
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. Once a month the Nielsen Bookscan posts their top twenty graphic novels of which manga is included. Offered here is a listing of these books with their status this week compared with the previous week, along with some way-off analysis of the activity.

New York Times Bestseller List for the week ending January 23, 2016
One-Punch Man Vol 4 ↔ 1- Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring ↔ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 1 ↔ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 3 ↑ 2
- One-Punch Man Vol 2 ↑ 2
- Twin Star Exorcists Vol 3 ↵ 2
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 4 ↑ 3
- My Monster Secret Vol 1 ↑ 1
- Blue Exorcist Vol 14 ↓ 5
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 1 ↓ 5
One-Punch Man shows its strength as Vol 4 holds on to the top spot for a second week in a row, and is followed by Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring and One-Punch Man Vol 1 doing the same. Twin Star Exorcists Vol 3 returns to get a second week on the list, while Blue Exorcist Vol 14 falls 5 spots. The only non-Viz title, My Monster Secret Vol 1 from Seven Seas Entertainment, not only enjoys a rare second week on the list, it also moves up a spot!

Amazon.com for the week ending January 30, 2016
One-Punch Man Vol 1 ↔ 12- One-Punch Man Vol 4 ↑ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 2 ↓ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 3 ↑ 1
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 1 ↑ 1
- Monster Musume Vol 8 ∗
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 5 ↑ 3
- Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring ↓ 4
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 2 ↔ 3
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 4 ↵ 13
One-Punch Man and Tokyo Ghoul have a stronger hold on Amazon’s bestsellers. One-Punch Man Vol 1 has now been at #1 for 3 straight months, while the other three volumes available in print hold out hope of being able to take its place. Tokyo Ghoul meanwhile sprinkles itself around the bottom of the list with Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring breaking them up. There is just one non-Viz title here as well, and it is also from Seven Seas Entertainment. Monster Musume Vol 8 debuts a week before its actual release.
∗ = New Release
↑ = Title moved up specified # of spots
↓ = Title moved down specified # of spots
↔ = Title didn’t moved from previous week with total # of weeks
↵ = Title returned after dropping off list with total # of weeks (when available)
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