If you’re a Little Free Library steward in need of books, you’re in the right place! The Steward Book Directory below showcases opportunities for stewards to receive free books from individuals and organizations worldwide. Use the search bar and/or filters to refine the opportunities listed on the wall to meet your criteria. Please contact us if you need to remove or edit your existing listing on the directory. Please note this is NOT a place for stewards to list their libraries. Individual little libraries will NOT be listed on this directory.
If you are a publisher and would like to participate in a book giveaway of 100+ copies, please contact Margret Aldrich at maldrich@littlefreelibrary.org. View our publisher PDF to learn more about the ways we’d love to work together!
I Want You More by Shawn Huntley
Who can apply?
We’re partnering with Zibby Media to give away 100 copies of I Want You More by Swan Huntley to lucky stewards in the U.S.!
How to Request Books:
The entry period runs through May 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 100 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards in the U.S. Must be 13 or older to enter.Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung
Who can apply?
We’re partnering with Penguin Random House to give away 100 copies of Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung to lucky stewards in the U.S.!
How to Request Books:
The entry period runs through May 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 100 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards in the U.S. Must be 13 or older to enter.Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson
Who can apply?
Thanks to our partners at Penguin Press, we’re giving away 100 copies of Anyone’s Ghost by August Thompson to lucky stewards in the U.S.!
How to Request Books:
The entry period runs through May 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 100 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards in the U.S. Must be 13 or older to enter.International Where’s Waldo Giveaway
Who can apply?
In celebration of Little Free Library Week, we’re partnering with Candlewick Press to give away 25 book bundles to Little Free Library stewards worldwide, excluding stewards in the U.S.
How to Request Books:
The entry period runs through May 31, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 25 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards outside of the U.S. Must be 13 or older to enter.GMA’s June Book Club Pick
Who can apply?
150 lucky stewards will win two copies of Good Morning America’s June book club pick. A photo of you and your library could even be featured live on Good Morning America!
How to Request Books:
This is a time-sensitive opportunity and you must be a steward with your Little Free Library listed on the LFL world map to qualify! The entry period runs through May 15, 2024 at 11:59 p.m. CT. 150 winners will be randomly selected by Little Free Library staff and notified by email. Limit one (1) entry per person. Entering more than once will disqualify you from winning. Open to LFL stewards in the U.S. and Canada. Must be 13 or older to enter.Reading Is FUNdamental of Northern Virginia
Who can apply?
We provide very gently used books ages baby through sixth grade. We have several pick-up locations in Northern Virginia and do some deliveries. For more information: www.rifnova.org
How to Request Books:
Fill out the form below and a volunteer will contact you to arrange for transfer of the books. We love pictures for our website!LOVERS AND LIARS by Amanda Eyre Ward
Who can apply?
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/710934/lovers-and-liars-by-amanda-eyre-ward/
How to Request Books:
Email Emma at ethomasch@penguinrandomhouse.comGiovanni’s Room
Who can apply?
A deluxe edition of James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel with a new introduction and stunning package. Set in 1950’s Paris, where a young American is caught between desire and conventional morality
How to Request Books:
Please request with the Google FormGoing to Meet the Man
Who can apply?
In celebration of Short Stories month, we are thrilled to offer 50 copies of Going to Meet the Man, a major collection of short stories by one of America’s most important writers, James Baldwin.
How to Request Books:
Please request a copy with the Google Form.CLEAR by Carys Davies
Who can apply?
CLEAR is a stunning novel about a minister sent to a remote Scottish island to “clear” the last remaining inhabitant, who has no intention of leaving—described by Sarah Jessica Parker as “riveting”!
How to Request Books:
Request your copies here: https://forms.gle/PKkh2sMxbE2iaBGj7Donation of children’s/YA books
Who can apply?
Children’s/YA/adult book donation! Books include QR codes taking readers to a free anti-bullying, multi-award-winning 3D animation and to our website with free geography tutorials in Spanish & Hindi!
How to Request Books:
FACEPAINT Nonprofit is offering donations of its own published children's, YA, and adult books to Little Free Libraries in the United States. Please submit the form below to request books. All we need is the best mailing address to send the book to, and we take care of the rest (including shipping costs). Of note, many of our books have been submitted to Kirkus and received favorable reviews. These and/or Readers’ Favorite reviews are now shown either on the back covers or inside the books. QR codes are included as well that take you to our FACEPAINT Nonprofit website, with free PDF downloads of mini-tutorials in Spanish and Hindi, and also to our multi-award-winning anti-bullying animation, “Justin and the Werloobee” on our FACEPAINT Nonprofit YouTube channel.Closing 3000 book library – pickup in KY
Who can apply?
Sold the property with the white barn library building and all books are available. Please feel free to bring boxes and take as many as you’d like.
How to Request Books:
Located in Auburn, KY. Please feel free to drive to the property and take as many as you would like from the white barn building. The other building will remain in operation so please do not take books from the smaller building. Please contact Karissa at 270-438-2335 or karissacliff@yahoo.com for address information.Austin Area Free Book Box
Who can apply?
As a LFL Volunteer, we have gathered multiple boxes of books from many libraries and business around the Austin Area. Each box contains 30+ books and for a limited time we can give 1-2 boxes each.
How to Request Books:
Please only be a Steward located in the Austin Area - Williamson / Travis County area. This is available for pickup in Liberty Hill Each steward can receive 1 - 2 boxes of books that are filled with around 30+ books each. Please fill out the survey link to schedule!Let Us Descend
Who can apply?
Hardcover copies of Jesmyn Ward’s LET US DESCEND, an Oprah’s Book Club pick and one of the most celebrated novels of 2023, are available!
How to Request Books:
Submit your info via the Google form link.Impact LFL Program Steward Support
Who can apply?
BookSmiles is pleased to offer books for LFL stewards who have been named Impact program recipients or whose library is in a book desert. Books must be picked up in person in New Jersey.
How to Request Books:
You will need to be an Impact program recipient or steward a library in a book desert (see Unite for Literacy's Book Desert Map - linked above - to verify your location) to qualify for this opportunity. Please pick up books at BookSmiles, 7300 North Crescent Blvd. #10, Pennsauken, NJ 08110 during operating hours.I Love You Daddy Caddy
Who can apply?
Catherine and Chloe love to play their favorite sport—golf. They have played many junior tournaments like most competitive junior golfer, they like to win! They always keep grinding and never give up. Link to book description
How to Request Books:
Click the button below and fill out the request form!Free Books from Greenville Literacy Association
Who can apply?
GLA gets over 160,000 books donated annually for the Really Big Book Sale. Many of these books don’t pass our standards for the book sale but are still great books. We would like to rehome these.
How to Request Books:
The numbers of books to donate will vary week to week. Email ellen.lane@greenvilleliteracy.org to request or get more info.Algonquin Chapter NSDAR
Who can apply?
These are books that I collected for a DAR project and I have more books than I need for my literacy project.
How to Request Books:
Send email to Victoria Hamilton at hamilton5654@att.netQueen City Book Bank Provides Free Used Books
Who can apply?
The Queen City Book Bank, located in Cincinnati, OH, is happy to provide gently used books through our Book Giveaway Days and through special requests as needed to stewards and community partners. Books will need to be picked up in the Cincinnati, OH area.
How to Request Books:
Our upcoming Book Giveaway days will be held on: March 26, 2024 and July 9, 2024. If you would like to request books at a different time, please email Shymain at Shymain@queencitybookbank.org.Request Books in Denver
Who can apply?
BookGive is a nonprofit organization that sparks a lifelong love of reading by fueling metro Denver with free books. We distribute new and nearly new books throughout the metro area.