Tuesday, October 22, 2013

'Walking Dead, Book Nine' takes top spot on graphic novels best-sellers list

Today is Tuesday, so that means it’s time for my weekly breakdown of this week’s New York Times lists of best-selling graphic novels. According to those lists, there are two new books at the top of the two major graphic novel lists this week.

“The Walking Dead, Book 9” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard replaced “Justice League, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis as the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list this week.

“Battling Boy” by Paul Pope replaced “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi as the top book on the Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list this week.

There were four books on this week’s Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (and their places on the list) included “All-New X-Men, Vol. 3” by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen (2), “Earth 2, Vol. 2” by James Robinson and Nicola Scott (3), “The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith (6) and “Mission in a Bottle” by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff (7).

There were five books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope (1), “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan’s Curse” by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti and Attila Futaki (2), “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others (3), “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Julie Maroh (7) and “Boxers” by Gene Luen Yang (9).

As a reminder, I’m posting these lists each Tuesday because they, as a whole, represent a great, contemporary recommended reading list. These lists are initially released each week on Sunday, and if you’re interested in reading them then, visit The New York Times’ Web site at www.nytimes.com. Below you’ll find both of this week’s best-seller lists.

HARDCOVER GRAPHIC BOOKS:
1. “The Walking Dead, Book 9” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
2. “All-New X-Men, Vol. 3” by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen
3. “Earth 2, Vol. 2” by James Robinson and Nicola Scott
4. “Shazam! Vol. 1” by Geoff Johns and Gary Frank
5. “Justice League, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns and Ivan Reis
6. “The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith
7. “Mission in a Bottle” by Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff
8. “Avengers: Endless Wartime” by Warren Ellis and Mike McKone
9. “The Unwritten: Tommy Taylor and the Ship that Sank Twice” by Mike Carey and Peter Gross
10. “Batwoman, Vol. 3” by J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman

PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS:
1. “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope
2. “Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Titan’s Curse” by Rick Riordan, Robert Venditti and Attila Futaki
3. “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others
4. “March: Book One” by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
5. “Saga, Vol. 1” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
6. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier
7. “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Julie Maroh
8. “Drama” by Raina Telgemeier
9. “Boxers” by Gene Luen Yang
10. “Saga, Vol. 2” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

In the end, let me know if you’ve had a chance to read any of these books. What did you think about them? Which would you recommend? Let us know in the comments section below.

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