Looping through a list and returning the list inside a function

Question

I am trying to return a list, I am getting different results when i return

def list_book():
    lines = [['eofih', 'sdf', 'False'], ['sfdds', 'afds', 'False']]

    books = [{"name": line[0], "author": line[1], "read": line[2]}
        for line in lines
    ]
    return books

This returns perfectly:

[{'name': 'eofih', 'author': 'sdf', 'read': 'False'},{'name': 'sfdds', 'author': 'afds', 'read': 'False'}]

But when i try doing as below:

def list_book():
    lines = [['eofih', 'sdf', 'False'], ['sfdds', 'afds', 'False']]
    
    for line in lines:
        books = [{"name": line[0], "author": line[1], "read": line[2]}]

    return books

This returns only the last entry in the list:

    [{'name': 'sfdds', 'author': 'afds', 'read': 'False'}]

Please let me know is it possible to return the whole list in second option.

Answer 1

def list_book():
    lines = [['eofih', 'sdf', 'False'], ['sfdds', 'afds', 'False']]
    books = []
    for line in lines:
        books += [{"name": line[0], "author": line[1], "read": line[2]}]

    return books