This week's edition of the New York Times Graphic Books list was posted on Friday morning, and for the third week in a row, the latest volume of Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino is reigning in the top spot followed by Naruto and Fruits Basket and Rosario + Vampire, a shonen vampire adventure-comedy series.
There are no new manga making its debut on this week's edition of the top 10 and not a lot of movement for the titles listed here, but Black Bird by Kanoko Sakurakoji is worth noting as it has been moving slowly up the chart since its debut a few weeks back. Also, X-Men: Misfits is also holding strong at #5 on the Paperback Graphic Books list. Still no clue why it's not also listed in the manga bestsellers, but well, the New York Times list is kind of mysterious that way.
Here's the rest of the New York Times Manga Bestseller list for the week ending August 22, 2009:
| This Week |
Last Week |
Weeks on List |
Title | Author/Artist | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 ↔ | 4 wks | Vampire Knight Volume 7 | Matsuri Hino | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 2 | 2 ↔ | 8 wks | Naruto Volume 45 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shonen Jump / VIZ Media |
| 3 | 4 ↑ | 8 wks | Fruits Basket Volume 23 | Natsuki Takaya | TOKYOPOP |
| 4 | 3 ↓ | 4 wks | Rosario + Vampire Volume 8 | Akihisa Ikeda | Shonen Jump Advanced /VIZ Media |
| 5 | 6 ↑ | 3 wks | Black Bird Volume 1 | Kanako Sakurakoji | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 6 | 5 ↓ | 4 wks | D.N. Angel Volume 12 | Yukiru Sugisaki | TOKYOPOP |
| 7 | 7 ↔ | 3 wks | D. Gray-Man Volume 14 | Katsura Hoshino | Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media |
| 8 | 10 ↑ | 2 wks | Dogs: Bullets and Carnage Volume 1 | Shirow Miwa | VIZ Signature / VIZ Media |
| 9 | 8 ↓ | 6 wks | Full Metal Alchemist Volume 19 | Hiromu Arakawa | VIZ Media |
| 10 | 9 ↓ | 3 wks | Otomen Volume 3 | Aya Kanno | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
NOTE: "RET" means that a title has returned to the Top 10 after an absence of a week or more. Weeks on the chart are counted as weeks on the Top 10.
Image credit: © Matsuri Hino / HAKUSENSHA INC.
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