Books

Guidelines - PLEASE READ!

No age limit or restrictions on books - we use children's books in our Junior Books program as of March 2025
ALL books must be in good, great, like new or new condition. This means:
- No loose, brittle, or missing pages
- No stains or water damage
- No missing front or back covers
Missing dust jackets for hardcover books is acceptable
No cookbooks please - we know Louisiana is famous for it's cooking but a lot of the members we serve can't use these at the moment
No erotic romance novels are permitted or acceptable

Popular items searching for:

Fiction Novels - all types, especially those released in the past five years
Young Adult+ Novels (ages 15-25) with Authors such as:
- Rebecca Yarros - Fourth Wing, Empyrean series
- Sarah J. Maas - A Court of Thorns and Roses, Throne of Glass, Crescent City series
- Markus Zusak - The Book Thief
- Leigh Bardugo - Shadow and Bone Trilogy
- Rachel Gillig
- Dean Koontz - Odd Thomas series
- Carissa Broadbent
- Jennifer L. Armentrout
- Stephanie Garber - The Carnival Series
- Christopher Paolini - The Inheritance Cycle
- Penn Cole
- Marie Lu
- N.K. Jemisin
- Natasha Preston
- Pierce Brown
- Andrzej Sapkowski - The Witcher Saga
- Neal Shusterman
- Nicola Yoon
- Adrienne Young
- Rae Knightly
- Alex Aster
- K.A. Riley
- Olivie Blake - The Atlas Trilogy
- Richelle Mead - The Vampire Academy
- Caroline Peckham / Susanne Valenti - Zodiac Academy
- Nikita Gill
- Colleen Hoover
True Crime Novels
Civil War Books
WWI and WWII Books
Holocaust Books
Learning Language Books (German, Spanish, Russian, Icelandic, Greek)
Art Books - how to draw, etc.
History Books (ancient history)

Music CDs and movies

Guidelines

Must be in great, like new or new condition
Have minimal scratches
Preferably in original case, however dust sleeves are acceptable
Permitted ratings for movies are: G, PG, PG13, and R as long as R rated movies are without sex and nudity
No MA rated movies are permitted
Both DVD and Blu-ray formats are accepted - no vhs tapes please!

Popular items searching for:

Movies:

Newer release movies
Please note that as of 9/23/2025, we are only in need of newer release movies - movies released in the past 5 years or less. We have TONS of older movies in inventory already.

Music CDs (Artists):

all, especially newer release items
Please note that as of 9/23/2025, we are only in need of newer release cd's - albums released in the past 5 years or less. We have TONS of older cd's in inventory already.