We’re celebrating the new year by looking back at the best sellers of 2018.
this list shows our bestselling non-superhero books. This is by far our biggest selling category. In graphic novel/trade paperback volume form non-superhero titles outsell superhero books by a substantial margin at Impact Comics.
Saga tops this list again for the fifth year running! (Now Saga is on hiatus, who will take the crown next year?)
The Adventure Zone shows the power of a good podcast coming in very high. Lots of adaptations from other media, including To Kill A Mockingbird, and the Rivers of London graphic novels, The Witcher, and heaps of Star Wars.
Aussies show up… including Ryan Lindsay with two spots for Eternal and Beautiful Canvas, Jin Chan’s High School Romance, and Nicola Scott’s Black Magick
Check out the top 150+ non-superhero books below. Check out a combined bestsellers list HERE.
And stay tuned for some more best sellers lists from other categories…
- SAGA TP VOL 08
- SAGA TP VOL 09
- SAGA TP VOL 01
- ADVENTURE ZONE GN VOL 01 HERE THERE BE GERBLINS
- PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 04
- PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01
- NICK CAVE: MERCY ON ME
- WALKING DEAD VOL 29
- SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR)
- TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
- SAGA TP VOL 03
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 01
- LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 02 TURF WARS PART 2
- SAGA TP VOL 04
- SAGA TP VOL 06
- SABRINA (Nick Drnaso)
- SAGA TP VOL 07
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 06
- NEIL GAIMAN AMERICAN GODS HC VOL 01
- PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 05
- SAGA TP VOL 05
- PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 02
- MAUS – SURVIVORS TALE COMPLETE
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 07
- ETERNAL (Ryan Lindsay & Eric Zawadzki)
- LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 03 TURF WARS PART 3
- PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 03
- EAST OF WEST TP VOL 08
- WALKING DEAD VOL 30
- BLACK MAGICK TP VOL 01
- MONSTRESS TP VOL 01
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01
- MY FRIEND DAHMER
- PREACHER TP BOOK 01
- BEST WE COULD DO AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR (Thi Bui)
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 02 LEGACYS END
- MONSTRESS TP VOL 03 (MR)
- NIMONA (Noelle Stevenson) GN
- MONSTRESS TP VOL 02 (MR)
- Y THE LAST MAN TP BOOK 01 (MR)
- LOW TP VOL 01 THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE
- WALKING DEAD VOL 28
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 01 IMPERIAL MACHINE
- LEGEND OF KORRA TP VOL 01 TURF WARS PART 1
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 08 STONE COLD
- FLASHPOINT TP
- ISOLA TP VOL 01
- FABLES VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE
- RAT QUEENS TP VOL 01
- WALKING DEAD VOL 01
- STAR WARS DARTH MAUL SON OF DATHOMIR TP
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 07
- STAR WARS TP THRAWN
- FENCE TP VOL 01
- SNOTGIRL TP VOL 02
- DESCENDER TP VOL 05
- RIVERDALE TP VOL 01
- UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 01
- SABRINA CHILLING ADVENTURES TP VOL 01
- AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER LOST ADVENTURES
- OVERWATCH ANTHOLOGY VOL 1
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 01 VADER
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 03 BURNING SEAS
- RIVERS OF LONDON TP VOL 05 CRY FOX
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 04 Out Of Time
- STAR WARS TP VOL 07 ASHES OF JEDHA
- FLASH TP VOL 04 RUNNING SCARED
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 09 ON A ROLL
- SNOTGIRL TP VOL 01 GREEN HAIR DON’T CARE
- RIVERS OF LONDON TP VOL 01 BODY WORK
- MOONSTRUCK TP VOL 01 MAGIC TO BREW
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 02 FANDEMONIUM
- SANDMAN VOL 03 DREAM COUNTRY
- DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 01 REAGAN YOUTH
- LIE & HOW WE TOLD IT HC
- RIVERS OF LONDON TP VOL 04 DETECTIVE STORIES
- RAT QUEENS TP VOL 05 COLOSSAL MAGIC NOTHING
- STAR WARS DARTH MAUL TP
- PERSEPOLIS (Marjane SATRAPI) TP
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 03 (MR)
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 03
- EAST OF WEST TP VOL 07
- EAST OF WEST TP VOL 01 THE PROMISE
- PREACHER TP BOOK 02
- LUMBERJANES BONUS TRACKS GN
- TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 01
- WALKING DEAD VOL 02
- BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 01
- STAR WARS JEDI OF THE REPUBLIC MACE WINDU TP
- END OF THE FUCKING WORLD
- EXPANSE ORIGINAL GN
- KICK-ASS DAVE LIZEWSKI YEARS TP VOL 01
- SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 05
- BEAUTIFUL CANVAS
- KILL OR BE KILLED TP VOL 03
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 02
- BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 07
- STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA TP VOL 01
- TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 02
- SANDMAN VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 02 SHADOWS AND SECRETS
- SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 01
- AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1
- WITCHER TP VOL 01
- HIDDEN GN
- CODA TP VOL 01
- BLACK MONDAY MURDERS TP VOL 02 (MR)
- WAYWARD TP VOL 05
- KILL 6 BILLION DEMONS TP VOL 02
- STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA TP VOL 02
- WARHAMMER 40000 WILL OF IRON TP
- RIVERS OF LONDON TP VOL 02 NIGHT WITCH
- WALKING DEAD HC VOL 15 (MR)
- STAR WARS TP VOL 08 MUTINY AT MON CALA
- SANDMAN OVERTURE TP (MR)
- RAT QUEENS TP VOL 03 DEMONS (MR)
- INJECTION TP VOL 01
- DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS (MR)
- SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 01 [#1-18]
- RIVERS OF LONDON TP VOL 03 BLACK MOULD
- HIGH SCHOOL ROMANCE
- WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 05
- LUMBERJANES TP VOL 10
- OBLIVION SONG BY KIRKMAN & DE FELICI TP VOL 01
- FIGHT CLUB 2 HC (MR)
- GIANT DAYS TP VOL 07
- LUMBERJANES ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 INFERNAL COMPASS
- KILL OR BE KILLED TP VOL 04 (MR)
- RICK & MORTY POCKET LIKE YOU STOLE IT
- SERENITY HC VOL 05 NO POWER IN THE VERSE
- WITCHER TP VOL 03 CURSE OF CROWS
- SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 04 FOURGY (MR)
- WE STAND ON GUARD TP [MR]
- BLACK MONDAY MURDERS TP VOL 01
- FABLES VOL 04
- BITCH PLANET TP VOL 01
- LOW TP VOL 02
- RAT QUEENS TP VOL 04
- WALKING DEAD VOL 27
- STAR WARS DARTH VADER TP VOL 04 END OF GAMES
- WALKING DEAD VOL 26
- STAR WARS TP VOL 01 SKYWALKER STRIKES
- SANDMAN VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS
- SEX CRIMINALS TP VOL 03
- GIANT DAYS TP VOL 08
- SCOTT PILGRIM GN VOL 01
- HEX VET WITCHES IN TRAINING ORIGINAL GN VOL 01
- LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN III CENTURY TP (MR)
- BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 08
- HARROW COUNTY TP VOL 01
- STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA TP VOL 03
- LAZARUS TP VOL 01
- STAR WARS TP VOL 06 OUT AMONG THE STARS