For many enduring long-term illness, aging, incarceration, or other challenging experiences, a book can become a lifeline.
A trusted companion. A source of wisdom, hope, resilience, and light.
You've been in a hospital bed for months.
A hurricane took your home. You're in a FEMA trailer with your kids.
You can't get out of bed. You don't know why.
You're behind bars for 5 years.
Now imagine someone puts the right book in your hands.
To ensure people facing illness, aging, homelessness, incarceration, grief, or other hardships have access to books and listening materials that offer comfort, wisdom, and connection.
We Select
Each year we identify uplifting new titles from emerging authors — books with the power to comfort, inspire, and transform.
You Give
Your donation funds book acquisition and delivery, putting literature directly into the hands of those who need it.
They Read
Books reach people in hospitals, care homes, shelters, and prisons — becoming trusted companions in difficult times.
Walden and Leaves of Grass would likely not be published today. We champion the voices that commercial markets overlook — and deliver them to the readers who need them most.
Learn about our vision
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
Ernest Hemingway
