'Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 1' takes top 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 is one new book at the top of the two major graphic novel lists this week.

“Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo remained the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list.

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

There were three books on this week’s Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list that weren’t on that list last week. They (and their place on the list) included “Batman Incorporated, Vol. 2” by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham (2), “The Walking Dead, Book 1” by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard (4) and “Detective Comics, Vol. 3” by John Layman, Jason Fabok and Andy Clarke (5).

There were three books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “Blue is the Warmest Color” by Julie Maroh (6), “Drama” by Raina Telgemeier (9) and “March: Book One” by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (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. “Batman Incorporated, Vol. 2” by Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. “Batman, Vol. 2” by Scott Snyder and others

8. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier

9. “Drama” by Raina Telgemeier

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

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.