October 2026 Circana BookScan – Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels

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OCTOBER 2026 CIRCANA BOOKSCAN – TOP 20 AUTHOR, MANGA, SUPERHERO GRAPHIC NOVELS
Tie-ins Rule Author Titles, non-Shonen Jump Titles Surging, ‘Owl House’ Tie-in Tops
Posted by Brigid Alverson on November 10, 2026 @ 5:24 pm CT

From a Disney show to romantasy and BL horror, the October charts show a lot of variety in what graphic novel readers are picking up these days, according to Circana BookScan data for October 2026 (10/4/2026 – 10/31/2026) provided to ICv2.

The least surprising news of the month is that Vol. 2 of Dungeon Crawler Carl is the top-selling Author graphic novel, with Vol. 1 in second place. This category has a number of interesting titles that overlap with other media: Legends & Lattes, like Dungeon Crawler Carl, is a graphic adaptation of a best-selling prose novel (see “‘Legends & Lattes’ Graphic Novel”). MrBallen Presents is based on a horror podcast, and The Two Saddest Kitchens is by two New Yorker cartoonists (see “Roz Chast Talks Kitchens with Jason Adam Katzenstein”).

Webcomics are also in the mix, albeit in very different ways: Lore Olympus and Under the Oak Tree are both romantasy titles based on webtoons, while Beetle Moses is a panel webcomic with an absurdist sense of humor.

While Solo Leveling has calmed down quite a bit since its halcyon days, the newly released Vol. 2 of the sequel Solo Leveling Ragnarok is at number 6, with vol. 1 at number 14 and the first volume of the original manhwa at number 10. So this series still has enough of an audience to keep it in the Top 20.

Chainsaw Man and Jujutsu Kaisen continue to top the Manga chart, but there’s also a clear trend of non-Shonen Jump manga that have strong followings of their own, with or without an anime (but mostly with). Three volumes of The Summer Hikaru Died, a horror/BL series, two of The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn’t a Guy at All, a contemporary yuri comedy, and one each of The Apothecary Diaries and Witch Hat Atelier, both fantasy series but with very different settings, point to increased interest in other types of manga.

The Long-Lived King, which topped the September BookScan chart (see “September 2026 Circana BookScan”) leads the Superhero category in October. Despite its strong sales in the book channel, this title did not crack the direct market Top 20 in either month (see “Top 20 Graphic Novels – October 2026”).

DC Comics has 13 volumes in the top 20, and seven of them are Absolute titles, including September’s Absolute Batman, Vol. 3, and October’s Absolute Wonder Woman, Vol. 3. Marvel Comics has five books on the chart, but none are new material; all five are Premier Editions.

For charts of October 2026 graphic novel sales from Circana:
October 2026 Circana – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels

For the charts with the actual sales numbers from Circana, see these articles on the ICv2 Pro site:
October 2026 Circana – Top 20 Adult Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
October 2026 Circana – Top 20 Author, Manga, and Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales

Circana collects weekly point-of-sale data on print books from over 16,000 locations including e-tailers, chains, mass merchandisers, independent bookstores, and more.  Circana covers approximately 85% of the U.S. trade print book market.  The ranks on this chart are based on piece sales. Some publishers classify titles that are primarily text, or art books, as graphic novels; we’ve removed those titles from the ranking above.

For past Top 20 Graphic Novel lists, see the “Top 20 GN Index.”

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brigid Alverson
Contributing Editor. Alverson has been writing about comics since she launched MangaBlog in 2005. She wrote the Comics A.M. column for Robot 6 (now part of CBR), and currently edits the Good Comics for Kids blog at School Library Journal. In her earlier life, she had roles at magazine and book publishers.
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