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:
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Popular thrillers and mysteries
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Fantasy, sci-fi, horror
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Trade, How to's, DIY
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Addiction & recovery
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Art, poetry, photography
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Yoga, meditation, mindfulness, exercise
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Astrology, tarot, dreams
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Prison abolition, prison writings
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Black & Latinx history, politics, culture
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Activism, radical movements, revolution
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Intersectional Feminism
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Queer fiction & non fiction
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Homesteading, gardening, urban farming
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Books in Spanish
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Zines
Books We Cannot Accept:
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Hardcover books
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Books with writing, highlighting, underlining, or missing pages
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Heavily worn or stained books
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Religious texts
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Old magazines (we do accept National Geographic, but we are fully stocked right now.)
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White supremacist literature
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Books advocating racism, sexism, misogyny, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, whorephobia, fatphobia or any other form of discrimination
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Computer books
You can also help by purchasing needed books from our Amazon Wishlist!