Helping Families Find the Best Books for Inmates Nationwide
Best Books to Inmates is a trusted platform created to help families, friends, and supporters discover meaningful books for incarcerated individuals. We focus on educational, motivational, and facility-compliant reading material that supports growth, learning, and positive transformation behind the walls.
Powered by SureShot Books Publishing LLC and supported by Book Policy Guard™, our mission is to help reduce rejected packages while making it easier to find books that inspire discipline, faith, education, business skills, literacy, and personal development.
Curated Book Collections
Discover carefully selected books across self-help, GED prep, business, legal resources, fiction, faith, puzzle books, and more.
Policy-Aware Platform
Book Policy Guard™ helps identify facility restrictions and improve compliance before books are shipped to correctional institutions.
Supporting Families
We help families and loved ones confidently choose meaningful books that educate, motivate, and encourage positive change.
Books Have the Power to Change Lives
Our goal is simple — connect incarcerated individuals with powerful reading material that promotes education, growth, discipline, and a stronger future.
Shop SureShot BooksChanging Lives Through the Power of Reading Since 1990
SureShot Books is proud to be part of the SureShot 2K family of companies, founded in 1990 with a simple but powerful mission: to help incarcerated individuals improve their lives through education, knowledge, and personal growth.
For more than three decades, we have made it easier for families and friends to send books, magazines, newspapers, and educational materials directly to correctional facilities across the United States. We believe that access to quality reading materials can inspire hope, build valuable life skills, and create opportunities for a better future.
The Power of Education
Research has consistently shown that incarcerated individuals who participate in educational and reading programs are significantly more likely to successfully reintegrate into society after release.Every book represents an opportunity to learn something new and move one step closer to a better future.Reading helps inmates:
Develop valuable life
Gain practical knowledge in trades, technology, finance, and personal development that translates directly to job opportunities after release.
Improve literacy
Build stronger reading, writing, and speaking abilities that increase self-expression and make it easier to navigate daily life and work environments
Continued education
Access books and materials that allow them to pursue GEDs, college courses, or self-study programs while incarcerated, keeping them on a path to growth.
Everyone Deserves a Second Chance
At SureShot Books, we believe one mistake should never define a lifetime. Every individual deserves the chance to learn, grow, and prepare for a meaningful return to society.
Education is more than just books — it’s a path to transformation that strengthens families, restores confidence, and helps break the cycle of incarceration. By providing approved books and educational resources to correctional facilities across the U.S., we give inmates the tools to invest in themselves, build new skills, and envision a future beyond prison walls. When someone is given access to knowledge and hope, they’re not just passing time they’re preparing to come home stronger, more capable, and ready to contribute again.
