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The Indie Comics & Graphic Works Specialty Bestseller List
The American Booksellers Association’s specialty bestseller lists provide a current snapshot of what’s selling in indie bookstores nationwide.
Here is the Comics & Graphic Works List, now including the Manga Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 12, 2023.
Children’s
1. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
2. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261
3. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
4. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
5. Sweet Valley Twins: Best Friends (A Graphic Novel)
Francine Pascal, Claudia Aguirre (Illus.), Nicole Adelfinger (Adapt.), Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593376461
6. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
7. Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250259639
8. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
9. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
10. Captain America: The Ghost Army (Original Graphic Novel)
Alan Gratz, Brent Schoonover (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338775891
Adult
1. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
2. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $30, 9781250815293
3. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $32.99, 9780063256194
4. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Kate Beaton, Drawn and Quarterly, $39.95, 9781770462892
5. Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $19.99, 9781549304002
6. Maus I: A Survivor’s Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
7. Revenge of the Librarians
Tom Gauld, Drawn and Quarterly, $24.95, 9781770466166
8. Big Panda and Tiny Dragon
James Norbury, Mandala Publishing, $19.99, 9781647225124
9. The Sandman Book One
Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth (Illus.), DC Comics, $29.99, 9781779515179
10. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
The Indie Manga Bestseller List
1. Shuna's Journey
Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Transl.), First Second, $27.99, 9781250846525
2. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974709939
3. Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition)
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $27.99, 9781421561325
4. Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974715466
5. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1
Koyoharu Gotouge, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974700523
6. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 2
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974709946
7. Black Paradox
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $19.99, 9781974728633
8. My Hero Academia, Vol. 1
Kohei Horikoshi, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781421582696
9. The Liminal Zone
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $19.99, 9781974726448
10. Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi (Novel) Vol. 4
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, Marina Privalova (Illus.), Seven Seas, $19.99, 9781638583011
11. Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 5
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, ZeldaCW (Illus.), Seven Seas, $19.99, 9781638585503
12. The Complete Chi's Sweet Home 1
Konami Kanata, Vertical Comics, $24.95, 9781942993162
13. Spy x Family, Vol. 3
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974718160
14. Spy x Family, Vol. 2
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974717248
15. Death Note Black Edition, Vol. 1
Takeshi Obata (Illus.), Tsugumi Ohba, VIZ Media LLC, $14.99, 9781421539645
16. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974709953
17. The Evil Secret Society of Cats Vol. 1
PANDANIA, Seven Seas, $14.99, 9781638585879
18. No Longer Human
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $34.99, 9781974707096
19. Naruto, Vol. 1
Masashi Kishimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781569319000
20. Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $34.99, 9781421590561
21. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 6
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974720712
22. Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 18
Gege Akutami, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974734399
23. Berserk Deluxe Volume 1
Kentaro Miura, Kentaro Miura (Illus.), Jason DeAngelis, Dark Horse Manga, $49.99, 9781506711980
24. Attack on Titan Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)
Hajime Isayama, Kodansha Comics, $19.99, 9781646513741
25. Witch Hat Atelier 1
Kamome Shirahama, Kodansha Comics, $12.99, 9781632367709