News Archive: Vampire Knight splashes onto NYT bestseller list

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Posted by Mark on Nov 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM

The New York Times has published its weekly list of the top 10 selling manga books.

Five books made their debut this week on the list, including VIZ Media's release of Vampire Knight, Volume 8, which jumped directly to number one, supplanting Naruto, Volume 46, which fell to second.

The other books making their first appearance this week were Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 13, Black Bird, Volume 2, Rosario Vampire, Volume 10, and D. Gray-Man, Volume 15, all VIZ releases.

The full list was:

1. Vampire Knight, Volume 8, by Matsuri Hino (VIZ Media)

2. Naruto, Volume 46, by Masashi Kishimoto (VIZ Media)

3. Negima! Magister Negi Magi, Volume 24, by Ken Akamatsu (Del Ray)

4. Ouran High School Host Club, Volume 13, by Bisco Hatori (VIZ Media)

5. Black Bird, Volume 2, by Kanoko Sakurakoji (VIZ Media)

6. Maximum Ride, Volume 2, by James Patterson and NaRae Lee (Yen Press)

7. Rosario Vampire, Volume 10, by Akihisa Ikeda (VIZ Media)

8. Soul Eater, Volume 1, by Atsushi Ohkubo (Yen Press)

9. D. Gray-Man, Volume 15, by Katsura Hoshino (VIZ Media)

10. Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Volume 24, by Clamp (Del Ray)

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