diff --git a/sql select.sql b/sql select.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ada58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql select.sql	
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+SELECT authors.au_id, authors.au_lname, authors.au_fname, titles.title, publishers.pub_name
+FROM titleauthor
+JOIN authors ON titleauthor.au_id = authors.au_id
+JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id
+JOIN publishers ON titles.pub_id = publishers.pub_id;
+
+SELECT authors.au_id, authors.au_lname, authors.au_fname, publishers.pub_name, COUNT(titles.title) AS title_count
+FROM titleauthor
+JOIN authors ON titleauthor.au_id = authors.au_id
+JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id
+JOIN publishers ON titles.pub_id = publishers.pub_id
+GROUP BY authors.au_id, publishers.pub_id
+ORDER BY title_count DESC;
+
+SELECT authors.au_id, authors.au_lname, authors.au_fname, SUM(titles.ytd_sales) AS total_sales
+FROM titleauthor
+JOIN authors ON titleauthor.au_id = authors.au_id
+JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id
+GROUP BY authors.au_id
+ORDER BY total_sales DESC
+LIMIT 3;
+
+SELECT authors.au_id, authors.au_lname, authors.au_fname, COALESCE(SUM(titles.ytd_sales), 0) AS total_sales
+FROM titleauthor
+JOIN authors ON titleauthor.au_id = authors.au_id
+JOIN titles ON titleauthor.title_id = titles.title_id
+GROUP BY authors.au_id
+ORDER BY total_sales DESC;