Oricon has posted the 2007 Japan Book of the Year rankings, based on sales data collected between 1/1/2007 - 12/10/2007 from 674 stores of 6 retail chains around Japan. Below is the manga top 10:

1. One Piece (46)
2. Nana (18)
3. Nodame Cantabile (17)
4. Naruto (37)
5. Fullmetal Alchemist (17)
6. Hunter X Hunter (24)
7. Bleach (28)
8. D.Gray-man (10)
9. Katekyo Hitman Reborn! (13)
10. Gintama (17)

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 23rd:

• #135 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #92)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings in "Online Manga Bestsellers, 23 December."

Top 10 manga (12/27) according to Tohan:

1. Fullmetal Alchemist (18)
2. Ookiku Furikabutte (9)
3. Kuro Shitsuji (3)
4. Ahiru no Sora (18)
5. Cross Game (10)
6. Hajime no Ippo (82)
7. Otomen (4)
8. Konjiki no Gash!! (31)
9. Major (65)
10. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (11)

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From Manly Manga and More... comes the German Manga Top 15 for November 2007 based on charts released by Egmont Manga & Anime (EMA) and Carlsen, below is the top 5 manga on the list:

1. Naruto (27)
2. One Piece (45)
3. Haou Airen (7)
4. Mahou Sensei Negima (13)
5. Shinshi Doumei Cross (7)

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 16th:

• #92 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #55)
• #129 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #67)

Also, Comicsnob posts the online manga sales rankings in "Online Manga Bestsellers, 16 December."

Top 10 manga (12/19) according to Tohan:

1. One Piece (48)
2. Bleach (31)
3. D.Gray-man (13)
4. Gintama (21)
5. Sprout (6)
6. Pluto (5)
7. The Prince of Tennis (40)
8. Ppoi! (25)
9. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (4)
10. REAL (7)

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Amazon.co.jp as released its Best Book of 2007 list. Below is a list of the top 10 selling manga and light novels as well as their ranks:

Below are the top 10 Manga and top 10 Light Novel rankings:

Top 10 Manga

1. Nodame Cantabile Volume 17
2. Yotsuba&! Volume 6
3. Neon Genesis Evangelion Volume 11
4. Fullmetal Alchemist Volume 17
5. Lucky Star Volume 1
6. Pluto Volume 4
7. Kodomo no Jikan Volume 3
8. Kimi Kiss -various heroines- Volume 1
9. One Piece Volume 45
10. Black Lagoon Volume 7

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The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 9th:

• #55 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #341)
• #67 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #-)
• #79 - Naruto, Volume 25 - Viz - (Last week: #-)

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Top 10 manga (12/12) according to Tohan:

1. One Piece (48)
2. Bleach (31)
3. D.Gray-man (13)
4. Gintama (21)
5. Pluto (5)
6. The Prince of Tennis (40)
7. Vagabond (27)
8. REAL (7)
9. Steel Ball Run (14)
10. Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (4)

Top 10 manga (12/05) according to Tohan:

1. Vagabond (27)
2. REAL (7)
3. Pluto (5)
4. Berserk (32)
5. Kimi ni Todoke (5)
6. Detroit Metal City (4)
7. Nodame Cantabile (19)
8. Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin (16)
9. Kaze Hikaru (23)
10. Team Medical Dragon (15)

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