Happy New Year! As we enter 2026 please consider donating books! Donations are the lifeline of Books to Prisoners and enable us to continue our work. We are specifically looking for the following genres and titles. We accept new and used books and have a strong preference for paperbacks, although we will accept hardbacks as well.  Fiction: Fantasy  Horror Non Fiction: Beyond Bars Used Copies Penguin Random House Prisoner’s Self-Help Litigation Manual  Amazon A few used copies

Books we're out of: Coloring books for adults (no nudity) Paperback books about automotive repair and maintenance Paperback self help Figure Drawing for Kids, or other paperback drawing guides without nudity Paperback fantasy Paperback dictionaries Paperback Jewish nonfiction and fiction  You may notice a trend here. The number of prisons and jails that don't allow people to have hardcover books grows by the month. Paperbacks can go so many places that hardcovers can't. Book

Orca totem, Pacific NW coast. We need donations of paperback Native American nonfiction and fiction by Native American authors year-round. We're especially low right now. We're looking for fiction, biographies and memoirs by and about Native Americans, history from an indigenous perspective, and pre-Columbian religions/mythology. Here are some contemporary authors and titles we'd like to have in order to fill requests from incarcerated readers: Literary fiction by Leslie Mar

Books last longer than candy, and they're better for your teeth! We always need books on these spooky topics: Horror fiction, classic and modern Paranormal fiction of all kinds and not-so-spooky, but still associated with Halloween and scary movies: Witchcraft Wicca Neopaganism Spiritual practices inspired by indigenous traditions of Africa, Asia, and the Americas As well as books about: UFO's and aliens Cryptozoology Haunted houses Bizarre coincidences The Occult If you hav