The First Lesson of Buying Fiction

ALWAYS. BUY. THE. PATTERSON.

Seriously. I admit I have never read James Patterson before and have vague memories of seeing his books in the airport, but dang is he popular. Maybe it's his ad-man background (note to self: Don Draper becomes thriller writer) or maybe it's the fact he straight up admits that he doesn't even write his books anymore and so has more time to promote, but he's all over the place. We have a standing order with a vendor to get four copies of anything with his name on it and even then there's a waiting list weeks long for a book that apparently will take an hour and a half to read.

Still, circulation numbers are important and a popular book that turns over quickly? Pure gold.