Getting books to incarcerated people, and the many hurdles in the way, was perhaps the MobyLives topic of 2018.

As I put it in a previous post: “We’ve written almost non-stop about the vital lifeline that reading and writing programs give incarcerated people. But that means we’ve also written countless articles about efforts to curtail those programs.”

The good news is that you can help.

This holiday season the good folks at NYC Books Through Bars–in a collaborative effort with the equally good folks at Greenlight Bookstore–are ramping up their efforts to get in demand books to those who need them most.

The non-profit organization tweeted about the initiative last week, and have already seen a surge in donations:

Its that time of year we like to ask for your help in filling our shelves with the most frequently requested books by people in prison. You can buy them off our wishlist at https://t.co/Idj85mVHQT

You buy books, we get them & then send them to people in prison. @greenlightbklynpic.twitter.com/NjncpsVDuO

— NYC Books Through Bars (@BtBsNYC) December 5, 2018

The most-needed book on the Books Through Bars wish list is the American Heritage Dictionary.

Other highly-requested books among prison populations include: Astrophysics: A Very Short Introduction, The Aztecs: A Very Short Introduction, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Michelle Alexander‘s The New Jim Crow, and so many more.

You can see the whole wish list and add your contribution through Greenlight’s website, and they’ll even take care of the shipping!