Amazon Top 50

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


1 (-). The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 7) *
2 (+3). Cabin Fever (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 6)
3 (+4). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 2 *
4 (+8). How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You *
5 (-). The Walking Dead Compendium Volume 1
6 (-4). Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
7 (+2). Dork Diaries 4 (Kindle)
8 (-4). Amulet #5: Prince of the Elves
9 (+26). The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 5)
10 (+9). Big Nate Makes the Grade
11 (-). Big Nate Makes the Grade (Kindle)
12 (+11). Dork Diaries 5: Tales from a Not-So-Smart Miss Know-It-All *
13 (+5). Dog Days (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 4)
14 (+7). Dork Diaries 4: Tales from a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess
15 (-12). Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
16 (-8). Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
17 (+19). Darth Vader and Son
18 (+23). Sailor Moon 7 *
19 (+5). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise, Part 3 *
20 (+11). Batman: Knightfall Vol. 3, KnightsEnd
21 (-11). Batman: The Killing Joke
22 (-9). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
23 (-1). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 2
24 (N). A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel *
25 (+9). Diary of a Wimpy Kid Box of Books
26 (+2). Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Promise Part 1
27 (+6). The Walking Dead, Book 8 *
28 (-8). Watchmen
29 (-12). The Complete Persepolis
30 (N). Dork Diaries 5 (Kindle) *
31 (-4). The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear *
32 (-3). The Walking Dead, Vol. 16: A Larger World
33 (+5). Drama
34 (-9). Batman: Earth One
35 (+11). The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book (revised and expanded edition)
36 (N). Walter Koenig's Things to Come *
37 (-5). Batman: Knightfall, Vol. 1
38 (N). Aquaman Vol. 1: The Trench (The New 52)
39 (N). The Complete Peanuts 1983-1986 Gift Box Set *
40 (N). Naruto, Vol. 58
41 (N). Yotsuba&!, Vol. 11
42 (N). The Manhattan Projects Volume 1: Science. Bad. TP *
43 (-27). Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
44 (-18). Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (The New 52)
45 (R). Justice League Vol. 1: Origin (The New 52)
46 (-32). Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began
47 (+1). Building Stories *
48 (-1). Batman: The Long Halloween
49 (-7). The Walking Dead, vol. 1 (Kindle)
50 (-35). American Born Chinese




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 seventh Wimpy Kid volume, The Third Wheel, remains at the top of the list. I expect we'll see it there for the remainder of the year, though a Walking Dead surge in October isn't out of the question.
• There are a lot of debut titles on the chart this week, led off by Hope Larson's upcoming adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Other debuts are the Kindle version of the fifth Dork Diaries; Walter Koenig's Things to Come; the first Aquaman collection of DC's new 52; another Peanuts box set; the latest volumes of manga titles Naruto & Yotsuba&!; and the first collection of Jonathan Hickman's The Manhattan Projects.
• Earlier in the week, both A Wrinkle in Time and Things to Come were up in the top 5 on the comics chart. This is a fairly typical result of a new title on the chart when it is in pre-order, especially when it is the result of some prominent publicity (e.g. on BoingBoing in the case of Wrinkle). This is a good time to remind readers that these charts are just a snapshot of a particular moment in time of the charts on Amazon, which change hourly.
• Dead Watch: Just six Walking Dead collections this week, down two from last week, but both of the Compendiums are in the top five.
• Bat Watch: Seven Batman books on the chart this week, down one from last week. We're now back to normal Batman chart levels, so I think we'll retire Bat Watch for the time being.