ICv2 reports that volume 15 of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Baskets, currently being published by Tokyopop, made it to No.5 on last week's BookScan list. Four volumes of Naruto also made it to the top ten.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (12/02) according to Toranoana Akihabara, compiled by Akiba Blog (NSFW).

Manga top 10 according to Tohan.

1. One Piece vol.44
2. Bleach vol.25
3. Ahiru no Sora vol.14
4. School Rumble vol.15
5. Yotsuba&! vol.6
6. WORST vol.16
7. Eyeshield 21 vol.22
8. Fairy Tale vol.1
9. Hanma Baki vol.5
10. Hotaru no Hikari vol.7

ICv2 has released the November top 100 graphic novel sales estimates based on estimates by Diamond. MangaBlog has posted a filtered version of the chart based on manga.

MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (12/02) according to Toranoana Akihabara, compiled by Akiba Blog (NSFW).

Manga top 10 according to Tohan.

1. One Piece vol.44
2. Bleach vol.25
3. Eyeshield 21 vol.22
4. 20th Century Boys vol.22
5. WORST vol.16
6. Red Diamonds Eleven
7. Rurouni Kenshin Perfect Edition vol.11+12
8. Bokura ga Ita vol.11
9. Fullmetal Alchemist vol.15
10. Initial D vol.34

Amazon.co.jp has released a list of the top 10 best-selling manga in 2006:

1. Nodame Cantabile vol.14
2. Manga Ken Kan Ryu vol.2
3. Death Note vol.10
4. Neon Genesis Evangelion vol.10
5. The Five Star Stories vol.12
6. Yotsuba&! vol.5
7. Kyo no Nekomura-san vol.2
8. Shoujo Sect vol.2
9. Pluto vol.3
10. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 7-Vol Box Set (Wideban)

Volume 12 of VIZ Media's Naruto ranked #147 on this week's USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending December 3rd.

ANS reports that according to Tohan, Gin Tamashii 3 Nen Z Gumi Gin Hachi Sensei was the best-selling novel in Japan between December 2005 and November 2006:

Japanese publishing industry watcher Tohan has declared the best-selling new novel in Japan for the period between December, 2005 and November, 2006) as "Gin Tamashii 3 Nen Z Gumi Gin Hachi Sensei". Transcribed by Oosaki Tomohito, the novel is an adaptation of the popular Sorachi Eiaki / Shueisha manga. In third place is the Katsura Hoshino manga based D Greyman: Reverse (2) novel written by Kizaki Kaya.

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MangaCast translates the weekly Doujinshi ranking in Japan (12/02) according to Toranoana Akihabara, compiled by Akiba Blog (NSFW).