'Beautiful Darkness' 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 are two new books at the top of the two major graphic novel lists this week.

“Beautiful Darkness” by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet replaced “Infinity” by Jonathan Hickman and others as the No. 1 book on the Hardcover Graphic Books best-sellers list.

“Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1” by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru and others replaced “The Walking Dead Compendium, Vol. 2” 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 Joker: Death of the Family” by Scott Snyder and various (3), “Fairy Tale Comics: Classic Tales Told by Extraordinary Cartoonists” by Chris Duffy and others (5), “Batman, Vol. 3” by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo (6), “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs and Cassandra Jean (7) and “The Best American Comics 2013” by Jeff Smith and others (10).

There were three books on this week’s Paperback Graphic Books best-sellers list that wasn’t on that list last week. They included “Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1” by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru and others (1), “The Walking Dead, Vol. 1” by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore (9) 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. “Beautiful Darkness” by Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoet

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

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

4. “Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy” by Nathan Hale

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

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

7. “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” by Ransom Riggs and Cassandra Jean

8. “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 1” by Brian Michael Bendis and Steve McNiven

9. “Locke & Key, Vol. 6” by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez

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

PAPERBACK GRAPHIC BOOKS:

1. “Avatar, The Last Airbender: The Rift, Part 1” by Gene Luen Yang, Gurihiru and others

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

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

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

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

6. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier

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

8. “Lego Ninjago #9, Night of the Nindroids” by Greg Farshtey and Jolyon Yates

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

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.