Books we currently need:
With the limited storage space we have at the Spartan Center we are accepting donations on a case by case basis so please email us with details. We need to ensure we are only getting books we actually need.
Our Amazon and Bookshop.org Wish Lists are always live for our specifically needed books though!
Wishlists
Our wishlists have titles and publications we are ALWAYS in need of! They'll fly right off the shelf and get into the hands of someone incarcerated in PA who has specifically requested that genre or type of book! We often add books based on particular requests we can’t fill.
Amazon Wish List Link - Amazon will send the books directly to us!
Bookshop.org Wish List Link - Purchase from your favorite book store or just the general site and support independent book stores! If you use our registry it will automatically send to our address!
And finally, a little list of what we do not need
We do not need Bibles or Christian non-fiction books, as they are provided by prison pastors.
No prison will accept a book with spiral binding or with extensive underlining, highlighting or writing in it.
We do not send books which are musty, stained, or outdated.
We cannot use encyclopedias
Before emptying your shelves and bringing us everything you have, please consider the above information. We spend many volunteer hours sorting through books we don't need and taking them to recycling centers. Also, please keep in mind that 90% of our readers are men and are thus interested in fiction and nonfiction written for and about men.
Thank you so much!
