Free Book Resources

c/o Groundwork Books, 0323 Student Center, La Jolla CA 92037 / Tel: (858) 452-9625 / E-mail: groundwork [at] libertad [dot] ucsd [dot] edu
Groundwork Books offers up to two books per person, free of charge. Send your request, specifying your interests, and we will send you a detailed booklet for that area of interest. Subjects: politics, spirituality, feminism, dictionaries, culture, social criticism, and select novels. Stamp donations are appreciated but not required.

4722 Baltimore Ave, Philadelphia PA 19143 / Tel: ( 215) 727-8170 / E-mail: info [at] BooksThroughBars [dot] org / Website: www.BooksThroughBars.org
We offer a wide range of reading materials free of charge to inmates. Request books by topic and specific subject areas (for example: novels, self-help, American history, etc.). If you wish, you may request specific titles or authors, however, we may not be able to provide these. No legal books. Donations, including stamps, are greatly appreciated. Please send information regarding prison regulations for reading material being sent in.

92 Pike St Box A, Seattle WA 98104 / Website: www.bookstoprisoners.net
BTP sends donated books to prisoners. Choice of books is limited. Please send a list of topics you are interested in. No legal or religious books. It may take six to eight months for material to arrive, please be patient. Donations of stamps are appreciated.

PO Box 5243, Hyattsville MD 20782 / Tel: (301) 699-0042 / E-mail: bookstoprisoners [at] quixote [dot] org / Website: http://bookstoprisons.org
Books to Prisons offers free educational as well as a wide selection of fiction and nonfiction reading material to prisoners around the United States free of charge. Please send requests for your general interests.

California Coalition for Women Prisoners, 1540 Market St., Suite 490 San Francisco CA 94102 / Tel: (415) 255-7036 / E-mail: info [at] womenprisoners [dot] org
SDCCWP sends books to women prisoners on various women's and political issues. Please write to request a free book list. Stamp donations are appreciated to pay for shipping.

c/o Lucy Parson's Bookstore, Suite 100 Quincy, MA 02169 / Tel: (617) 423-3298 / E-mail: info [at] prisonbookprogram [dot] org / Website: www.prisonbookprogram.org
You may request topics or titles: limited legal materials, educational, social, political, fiction, and books in Spanish. No catalogue, however a resource list is available. We do not send books to California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Texas. Be patient, there is often a wait for a few weeks or months.

PO Box 396, Amherst MA 01004-0396 / Tel: (413) 584-8975 ext. 208 / E-mail: prisonbookproject [at] riseup [dot] net / Website: www.prisonbooks.org
You may request books by topics of interest. We do our best to meet the needs and demands of inmates. You may also request a specific book and we will try to find it for you. No mailing list or catalogue. Donations of artwork and poetry for fundraising greatly appreciated. Sorry, no Texas inmates.

c/o Bound Together Bookstore, 1369 Haight St, San Francisco CA 94117 / Tel: (415) 672-7858 / E-mail: prisonlit [at] yahoo [dot] com / Website: www.prisonersliteratureproject.com
You may request types of books -- not specific titles. No Christian, Islamic, horror, romance novels, or legal books. Stamps or donations are greatly appreciated but are not required. Main types of books usually requested: dictionaries, ethnic studies, basic educational books. Sorry, no Texas prisoners.

9540 Collins Ave, Surfside FL 33154 / Tel: (305) 864-5553 / Website: www.alephinstitute.org
Aleph is a not-for-profit national organization which has created and implemented a host of programs over the past 20 years that provide alternatives to incarceration, rehabilitate inmates, counsel and assist their families, and provide moral and ethical educational programs inculcating universal truths and concepts common to all of humanity. Jewish inmates may write to receive free books, regular monthly literature, holiday offerings, and family programs.

PO Box 1429, Columbus NC 28722 / Tel: (828) 894-8444 / E-mail: info [at] granitepublishing [dot] us / Website: http://granitepublishing.us
Inmates may write to receive free books on subjects that support the cultivation of planetary consciousness. The metaphysical/transformational subjects of our books range from Native American spirituality to the extraterrestrial presence. Please send postage if possible.