Tuesday, December 17, 2013

'The Fifth Beatle' graphic novel takes No. 1 spot on best-sellers list this week

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 Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story” by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson replaced “Fairest: In all the Land” by Bill Willingham and others as the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list.

“The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others replaced “The Walking Dead, Vol. 19” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard as the top book on the Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list.

There were five 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 Walking Dead, Book 9” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard (2), “The Walking Dead, Book 1” by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard (3), “Justice League, Vol. 2” by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee (5), “The Walking Dead, Book 2” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard (9) and “Aquaman, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis (10).

There were two books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “Saga, Vol. 1” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (8) and “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope (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 Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story” by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson
2. “The Walking Dead, Book 9” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
3. “The Walking Dead, Book 1” by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
4. “Injustice: Gods Among Us, Vol. 1” by Tom Taylor and Jheremy Raapack
5. “Justice League, Vol. 2” by Geoff Johns and Jim Lee
6. “Fairest: In All the Land” by Bill Willingham and others
7. “The Joker: Death of the Family” by Scott Snyder
8. “Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
9. “The Walking Dead, Book 2” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard
10. “Aquaman, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis

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. “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson
5. “March: Book One” by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
6. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier
7. “Drama” by Raina Telgemeier
8. “Saga, Vol. 1” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples
9. “Battling Boy” by Paul Pope
10. “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Julie Maroh

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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