 | Listening(New York: Fordham University Press, 2007) | Jean-Luc Nancy (Author), Charlotte Mandell (Translator) | Philosophy, 20th century, Aural history / Permanent Collection, Render Visible |
 | Phrases: Six Films(New York: Contra Mundum Press, 2016) | Jean-Luc Godard (Author), Stuart Kendall (Translator) | 21st century, Play, Performance, Avant-garde, Bam2016, Film and Film Studies / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Voyage dans le Nombril du Monde(Paris: Ur, 1996) | Jean-Jacques Rullier | Israel, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | On Words, In Deeds: 1999-2017(Belgium: mfc-michèle didier, 2017) | Jean-Baptiste Farkas (Author) | Artist’s book, Essay, Art criticism, Artist writing / Permanent Collection |
 | The Maids and Deathwatch: Two Plays(Grove Press (1994), Edition: Revised, 168 pages, 1994) | Jean Genet (Author), Jean-Paul Sartre (Preface) | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Miracle of the Rose(New York: Grove Press, 1966) | Jean Genet | French literature, Fiction, French language / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Jurgen Lehl: On The Beach 2(Hehe Press (2015), 160 pages, 2015) | Jürgen Lehl (Author) | Artist’s book, Art, Photography, Contemporary art, Fashion design, Social documentary photography, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Black Tickets: Stories(Vintage (2001), Edition: Reprint, 288 pages, 2001) | Jayne Anne Phillips (Author) | Permanent Collection |
 | Natasha #1(Natasha, 2017) | Jayinee Basu (Contributor), Robert Grand (Contributor), Erin Prinz Schwartz (Editor), Elizaveta Shneyderman (Editor), Alex Mapes-Frances (Designer) | Non-fiction, Essay, Review, Political science, Art criticism, Zines, Artist writing / Permanent Collection |
 | Angkor: An Essay on Art and Imperialism(New York: Vintage Books, Random House, 1971 [c1970]) | Jayan Myrdal (Author), Paul Britten Austin (Translator), Gun Kessle (Contributor) | Art theory, Politically engaged / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
 | Rituals of Rented Island: Object Theater, Loft Performance, and the New Psychodrama—Manhattan, 1970–1980(New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2013) | Jay Sanders (Author), J. Hoberman (Author) | New York, 1970s, 1980s, Exhibition catalog, Performance, Avant-garde / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Elevator to the Gallows: Banks Violette and Gerald Matt present Banks Violette, Miles Davis, Dashiell Hammett, John Huston, Weegee(Nürnberg, DE: Verlag Für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, 2009) | Javier Panera Cueva (Editor), Luc Sante (Contributor), Harold Schechter (Contributor), Gerald Matt (Editor), Norbert M. Schmitz (Contributor), Gaby Hartel (Contributor) | 20th century, Exhibition catalog, Contemporary art, Film and Film Studies / Permanent Collection |
 | We Are Nothing and So Can You(Oakland,CA: Commune Editions, 2015) | Jasper Bernes (Author) | Poetry / Permanent Collection |
 | This is for the mostless(WordTech Editions (2017), 132 pages, 2017) | Jason Magabo Perez (Author) | Permanent Collection |
 | What We Have Done(Seattle, WA: Henry Art Gallery, 2013) | Jason Dodge (Author), Sylvia Wolf (Foreword), Luis Croquer (Introduction) | Artist’s book, Exhibition catalog, Monograph, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Be My Guest, I Prefer to Keep the Door Closed(Eindhoven, NL: Onomatopee, 2009) | Jannah Loontjens (Author), Jannah Loontjens (Translator), Erik Jakobs (Translator), Katja van Stiphout (Designer) | Artist’s book, Poetry, Essay, Art criticism / Permanent Collection |
 | Matisse/Diebenkorn(Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, 2016) | Janet C. Bishop, John Elderfield (Author), Katherine Rothkopf (Editor), Jodi Roberts (Author), Jared Ledesma (Author) | 19th century, 20th century, Exhibition catalog, Art history, Painting / Permanent Collection |
 | Resident Alien: Feminist Cultural Criticism(Cambridge, UK: Polity Press, 1995) | Janet Wolff | Pop culture, Feminism and Feminist theory / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
