Top 100 Non-Premier Graphic Novels: 2018

The first volume of Kouhei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia, published by VIZ Media, was 2018's best-selling non-premier graphic novel as well as the year's best-selling manga title.

VIZ Media had seven titles in the top ten for the year, including One-Punch Man Volume 1 at #3, My Hero Academia Volume 2 at #4, Dragon Ball Super Volume 1 at #5, Tokyo Ghoul Volume 1 at #6, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Volume 3 at #8, and One-Punch Man Volume 13 at #10.

Oni Press had two titles in the top ten: Rick and Morty Volume 1, based on the Adult Swin animated series, ranked #2, and the Rick and Morty Compendium ranked #9.

Also in the top ten, Clint McElroy and Carey Pietsch's The Adventure Zone Volume 1: Here There Be Gerblins, published by :01 First Second, ranked #7 for the year.

Also charting in November were Blackbox comics, Kodansha Comics, and Yen Press.

TOP 100 NON-PREMIER GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2018

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

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.