Top Graphic Novel Sales for 2020

W. Dal Bush

Top Graphic Novel Sales for 2020

03 January 2021

Published in News

As we've done in years past (based on posts from other retailers like Brian Hibbs from Comix Experience), here's our list of the 100 top-selling graphic novels at Challengers in 2020. This list is based on the number of copies each title sold. I'm sure we'll be discussing this list on an upcoming episode of Contest of Challengers, so keep an eye or ear or whatever open for that in the coming week. Otherwise, look over this list and see if you need to check some of these out in 2021!

Fire Power By Kirkman & Samnee TP VOL 01
Pulp HC
Come Home Indio
Dracula Motherf**ker HC
House of X Powers of X HC
Saga TP VOL 01
Monstress TP VOL 01
Reckless HC
Paper Girls TP VOL 01
Gideon Falls TP VOL 01
My Hero Academia GN VOL 01
Immortal Hulk TP VOL 01
Gideon Falls TP VOL 03
Saga TP VOL 09
Watchmen TP
Ice Cream Man TP VOL 01
Uzumaki 3-In-1 Dlx Ed HC
Saga TP VOL 02
Umbrella Academy TP VOL 03
Infidel TP
Old Guard TP Book 01
Undiscovered Country TP VOL 01
Boys Omnibus TP VOL 01
Spider-Man Life Story TP
Are You Listening GN
Slaughterhouse Five GN
Gideon Falls TP VOL 02
Die TP VOL 01
Monstress TP VOL 05
Sandman TP VOL 01
Mister Miracle TP
Black Monday Murders TP VOL 01
Little Bird Fight For Elders Hope HC
Paper Girls TP VOL 06
Saga TP VOL 03
Diana Princess of the Amazons
My Hero Academia GN VOL 02
East of West TP VOL 10
Kaijumax TP VOL 01
Monstress TP VOL 04
Outer Darkness TP VOL 01
Reaver TP VOL 01
DC Super Heroes Wonder Woman Little Golden Book
Batman the Killing Joke HC
Dark Nights Metal TP
Vision Complete Collection TP
Something Is Killing Children TP VOL 01
Remina HC
Tokyo Ghoul GN VOL 01
Paper Girls TP VOL 03
Saga TP VOL 08
Avatar Last Airbender Omnibus The Promise
Dog Man GN VOL 09
Miles Morales GN TP Spider-Man
Miles Morales Spider-Man Little Golden Book
Wonder Woman Dead Earth HC
Locke & Key HC VOL 01
Go To Sleep I Miss You
Death Note Black Ed TP VOL 01
Marvel Superhero Adventures GN To Wakanda
She-Ra GN VOL 01
Snapdragon SC GN VOL 01
Doomsday Clock HC Part 01
Umbrella Academy TP VOL 01
Umbrella Academy TP VOL 02
Fire Never Goes Out
Strange Planet HC
Die TP VOL 02
East of West TP VOL 01
Once & Future TP VOL 01
Saga Dlx Ed HC VOL 03
Batman TP VOL 01 the Court of Owls
Immortal Hulk TP VOL 06
Bowie Stardust Rayguns & Moonage Daydreams
Adventure Zone GN VOL 03
Dragon Ball Super GN VOL 01
My Hero Academia GN VOL 04
Bitch Planet TP VOL 01
East of West TP VOL 09
Monstress TP VOL 02
Saga TP VOL 04
Spider-Gwen GN TP Gwen Stacy
Teen Titans Go To Camp TP
Batman Last Knight On Earth HC
Batman Three Jokers HC
Immortal Hulk TP VOL 05
Immortal Hulk TP VOL 07
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn TP VOL 01
X-Men By Jonathan Hickman TP VOL 01
Deadly Class TP VOL 09
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me
Basketful of Heads HC
Manor Black TP
Snotgirl TP VOL 03
Gyo 2in1 Dlx Ed HC
My Hero Academia GN VOL 05
My Hero Academia GN VOL 06
My Hero Academia GN VOL 23
Naruto 3in1 TP VOL 01
One Piece 3in1 TP VOL 01

To get an idea of how graphic novels perform for us by genre, here's the percentage breakdown of how each category contributes over all to the Graphic Novel department (with all sales for the year counted, not just the Top 100) in 2020, as well as how they've changed from 2019:

Superhero: 31.4% (was 33%)
Sci-Fi/Fantasy: 19% (no change)
Sidekicks: 14.5% (was 15%)
Manga: 11% (was 8%)
Drama: 6.5% (was 8%)
Horror: 6.9% (was 7%)
Crime/Mystery: 4.1% (was 4%)
Humor: 3% (no change)
Discount: 2.2% (was 2%)
Art Books: 1.2% (was 1%)

For a better look at how each genre performed, here are the Top 10 books for each category:

ART BOOKS/INSTRUCTIONAL/JOURNALISM