DONATE BOOKS

Our project relies on your book donations - we wouldn't exist without them! We accept new and used paperback books. You can mail book donations to us at: Books Behind Bars PO BOX 2611 Wildwood, NJ 08260. You can also email us at: to schedule a drop off.

(Please note: we cannot accept hardcover books - most prisons don't accept them and they are expensive to mail. Paperbacks only - thank you so much!)

Books We Currently Need Most:

Astrology, divination, witchcraft
Yoga, meditation, spirituality
Herbalism
Intersectional feminism
Prison abolition, prison writings
Black history, politics, culture
Activism, radical movements, revolution
Queer fiction & non fiction
Addiction & recovery resources
Trade, How to's, DIY
Zines

Books We Cannot Accept:

Hardcover books
Books with writing, highlighting, underlining, or missing pages
Heavily worn or stained books
Religious texts
Old magazines (we do accept National Geographic, but we are fully stocked right now.)
White supremacist literature
Books advocating racism, sexism, misogyny, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, whorephobia, fatphobia or any other form of discrimination
Computer books

You can also help by purchasing needed books from our Amazon Wishlist!