The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 27th:

• #135 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #152)

Top 10 manga (1/30) according to Tohan:

1. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (22)
2. Mahou Sensei Negima! (21)
3. Jyuushin Enbu - Hero Tales (2)
4. Detective Conan (60)
5. Boku no Hatsukoi o Kimi ni Sasagu (10)
6. Fairy Tale (8)
7. Inuyasha (52)
8. V.B. Rose (11)
9. Boku o Tsutsumu Tsuki no Hikari (5)
10. Hayate the Combat Butler (14)

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Japanese otaku/doujin shop Toranoana has released its 2007 Tora Annual Books Ranking. Below are the top 20 titles (out of 200):

1. DDD
2. Hayate the Combat Butler
3. Lucky Star
4. Shingetsutan Tsukihime
5. Haruhi Suzumiya
6. Doujin Works
7. KimiKiss -various heroines-
8. Fate/stay night
9. Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
10. Touhou Gumonshiki ~ Perfect Memento in Strict Sense

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The top 15 manga (December 2007 - January 2008) in France according to BdZoom:

1. Naruto (33)
2. Death Note (7)
3. Naruto (32)
4. Samourai Deeper Kyo (36)
5. Naruto (1)
6. Naruto (31)
7. Naruto (2)
8. Lanfeust Quest (1)
9. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle (16)
10. Naruto (3)
11. Death Note (1)
12. Naruto (4)
13. Naruto (5)
14. Naruto (6)
15. Death Note (6)

Top 10 manga (1/23) according to Tohan:

1. Detective Conan (60)
2. Hayate the Combat Butler (14)
3. Mahou Sensei Negima! (21)
4. Kekkaishi (19)
5. Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE (22)
6. Fairy Tale (8)
7. Shinshi Doumei Cross (9)
8. V.B. Rose (11)
9. Inuyasha (52)
10. The Wallflower (20)

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ICv2 has released the December 2007 top 100 graphic novel sales estimates and the top 300 comics sales estimates based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data. Also from ICv2 is an analysis of the trends in December based on the graphic novel sales chart.

Also, MangaBlog provides its own look at the data, as well as a list of manga from the Top 100 Graphic Novels chart.

The following manga appeared on the USA Today Booklist Top 150 (PDF) for the week ending January 13th:

• #127 - Naruto, Volume 27 - Viz - (Last week: #87)
• #142 - Naruto, Volume 26 - Viz - (Last week: #93)

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

1. Love Mode (8)
2. Detective Conan (53)
3. Inuyasha (48)
4. Naruto (27)
5. One Piece (45)

The Comics Reporter points out that the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) has released its 2008 list of great graphic novels for teens:

• Top Ten List
• Full List of 43 Titles

ANN has an analysis of manga found in the list.

Top 10 manga (1/16) according to Tohan:

1. Worst (19)
2. Detective Conan (60)
3. Hanma Baki (11)
4. To-LOVE-Ru (7)
5. Pyuu to Fuku! Jaguar (14)
6. Hanma Baki 10.5 Gaiden Pick
7. Hayate the Combat Butler (14)
8. Mx0 (7)
9. Eensy-Weensy Monster (2)
10. Nodame Cantabile (19)

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