This week, shojo manga staked its claim on the New York Times Graphic Books list with perennial favorite Vampire Knight claiming the top spot, followed by the debuts of new volumes of Black Bird and Ouran High School Host Club, all from VIZ Media's Shojo Beat imprint.
Also new to the chart this week are the latest volumes of two supernatural-themed Shonen Jump Advanced titles, D.Gray-Man and Rosario + Vampire. Meanwhile, last week's top sellers Naruto, Negima, Soul Eater, Tsubasa and Maximum Ride hang on to their spots in the top 10.
Here's the rest of the New York Times Manga Bestseller list for the week ending November 7, 2009:
| This Week |
Last Week |
Weeks on List |
Title | Author/Artist | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEW | 1 wk | Vampire Knight Volume 8 | Matsuri Hino | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 2 | 2 ↔ | 5 wks | Naruto Volume 46 | Masashi Kishimoto | Shonen Jump / VIZ Media |
| 3 | 1 ↓ | 2 wks | Negima Volume 24 | Ken Akamatsu | Del Rey Manga |
| 4 | NEW | 1 wk | Ouran High School Host Club Volume 13 | Bisco Hatori | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 5 | NEW | 1 wk | Black Bird Volume 2 | Kanoko Sakurakoji | Shojo Beat / VIZ Media |
| 6 | 5 ↓ | 2 wks | Maximum Ride Volume 2 | James Patterson, NaRae Lee | Yen Press |
| 7 | NEW | 1 wk | Rosario + Vampire Volume 10 | Akihisa Ikeda | Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media |
| 8 | 6 ↓ | 3 wk | Soul Eater Volume 1 | Atsushi Ohkubo | Yen Press |
| 9 | NEW | 1 wk | D. Gray-Man Volume 15 | Katsura Hoshino | Shonen Jump Advanced / VIZ Media |
| 10 | 8 ↓ | 2 wks | Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Volume 24 | CLAMP | Del Rey Manga |
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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