Hardcover bestsellers/nonfiction.

Fiasco, a full-embargo book, was launched July 25 with a national media lineup that included Meet the Press, NPR's Fresh Air, CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight and Charlie Rose, plus two front-page first serial excerpts in the Washington Post, and a glowing review by Michiko Kakutani in the New York Times that called the book "staggeringly vivid and persuasive.., absolutely essential reading." PW's review noted that Ricks's "solid reporting, deep knowledge of the American military and willingness to name names make this perhaps the most complete, incisive analysis yet of the Iraq quagmire." Ricks is doing a national tour and has drawn large, enthusiastic crowds at all of his events. …