 | People of the Pancake(Co-op Books, 2015) | Janet Sarbanes (Author), Amy Sarkisian (Illustrator) | Picture book, Children's literature / Children's Library |
 | Army of One(Los Angeles, CA: Otis Books / Seismicity Editions, 2008) | Janet Sarbanes (Author) | Fiction, American Fiction -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Black and White Studies(Brooklyn: Small Editions, 2016) | Janelle Poe (Author), Sheryl Oppenheim (Artist) | Poetry, Race, Review, Black Lives Matter, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Brakhage's Childhood(NY: Granary Books, 2015) | Jane Wodening (Author), Tony Pipolo (Afterword), P. Sitney (Introduction) | Avant-garde, Artist biography, Non-narrative / Permanent Collection |
 | Fabrik: Conceptual, Minimalist and Performative Approaches to Textiles(Sydney, Australia: Emblem Books, 2016) | Jane O'Neill (Editor), Peter Collingwood (Contributor), Elizabeth Newman (Contributor), Sean Ryan (Contributor), Jenny Watson (Contributor), John Barbour (Contributor), David Egan (Contributor), Robert Rooney (Contributor), Kelly Gellatly (Contributor), Andreas Exner (Contributor), Elizabeth Pulie (Contributor), Heimo Zobernig (Contributor), Christine Dean (Contributor), Mikala Dwyer (Contributor), Rose Nolan (Contributor), Stuart Ringholt (Contributor), Ash Kilmartin (Contributor), Virginia Overell (Contributor), Kay Abude (Contributor), Clementine Barnes (Contributor), Sarah Crowest (Contributor), Ads Donaldson (Contributor), Dana Harris (Contributor), Louise Haselton (Contributor), Zac Langdon-Pole (Contributor), Matthew Linde (Contributor), Mark McDean, Michelle Nikou (Contributor), Janet Passehl (Contributor), Simone Slee (Contributor), Kate Sylvester (Contributor), Lyndal Walker (Contributor) | Art, Performance, Conceptual art, Minimalism, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Gordon Matta-Clark: Moment to Moment: Space(Moderne Kunst Nürnberg (2013), 208 pages, 2013) | Jane Crawford (Author), Gordon Matta-Clark (Artist), Philip Ursprung (Editor), Hubertus von Amelunxen (Editor), Angela Lammert (Editor) | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Jan Dibbets: Robin Redbreast's Territory Sculpture 1969(Zédélé Editions/reprint collection (2015), Edition: Multilingual, 32 pages, 2015) | Jan Dibbets (Artist) | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Shade(New York: Elis Press, 2015) | Jamie Townsend (Author) | Poetry, Review, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | My Lai: A Brief History with Documents(Boston MA: Bedford Books / St. Martin's, 1998) | James S. Olson (Author), Ernest R. May (Foreword), Natalie Zemon Davis (Foreword), Randy Roberts (Author) | Vietnam War, History, Review / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | I Cancel All My Works at Death(Detroit, Michigan: Museum of Contempoary Art, 2014) | James Lee Byars (Author), Jens Hoffmann (Contributor), Triple Candie (Contributor) | Exhibition catalog, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Ulysses: The Only Thing That's New Is Us(London: Montez Press, 2018) | James Joyce (Author), James Loop (Contributor), Harry Burke (Contributor), Molly Hagan (Contributor), Niina Pollari (Contributor), Brandon Johnson (Contributor), Mylo Mendez (Contributor), Anaïs Duplan (Contributor), Al Bedell (Contributor), Whitney Claflin (Contributor), Saretta Morgan (Contributor), Candice Iloh (Contributor), Adjua Greaves (Contributor), vei darling (Contributor), Rin Johnson (Contributor), Yoma Ru (Contributor), Cooper Larsen (Contributor), Shaira Chaer (Contributor), Erin Sweeny (Contributor), Nettles Artists Collective (Contributor), Georgette Maniatis (Contributor), Kiran Puri (Contributor), Stacy Skolnik (Editor), A.M. Bang (Editor) | Fiction, Poetry, Art, Photography, Modernism, Performance, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Psychology and the Visual Arts: Selected Readings(London: Penguin Books, 1969) | James Hogg (Editor) | Psychology, Essay, Art theory / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
