USA Today Booklist, July 7–13
posted on 2008-07-19 13:58 EDTNewest Naruto, Fruits Basket volumes drop in second full week of sales
Volume 30 of Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto (Viz Media) and Volume 20 of Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket (Tokyopop), arguably two of the most popular manga currently being published in English, remain the only Japanese comics on the USA Today newspaper's list of America's top 150 best-selling books for the week of July 7 to July 13. After cresting at #45 and #63 respectively, sales of both volumes have dropped. Naruto 30 now ranks at #50, while the Fruits Basket volume, also in its second full week as a best-seller, holds the #79 spot.follow-up of USA Today Booklist, June 30–July 6 (Updated)
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