'The Walking Dead, Vol. 13' tops graphic novel best-sellers list this week

"The Walking Dead, Vol. 13"

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 Walking Dead, Vol. 13” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard replaced “Avatar: The Last Airbender, Part 3” by Gene Luen Yang and others as the top book on the Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list.

“Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo remained the No. 1 book on the Hardcover 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 “Hawkeye, Vol. 1” by Matt Fraction and David Aja (2), “Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus” by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson (3), “Aquaman, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis (4) and “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story” by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson (5).

There were two books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “Swamp Thing, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette (7) and “Saga, Vol. 2” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples (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. “Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo
2. “Hawkeye, Vol. 1” by Matt Fraction and David Aja
3. “Daredevil by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson Omnibus” by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson
4. “Aquaman, Vol. 3” by Geoff Johns, Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis
5. “The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story” by Vivek Tiwary and Andrew C. Robinson
6. “The Joker: Death of the Family” by Scott Snyder and various
7. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs
8. “Hellboy: The Midnight Circus” by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo
9. “Batman: The Killing Joke” by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland
10. “The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith

PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS:
1. “The Walking Dead, Vol. 13” by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

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

3. “Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search, Part 3” by Gene Luen Yang and others

4. “The Complete Calvin and Hobbes” by Bill Watterson

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

6. “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Julie Maroh

7. “Swamp Thing, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette

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

9. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier

10. “Saga, Vol. 2” by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples

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.