'Cemetery Girl' takes No. 1 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 are two new books at the top of the two major graphic novel lists this week.

“Cemetery Girl, Book 1” by Charlaine Harris replaced “Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo as the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list this week.

“Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi replaced “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and others as the top book on the Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list this week.

There was only one book on this week’s Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week - “Cemetery Girl, Book 1” by Charlaine Harris, which was No. 1 on the list.

There were five books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They (and their places on the list) included “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi (1), “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel (2), “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. 1” by Art Spiegelman (3), “Aphrodite: Goddess of Love” by George O’Connor (8) 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. “Cemetery Girl, Book 1” by Charlaine Harris

2. “Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

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

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

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

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

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

8. “The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith and others

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

10. “Detective Comics, Vol. 3” by John Layman, Jason Fabok and Andy Clarke

PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS

1. “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi

2. “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel

3. “Maus: A Survivor’s Tale, Vol. 1” by Art Spiegelman

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

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

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

7. “Fables, Vol. 19” by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham and others

8. “Aphrodite: Goddess of Love” by George O’Connor

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

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.