Chainsaw Man Ranks #1 In October 2023’s U.S Circana BookScan List
November is treating Chainsaw Man rather well as it topped the New York Times’ Graphic Novel & Manga list as well!
ICv2, on Nov 6, 2023, revealed the United States’ Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels for the month of October 2023 and it looks like Chainsaw Man has quite the demand in the US, as Volume 12 of the manga cruises to the top position!
Based on Circana (formerly NPD) BookScan data for October (10/1/23 – 10/28/23) provided to ICv2, Spy X Family, Kaiju No. 8, Berserk, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, amongst others, are also included in the list.
Without further ado, here’s the Top 20 Adult comic books published by Circana BookScan in the US for October 2023:
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher |
| 1 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 12 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 2 | THE MYSTERIES HC | BILL WATTERSON | ANDREWS MCMEEL |
| 3 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 10 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 4 | LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME FIVE HC | RACHEL SMYTHE | INKLORE |
| 5 | KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 8 | NAOYA MATSUMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 6 | DISNEY MANGA: TIM BURTON’S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – THE BATTLE FOR PUMPKIN KING | DAN CONNER | TOKYOPOP |
| 7 | TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC | KEVIN EASTMAN | IDW PUBLISHING |
| 8 | SPY X FAMILY: THE OFFICIAL GUIDE–EYES ONLY | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 9 | BERSERK DELUXE VOL. 1 HC | KENTARO MIURA | DARK HORSE COMICS |
| 10 | JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
| 11 | LORE OLYMPUS VOL 5 HC (EXCLUSIVE) | RACHEL SMYTHE | INKLORE |
| 12 | DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA–CORPS RECORDS | KOYOHARU GOTOUGE | VIZ MEDIA |
| 13 | LORE OLYMPUS: VOLUME FIVE | RACHEL SMYTHE | INKLORE |
| 14 | JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 0 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
| 15 | JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 20 | GEGE AKUTAMI | VIZ MEDIA |
| 16 | MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 35 | KOHEI HORIKOSHI | VIZ MEDIA |
| 17 | KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 27 | TOMOHITO ODA | VIZ MEDIA |
| 18 | MONICA HC | DANIEL CLOWES | WW NORTON |
| 19 | SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1 | TATSUYA ENDO | VIZ MEDIA |
| 20 | CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1 | TATSUKI FUJIMOTO | VIZ MEDIA |
November is treating Chainsaw Man rather well as it topped the New York Times’ Graphic Novel & Manga list as well!
In the previous month, i.e., September 2023, My Hero Academia by Kōhei Horikoshi has ranked at #1 on Circana BookScan’s.
Following the merger of NPD Group and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) in 2022, NPD BookScan changed its name to Circana Books in March.
Weekly point-of-sale data on print books is gathered by the company from more than 16,000 outlets, including chains, independent bookshops, mass merchandisers, e-tailers, and more.
Source: ICv2 site
