The Indie Comics and Graphic Works 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, including the Manga Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending July 16, 2023.

 

Children’s

1. School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531

2. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260

3. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264

4. Tegan and Sara: Junior High
Tegan Quin, Sara Quin, Tillie Walden (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $14.99, 9780374313029

5. The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich (A Graphic Novel)
Deya Muniz, Little, Brown Ink, $17.99, 9780316538725

6. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500

7. The Tryout: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741261

8. Swim Team: A Graphic Novel
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063056763

9. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $12.99, 9781536231953

10. Allergic: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905

 

Adult

1. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.), Knopf, $32.50, 9780525655596

2. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

3. Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $19.99, 9781549304002

4. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231

5. Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
Ibram X. Kendi, Joel Christian Gill, Ten Speed Graphic, $29.99, 9781984859433

6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $32.99, 9780063256194

7. Big Panda and Tiny Dragon
James Norbury, Mandala Publishing, $19.99, 9781647225124

8. Advice from a Blob: How to Find Peace in this Messy, Beautiful, Chaotic Existence
Lennnie, Harper, $16.99, 9780063322516

9. Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780679729778

10. Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
Kate Beaton, Drawn and Quarterly, $39.95, 9781770462892

 

The Indie Manga Bestseller List

1. Shuna's Journey
Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Dudok de Wit (Transl.), First Second, $27.99, 9781250846525

2. Spy x Family, Vol. 1
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974715466

3. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 1
Koyoharu Gotouge, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974700523

4. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 1
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974709939

5. Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $25, 9781974736041

6. Uzumaki (3-in-1 Deluxe Edition)
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $35, 9781421561325

7. My Hero Academia, Vol. 1
Kohei Horikoshi, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781421582696

8. Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6
Mo Xiang Tong Xiu, ZeldaCW (Illus.), Seven Seas, $19.99, 9781638585510

9. Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1
Gege Akutami, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974710027

10. The Complete Chi's Sweet Home 1
Konami Kanata, Vertical Comics, $24.95, 9781942993162

11. One Piece, Vol. 1
Eiichiro Oda, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781569319017

12. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Vol. 2
Koyoharu Gotouge, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974700530

13. Spy x Family, Vol. 2
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974717248

14. Death Note Black Edition, Vol. 1
Tsugumi Ohba, Takeshi Obata (Illus.), VIZ Media LLC, $14.99, 9781421539645

15. The Liminal Zone
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $19.99, 9781974726448

16. Witch Hat Atelier 1
Kamome Shirahama, Kodansha Comics, $12.99, 9781632367709

17. Blue Lock 1
Muneyuki Kaneshiro, Yusuke Nomura (Illus.), Kodansha Comics, $12.99, 9781646516544

18. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 2
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974709946

19. Attack on Titan Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)
Hajime Isayama, Kodansha Comics, $19.99, 9781646513741

20. Spy x Family, Vol. 9
Tatsuya Endo, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781974736287

21. Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $34.99, 9781421590561

22. No Longer Human
Junji Ito, VIZ Media LLC, $34.99, 9781974707096

23. The Evil Secret Society of Cats Vol. 1
PANDANIA, Seven Seas, $14.99, 9781638585879

24. The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Vol. 1
Akira Himekawa, VIZ Media LLC, $9.99, 9781421593470

25. Goodbye, Eri
Tatsuki Fujimoto, VIZ Media LLC, $12.99, 9781974738939