Every week, the New York Times and Amazon posts the top ten bestselling books. The New York Times gets their numbers from print sales from retailers, while Amazon calculates their own numbers. Offered here is a listing of these books with their status this week compared with the previous week, and some way-off analysis of the activity.

New York Times Bestseller List for January 24, 2015

1. Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ∗
2. Black Butler Vol 19     ∗
3. Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 1
4. Attack on Titan No Regrets Vol 2     ↓ 1
5. Sword Art Online: Progressive Vol 1     ∗
6. Black Butler Vol 1     ↵ 43
7. Sword Art Online: Aincrad     ↵ 11
8. Noragami Vol 1     ↵ 8
9. Assassination Classroom Vol 1     ↔
10. Unofficial Hatsune Mix     ↓ 10

Yen Press’ monthly deluge leaves its mark on the list this week. The first volume of new series Akame ga Kill! debuts at the top, and is followed by the newest Black Butler as well as a return of the first volume of Black Butler in the sixth spot. At 43 weeks on the list, it used to be the longest until Attack on Titan made its mark, doubling that time to 83. Volume 1 climbs one to #3, switching places with volume 2 of No Regrets. Noragami vol 1 also returns as does Sword Art Online: Aincrad along with the debut of Sword Art Online: Progressive vol 1.

Amazon.com for the week of January 31, 2015

1. Attack on Titan Vol 1     ↑ 2
2. Akame ga Kill! Vol 1     ↓ 1
3. Sword Art Online: Aincrad Novel vol 2     ↓ 1
4. Attack on Titan Vol 11     ↵
5. Attack on Titan Vol 14     ↵
6. Legend of Zelda Box Set     ↵
7. Attack on Titan Vol 2     ↵
8. Attack on Titan Vol 10     ↑ 1
9. Fairy Tail Vol 1     ↵
10. Black Butler Vol 19     ↓ 6

Kodansha’s Titans continue to rule at Amazon. Volume 1 returns to the top spot, knocking Akame ga Kill! vol 1 down one, while four other volumes fill various spots on the list. Kodansha seals its dominance with the first volume of Fairy Tail working back up into the top ten. Viz Media’s only appearance comes from the box set of the Legend of Zelda manga, possibly spurred by the license announcement of  the Shotaro Ishinomori Legend of Zelda manga. Yen Press only does a little better with Sword Art Online and Black Butler keeping them alive.

∗ = New Release
↑ = Title moved up specified # of spots
↓ = Title moved down specified # of spots
↔ = Title didn’t moved from previous week
↵ = Title returned after dropping off list