Jujutsu Kaisen, Berserk, and Invincible Battle In May’s NY Best Sellers List

After another lengthy hiatus due to art commissions, we’re looking at the newest New York Times Best Sellers List for Graphic Novels and Manga for May.

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In the newest list for May (Sale Rankings reflect for April 2024), we see Gege Akutami’s Jujutsu Kaisen Twenty-Second Volume taking its rightful place in the Top Five at No. 2. It comes to no surprise as the anime adaptation is one of the highest demanded animated series in the United States according to Parrot Analytics. Next up was the Deluxe Collection of Kentaro Miura’s Berserk, one title that has been on and off the list for the past four months, hanging in there in the Top Ten at No. 8, and finally, Tatsuya Endo’s Spy x Family Vol. 11 at No. 13.

1. The Scarlet Shredder– Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
2. Jujutsu Kaisen Vol. 22– Gege Akutami, Viz Media
3. Twenty Thousand Fleas Under The Sea– Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
4. Wings of Fire: Winter Turning– Tui T. Sutherland. Illustrated by Mike Holmes, Scholastic
5. Influencers– Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
6. Invincible Compendium One– Robert Kirkman with various illustrators, Image Comics
7. I Survived The Battle of D-Day, 1944–  Lauren Tarshis. Illustrated by Brian Churilla, Scholastic
8. Berserk Deluxe Vol. 1– Kentaro Miura, Dark Horse
9. Claudia And The Bad Joke– Ann M. Martin. Illustrated by Arley Nopra, Scholastic
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin– Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Tom Waltz. Illustrated by Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza, and Ben Bishop, IDW Publishing
11. Mothering Heights– Dav Pilkey, Scholastic
12. Waverider– Kazu Kibuishi, Scholastic
13. Spy x Family Vol. 11– Tatsuya Endo, Viz Media
14. Invincible Compendium Two– Robert Kirkman with various illustrators, Image Comics
15. Bad Dreams In The Night– Adam Ellis, Andrews McMeel

What makes May’s Best Sellers List stand out the most is that it includes more Superhero titles. It was a list that usually being dominated by Manga, Manhwa, and Young Adult titles. For superhero titles, we have the first two compendiums of Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley’s Invincible, the first book at No. 6 and book two at No. 14. Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Tom Waltz’s TMNT: The Last Ronin continued its stay in the listing at No. 10, one of IDW’s hottest titles and a Pop Culture Icon is finally getting a gritty live-action film.

Source: New York Times

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