 | Speak English for Us, Marisol!(Morton Grove, IL: Albert Whitman, 2000., 2000) | Karen English, Enrique O. Sánchez (Illustrator) | Picture book, Spanish language, Children's literature / Permanent Collection, Children's Library |
 | The Lazarus Poems(Middletown, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 2017) | Kamau Brathwaite (Author) | African American poetry, Poetry, Review, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | The Threshold of the Visible World(New York: Routledge, 1996) | Kaja Silverman (Author) | Psychology, Art theory, Visual culture / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
 | The prophet(New York, Knopf, 1952 [c1951], 1951) | Kahlil Gibran | Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | The Selected Poems of Po Chü-I(New York: New Directions Publishing, 1999) | Juyi Bai, David Hinton (Translator) | Taoism, Poetry, Buddhism, Chinese poetry / Permanent Collection |
 | The microscope and the eye : a history of reflections, 1740-1870(Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007., 2007) | Jutta Schickore | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Princesses and Saints(Stuttgart, Germany: Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, 2016) | Justyna Koeke (Artist), Nils Buttner (Author), Sonja Eismann (Author), Anne Soll (Author) | Childhood, Review, Contemporary art, Fashion design, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | The Death of Pringle(Flim Forum Press (2012), Edition: Pap/Com, 98 pages, 2012) | Justin Katko (Author) | Libretto, Poetry, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | This Is How You Lose Her(New York: Riverhead Books, 2013) | Junot Díaz (Author) | Fiction, Immigration / BAM Reading Room (2017), Recovered books |
 | e-flux journal: Are You Working Too Much? Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the Labor of Art(Berlin / New York: Sternberg Press, 2011) | Julieta Aranda (Editor), Tom Holert (Contributor), Lars Bang Larsen (Contributor), Diedrich Diederichsen (Contributor), Liam Gillick (Contributor), Irit Rogoff (Contributor), Anton Vidokle (Editor), Hito Steyerl, Antke Engel (Contributor), Brian Kuan Wood (Editor), Marion von Osten (Contributor), Franco Berardi Bifo (Contributor), Precarious Workers Brigade (Contributor), Keti Chukrov (Contributor) | Philosophy, Anthology, Essay, Art theory, Critical theory, Political science, Art criticism / Permanent Collection |
 | e-flux Journal: Are You Working Too Much? Post-Fordism, Precarity, and the Labor of Art(e-flux / Sternberg Press, 2011) | Julieta Aranda (Editor), Tom Holert (Author), Lars Bang Larsen (Author), Diedrich Diederichsen (Author), Liam Gillick (Author), Irit Rogoff (Author), Anton Vidokle (Editor), Hito Steyerl (Author), Antke Engel (Author), Brian Kuan Wood (Editor), Keti Chukhrov (Author), Marion von Osten (Author), Franco Berardi Bifo (Author), Precarious Workers Brigade (Author) | Art, Labor, Critical theory / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Louise Bourgeois: Autobiographical Prints(London, UK: Hayward Gallery, 2016) | Juliet Mitchell (Author), Louise Bourgeois (Artist) | 20th century, Monograph, Feminism and Feminist theory, Prints and printmaking / Permanent Collection |
 | Stained Glass Windows of California(Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2012) | Julien Peyton Poirier | Permanent Collection |
 | El Golpe Chilen(Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2010) | Julien Poirier | Permanent Collection |
 | Titrer(Brest, France: Zédélé editions, 2012) | Julien Nédélec (Author) | Artist’s book, Sculpture, Bookmaking, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Of Mongrelitude(Seattle, WA: Wave Books, 2017) | Julian Talamantez Brolaski (Author) | Poetry, Gender, American poetry -- 21st century, Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Danny Lyon: Message to the Future(New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2016) | Julian Cox (Author), Elisabeth Sussman (Author), Alan Rinzler (Author), Alexander Nemerov (Author), Ed Halter (Author), Danica Willard Sachs (Author) | Documentary, 20th century, Exhibition catalog, Art, Photography / Permanent Collection |
 | John Cage(Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2011) | Julia E. Robinson | 20th century, Sound, Criticism and interpretation, Avant-garde / Permanent Collection |
 | it will hurt for a while but in the end you'll be OK(Toronto, CA: Furrawn Press, 2017) | Julia Mroczek (Author) | Poetry, Canadian poetry / Permanent Collection |
 | Possessions(New York: Columbia University Press, 1998) | Julia Kristeva (Author) | Fiction, Psychology / BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Black Sun(New York: Columbia University Press, 1989) | Julia Kristeva (Author), Leon Roudiez (Translator) | Philosophy, History, Essay, Literary criticism, Literary studies, Art criticism / Permanent Collection |
 | Fray: Art and Textile Politics(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2017) | Julia Bryan-Wilson (Author) | 20th century, Queer, Protest, Feminism and Feminist theory, Material studies, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Lisi Raskin: Mobile Observation(Galleria Riccardo Crespi (2010), Edition: Bilingual, 208 pages, 2010) | Julia Bryan-Wilson (Author) | |
 | A Wedding in Haiti(Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books, 2012) | Julia Alvarez (Author) | Fiction, Review, Latin American studies, American Fiction -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Las huellas secretas(New York: Dragonfly Books, 2002., 2002) | Julia Alvarez, Fabian Negrin (Illustrator), Dolores Prida (Translator) | Picture book, Spanish language, Children's literature / Permanent Collection, Children's Library |
 | Dread: The Dizziness of Freedom(Amsterdam, NL: Valiz, 2014) | Juha van 't Zelfde (Editor), China Mieville (Contributor), Simon Critchley (Contributor), James Bridle (Contributor), Timo Arnall (Contributor), Simon Greenfield (Contributor) | 21st century, Philosophy, Criticism and interpretation / Permanent Collection |
 | Danspace Project Platform 2012: Parallels(New York: Danspace Project, 2012) | Judy Hussie-Taylor (Author), Thulani Davis (Author), Ishmael Houston-Jones (Author), Gus Solomons (Author), Lydia Bell (Editor) | 21st century, New York, Performance, Dance, Bam2016 / Permanent Collection |
 | Danspace Project Platform 2016: A Body in Places(New York: Danspace Project, 2016) | Judy Hussie-Taylor (Editor), Harry Philbrick (Author), Eiko Otake (Author), Rosemary Candelario (Author), Lydia Bell (Editor) | 21st century, New York, Performance, Dance, Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Dance, Sex, and Gender: Signs of Identity, Dominance, Defiance, and Desire(Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1988) | Judith Lynne Hanna (Author) | Gender, Performance, Queer / BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Eye of the Sixties: Richard Bellamy and the Transformation of Modern Art(Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2016), 2017) | Judith E. Stein (Author) | 20th century, Art, Art history, Conceptual art, Minimalism, Pop art / Permanent Collection |