Top 100 Non-Premier Graphic Novels: Year 2019

Kouhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia Volume 1, the first chapter in the popular manga series from VIZ Media about a school for super-heroes, was 2019's best-selling non-premier graphic novel.

In total, VIZ Media had four of the year's top ten, all volumes of My Hero Academia; volume 2 ranked #5, volume 17 ranked #7, and volume 3 ranked #8.

Tokyopop had two volumes in the top ten, both based on the Disney Channel's Descendants movies: Disney Descendants: Evie's Wicked Runway Volume 1 ranked #2, and Disney Descendants: Evie's Wicked Runway Volume 2 ranked #4.

Action Lab Entertainment's Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Nor Season 2: No Evil Doing, based on the French CGI animated series, ranked #3.

:01 First Second had two volumes of the Adventure Zone series in the top ten; Volume 2: Murder on the Rockport Limited ranked #6 and Volume 1: Here There Be Gerblins ranked #10.

Brenna Thummler's graphic novel Sheets, published by Lion Forge, rounded out the top ten at #9.

TOP 100 NON-PREMIER GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in Calendar Year 2019

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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.