Using SELECT DISTINCT on a few columns - but show all other columns of table

Question

When I use:

SELECT DISTINCT first_name, last_name 
FROM books;

It sorts out all the authors by first and last name in my data set but only shows those two columns.

Is there a way to include all other rows of the data table, not just the two listed in the SELECT DISTINCT ?

Normally SELECT * FROM books; shows everything.

Is there a command to make it so it filters out the authors that are unique by their first and last name but include all other rows as well?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I think I understand! I am asking the wrong question. The DISTINCT comand lists the unique sets. Which could have more than row for each! So it woudn't make sense to do what I am asking...

For instance Dave Eggers has three collumns that could be possibly be associated with the filtered DISTINCT row. So which one would it choose ect.