Amazon Top 50

Here are the Top 50 Graphic Novels on Amazon this afternoon. All the previous caveats apply.


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7) (Kindle)
2 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7)
3 (+4). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6) (Kindle)
4 (-1). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You
5 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2
6 (-1). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle)
7 (-1). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
8 (+5). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 5) (Kindle)
9 (+6). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4) (Kindle)
10 (+1). Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1 (Kindle)
11 (-3). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+7). Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2) (Kindle)
13 (+13). Building Stories
14 (-2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
15 (-6). The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3) (Kindle)
16 (+7). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
17 (+3). The Complete Persepolis
18 (-). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
19 (-5). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
20 (-9). Dork Diaries 1 (Kindle)
21 (-11). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
22 (-13). Dilbert 2013 Day-to-Day Calendar
23 (+9). Saga Volume 1
24 (-). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
25 (-3). Dork Diaries 6 (Kindle) *
26 (-1). Darth Vader and Son
27 (+7). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
28 (-12). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear
29 (-1). Watchmen
30 (-3). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
31 (-2). Dork Diaries 3 (Kindle)
32 (-5). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
33 (-3). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
34 (-3). The Walking Dead vol. 1 (Kindle)
35 (-6). Dork Diaries 2 (Kindle)
36 (+8). The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
37 (N). Fear Agent Library Volume 1
38 (-2). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
39 (R). A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel
40 (+2). The Adventures of Ook and Gluk, Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future (Kindle)
41 (+6). American Born Chinese
42 (+6). Batman: The Killing Joke
43 (N). Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland *
44 (-9). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All
45 (+1). Big Nate and Friends (Kindle)
46 (R). Big Nate Out Loud (Kindle)
47 (R). Batman: Year One
48 (R). Big Nate: From the Top (Kindle)
49 (-4). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3
50 (R). The Walking Dead, Vol. 2 (Kindle)


Items with asterisks (*) are pre-order items.

N = New listing appearing on list for first time
R = Item returning to the list after having been off for 1 or more weeks


Commentary:

• The Kindle and hardcover versions of The Wimpy Kid 7 continue to hold the top two slots again this week.
• Two new titles on the chart this week: A Fear Agent hardcover compilation; and the latest Fables collection. 
• Diary Watch: The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Dork Diaries franchises between them take up eighteen of the slots on the chart this week, and most of those are in the top half. That's a pretty big domination by the popular hybrid format for the youth market. (If I were, oh say Marvel/Disney, I'd be preparing a knock-off version starring a young Peter Parker. Call it Spider-Diaries...)
• Kindle Watch: Amazon's popular Kindle electronic format takes up twenty of the slots on this week's chart.