
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 30, 2016
Akame ga Kill Vol 5 ∗- One-Punch Man Vol 4 ↓ 1
- Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring ↓ 1
- Noragami Vol 10 ∗
- One-Punch Man Vol 2 ↔
- One-Punch Man Vol 3 ↓ 2
- One-Punch Man Vol 1 ↓ 4
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 1 ↑ 2
- Blue Exorcist Vol 14 ↔
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 4 ↓ 3
There’s a new top title as Akame ga Kill Vol 5 from Yen press debuts at #1, pushing One-Punch Man Vol 4 down one along with Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring. Noragami Vol 10 from Kodansha Comics and the only other non-Viz Media title, debuts at #4. Tokyo Ghoul holds out at the bottom of the list with only Vol 1 and 4 charting. The rest of the One–Punch Man titles hover around the middle, showing the strength of the series as a whole, as all available titles in print continue to chart.

Amazon.com for the week ending February 6, 2016
Monster Musume Vol 8 ↑ 5- One-Punch Man Vol 1 ↓ 1
- One-Punch Man Vol 2 ↔
- One-Punch Man Vol 4 ↓ 2
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 5 ↑ 2
- One-Punch Man Vol 3 ↓ 2
- Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring ↑ 1
- Tokyo Ghoul Vol 1 ↓ 3
- My Hero Academia Vol 3 ∗
- One-Punch Man Vol 5 ↵ 2
After 13 straight weeks at the top, One-Punch Man Vol 1 is dethroned by Monster Girls as Monster Musume Vol 8 move up 5 spots to take #1. Only one title debuts on Amazon as My Hero Academia Vol 3 muscles its way to #9. Tokyo Ghoul and One-Punch Man mirrors here what we see on the New York Times as only two Tokyo Ghoul volumes hold on while all One-Punch Man volumes, including the pre-order of Vol 5, chart. Tokyo Ghoul hits hard, but One-Punch Man obviously packs the bigger punch.
∗ = 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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