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One Piece Is The Highest Selling Adult Graphic Novel In April 2023

The list features 18 manga volumes and 2 non-manga volumes.

One Piece 102 cover for FI
ONE PIECE © 1997 by Eiichiro Oda/SHUEISHA Inc.

On Thursday, ICv2 released its chart of the Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels of April.

In this list, Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece Volume 102 ranks at #1.

The ranking of the list was done by Circana Bookscan. The list features 18 manga volumes and 2 non-manga volumes.

Below is the ranking:

  1. ONE PIECE VOL. 102
  2. KAIJU NO. 8 VOL. 6
  3. SPY X FAMILY VOL. 9
  4. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE LAST RONIN HC
  5. JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 19
  6. DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 1
  7. CHAINSAW MAN VOL. 1
  8. SPY X FAMILY VOL. 1
  9. MY DRESS-UP DARLING Vol. 8
  10. SOLO LEVELING VOL. 6
  11. KOMI CAN’T COMMUNICATE VOL. 24
  12. TATSUKI FUJIMOTO BEFORE CHAINSAW MAN: 22-26
  13. THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TWILIGHT PRINCESS VOL. 11
  14. BLUE LOCK VOL. 6
  15. DANDADAN VOL. 3
  16. SPY X FAMILY VOL. 2
  17. MY HERO ACADEMIA VOL. 1
  18. BLUE LOCK VOL. 1
  19. DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA VOL. 2
  20. JUJUTSU KAISEN VOL. 1

Following the merger of NPD Group and Information Resources, Inc. (IRI) in 2022, NPD BookScan became Circana Books in March.

Weekly point-of-sale data on print books is collected from over 16,000 venues, including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and others.

Circana BookScan covers over 85% of the trade print book industry in the United States. This chart’s rankings are based on per-piece sales.

Some publishers identify graphic novels as predominantly text or art books; ICv2 eliminates those titles from the rankings.

Source: ICv2 Official Website