING HEIGHTS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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4 |
BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 12: JESSI’S SECRET LANGUAGE |
CHAN CHAU |
GRAPHIX |
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5 |
DOG MAN: GRIME AND PUNISHMENT HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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6 |
DOG MAN: FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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7 |
BABY-SITTERS CLUB VOL. 13: MARY ANNE’S BAD LUCK MYSTERY |
CYNTHIA YUAN CHENG |
GRAPHIX |
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8 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB: PERSPECTIVES HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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9 |
CAT KID COMIC CLUB HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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10 |
DOG MAN HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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11 |
DOG MAN: FETCH-22 HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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12 |
WINGS OF FIRE VOL. 1: THE DRAGONET PROPHECY |
TUI T. SUTHERLAND |
GRAPHIX |
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13 |
SWEET VALLEY TWINS: BEST FRIENDS |
FRANCINE PASCAL |
RH GRAPHIC |
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14 |
THE BABY-SITTERS CLUB GRAPHIC NOVELS #1-7 BOX SET |
ANN M. MARTIN |
GRAPHIX |
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15 |
DOG MAN UNLEASHED HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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16 |
DOG MAN: LORD OF THE FLEAS 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 |
INVESTIGATORS: HEIST AND SEEK |
JOHN PATRICK GREEN |
FIRST SECOND BOOKS |
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19 |
DOG MAN AND CAT KID HC |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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20 |
DOG MAN: THE SUPA EPIC COLLECTION HC (DOG MAN #1-6 BOX SET) |
DAV PILKEY |
GRAPHIX |
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Source: The NPD Group/BookScan |
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For charts of December 2022 graphic novel sales from NPD BookScan:
December 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels
December 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:
December 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 2022 NPD BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
December 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
