Exclusive: 2018's Top 100 Best-Selling Graphic Novels

Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim's The Infinity Gauntlet, collecting Marvel Comics' 1991 cosmic crossover and the basis for Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War, was the best-selling graphic novel of 2018.

Image Comics had six titles in the top ten. Three volumes of Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' award-winning Saga placed in the top ten, led by volume 9 at #2, followed by volume 1 at #3 and volume 8 at #4. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Volume 29: Lines We Cross ranked #6, Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Paper Girls Volume 1 ranked #7, and Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda's Monstress Volume 1 ranked #10.

DC Entertainment had three titles in the top ten. Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman, a collection of some of the best Superman stories from the pages of Action Comics, ranked #5. Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight ranked #8, and Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition ranked #9.

Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Legend of Korra Volume 2: Turf Wars Part 2 was the publisher's top book for 2018 at #26; BOOM! Studios' Lumberjanes Volume 1 ranked #96; IDW Publishing's J. Scott Campbell's Danger Girl Gallery Edition ranked #269; and Dynamite Entertainment's James Bond: Casino Royale, an adaptation of Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel, was their top book for the year at #644.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in 2018

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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond’s monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond’s total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles’ ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.