'Best American Comics 2013' takes top spot on graphic novel 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 is one new book at the top of the two major graphic novel lists this week.

“The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith and others replaced “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story” by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson as the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list.

“The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others remained the top book on the Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list for the third week in a row.

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 “The Encyclopedia of Early Earth” by Isabel Greenberg (2), “Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1” by Tom Taylor and Jheremy Raapack (7), “Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists” by Chris Duffy and others (8) and “Jane, the Fox and Me” by Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault and others (10).

There were four books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “The Walking Dead, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore (6), “Boxers and Saints Boxed Set” by Gene Luen Yang (7), “Saga, Vol. 1” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (8) and “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope (10).

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 Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith and others

2. “The Encyclopedia of Early Earth” by Isabel Greenberg

3. “The Walking Dead, Book 1” by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard

4. “The Joker: Death of the Family” by Scott Snyder and various

5. “Batman: The Killing Joke” by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland

6. “Batman: Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

7. “Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1” by Tom Taylor and Jheremy Raapack

8. “Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists” by Chris Duffy and others

9. “Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time” by Hope Larson

10. “Jane, the Fox and Me” by Fanny Britt, Isabelle Arsenault and others

PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS

1. “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others

2. “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 2” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

3. “The Walking Dead, Vol. 19” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

4. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier

5. “March: Book One” by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin

6. “The Walking Dead, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore

7. “Boxers and Saints Boxed Set” by Gene Luen Yang

8. “Saga, Vol. 1” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

9. “Drama” by Raina Telgemeier

10. “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope

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.