Top 100 Non-Premier Graphic Novels: March 2022

The Hero Initiative’s collection of the Marvel Comics/DC Entertainment JLA/Avengers, released to benefit the charity in honor of artist Geroge Pérez, was the best-selling non-premier graphic novel of March.

VIZ Media had a strong month in March with eight titles in the top ten: Kouhei Horikoshi’s My Hero Academia Volume 30 (#2 for the month), Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen Volume 3 (#3), Haro Aso’s Alice in Borderland Volume 1 (#4), Machito Gomi’s Pokémon Journeys Volume 2 (#6), Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s Fist of the North Star Volume 4 (#7), Kokanasu Rumba’s Animal Crossing: New Horizons–Deserted Island Diary Volume 2 (#8), Kauzo Umezz’s Orochi Perfect Edition Volume 1 (#9), and Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man Volume 6 (#10).

Also in the top ten, AidaIro’s Toilet-bound Hanako-kun Volume 0 from Yen Press ranked #5.

TOP 100 NON-PREMIER GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2022

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Item codes followed by -M indicate multiple covers and skus at the standard SRP.

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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 Image Comics' monthly Spawn comic book. (Spawn is used as the control title — with a value of 100 — because sales of Spawn 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.