The planet's best-selling author, James Patterson, is donating a total of $1.75 million to 28,000 school libraries, CBS reports.

Forbes recently released a list of "The World's Highest-Paid Superstars of 2015" and Patterson, the only author to make the list, ranked seventh out of 100 with $89 million.

He even beat Taylor Swift, whose "1989" album topped the charts last year, and "Iron Man" Robert Downey Jr. Both ranked eighth with $80 million.

While Patterson is currently the highest-earning author in the world, he thinks that money is not the most important thing to him right now.

During a talk on "CBS This Morning," he said, "The money at this stage -- money doesn't matter right now."

According to Patterson, this is his way of "doing things well" and "trying to do the right thing."

He started the project in March with Scholastic Reading Club. The school libraries will receive grants ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. 

In the beginning, the program was expected to cost a total of $1.25 million only. Now, the fund has been extended to total nearly $2 million.

The Guardian reports that Patterson is announcing the first round of schools that will receive grants, with the list available at the grant's program page.

CBS recently debuted the summer TV series adaptation of James Patterson's "Zoo," where humans are in trouble of animal attacks.

"We humans are kind of questionable in terms of the way we're dealing with the world right now," he told CBS, referring to his inspiration.

James' upcoming book releases include "Lights Out" in July 13, the sixth book of the "Daniel X" sci-fi series; and "Alert," a search for unknown criminals causing terror in New York.

James currently holds the record for the most New York Times best-selling novels. He is also the first author to sell 10 million e-books. In January 2010, NY Times Magazine hailed him as "the man transformed book publishing".

Last year, Patterson has given away $1 million to independent bookstores across the country, Publisher's Weekly reports. The only requirement for application is for the bookstore to have a children's section.

"A lot of schools also don't have as many books as they should have," he told the Associated Press in March. "There's a myth out there among some people that the kids are reading only digital books now. They're not."

"I'm the most emotional and passionate about getting kids reading in late elementary and early middle school reading because if they don't how are they going to get through high school?"