The rankings of what’s moving in the bookstore market has arrived for the month of November thanks to BookScan and there’s certainly some familiarity to it. With The Walking Dead in full gear on TV, the chart has a lot of those graphic novels getting picked up, especially the oversized compendiums as they’re in the top five with three of them. The March books are doing fantastic thanks to the accolades and well-deserved recognition, and DC Comics has its familiar things here with The Killing Joke and a Harley Quinn book. DC Comics also makes some inroads with the original graphic novel for DC Superhero Girls with Hits & Myths, which is great to see. Marvel, on the other hand, has an almost non-existent presence as only the first volume of the new Black Panther series charted.
On the manga side of the chart, Viz Media essentially kills it with a number of titles charting, including two pricey books with The Legend of Zelda and Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. The publisher also had strong showings for One-Punch Man and My Hero Academia alongside a couple of volumes of Tokyo Ghoul.
BookScan Top 20 Graphic Novels in November 2016 | |||
Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
1 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM ONE | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
2 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM THREE | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
3 | ONE-PUNCH MAN VOL. 9 | YUSUKE MURATA | VIZ MEDIA |
4 | MARCH: BOOK ONE | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
5 | THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TWO | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
6 | MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA: UPDATED AND EXPANDED HC | MATT FORBECK | DK PUBLISHING |
7 | THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LEGENDARY EDITION VOL. 1 | AKIRA HIMEKAWA | VIZ MEDIA |
8 | MARCH (TRILOGY SLIPCASE SET) | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
9 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 26 | ROBERT KIRKMAN | IMAGE COMICS |
10 | MARCH: BOOK THREE | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
11 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE DLX ED | ALAN MOORE | DC COMICS |
12 | MARVEL ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW HC | ADAM BRAY | DK PUBLISHING |
13 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 6 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
14 | MARCH: BOOK TWO | JOHN LEWIS | TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS |
15 | DC SUPER HERO GIRLS: HITS AND MYTHS | SHEA FONTANA | DC COMICS |
16 | BLACK PANTHER BOOK 1 | TA-NEHISI | MARVEL COMICS |
17 | TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 9 | SUI ISHIDA | VIZ MEDIA |
18 | HARLEY QUINN VOL. 1 (N52) | CONNER & PALMIOTTI | DC COMICS |
19 | TOKYO GHOUL VOL. 1 | SUI ISHIDA | VIZ MEDIA |
20 | JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE PART 3 VOL. 1 | HIROHIKO ARAKI | VIZ MEDIA |
[Source: ICv2]