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USA Today Booklist, October 1–7: 3 Naruto Books Enter

<p><img src="/thumbnails/fit200x200/cms/news/19854/13394007.jpg.jpg" hspace="3" vspace="3" border="1" align="right">In their first week on store shelves, the three new volumes of <cite><cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=1598">Naruto</a></cite></cite> (19 through 21) all placed on <cite>USA Today's</cite> <A href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/usatodaybooks.pdf" target="_blank">list</A> of the nation's top 150 best-selling books for October 1–7. <cite class="e company"><a href="/encyclopedia/company.php?id=4552">Viz Media</a></cite> is publishing them simultaneously in an attempt to catch up to the Japanese release. As with the late August release of <cite class="e anime">Naruto</cite> Volumes 16, 17, and 18, the last volume of the new three volumes sold better than the other two, entering the list at #69. Volumes 20 and 19 were not too far behind, as they held the #77 and #82 spots, respectively.<p>All three volumes debuted significantly higher than their predecessors. Although all three of the earlier volumes also made it on <cite>USA Today's</cite> list in their first week of release, they entered at the #131, #123, and #116 spots. From that week on, and throughout their appearance on the list, Volume 18 ranked the highest of the three, and volume 16 the lowest.<p>In addition to <cite><cite class="e anime">Naruto</cite></cite>, <cite class="e company">Viz</cite>'s <cite>Bleach</cite> Volume 21, released last week as well, also achieved best-seller status. It holds the #109 position, and is the only other<cite class="e anime"><a href="/encyclopedia/manga.php?id=39851">!<i> manga</i></a></cite> on the list.