 | The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley(NY: Ballantine Books, 1992) | Malcolm X (Author), Alex Haley, Attallah Shabazz (Foreword), Ossie Davis (Afterword), M.S Handler (Introduction) | Memoir, Civil rights, African American studies / Permanent Collection |
 | My Favorite Things(Harper Design (2014), Edition: 1st, 160 pages, 2014) | Maira Kalman (Author) | BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | The Principles of Uncertainty(Penguin Books (2009), Edition: First Edition, 336 pages, 2009) | Maira Kalman (Author) | BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Afterland(Minnesota, MN: Graywolf Press, 2017) | Mai Der Vang (Author) | American literature, Poetry, American poetry -- 21st century, Asian American poetry / Permanent Collection |
 | Final Vocabulary(Berlin: Sternberg Press; Brussels: Mophradat, 2015) | Mai Abu ElDahab (Editor), Francis McKee (Contributor), Brian Kuan Wood (Contributor), Federica Bueti (Contributor), Malak Helmy (Contributor), Haytham El Wardany (Contributor) | Language and Linguistics, Politics, Essay, Sociology / Permanent Collection |
 | Circular Facts(Berlin, DE: Sternberg Press; Utrecht, NT: Casco - Office for Art, Design, and Theory; Belgium, BD: Objectif Exhibitions; London, UK: The Showroom, 2011) | Mai Abu ElDahab (Editor), Emily Pethick (Editor), Binna Choi (Editor) | Essay, Contemporary art, Museum studies, Institutional critique, Exhibition studies / Permanent Collection |
 | Bluets(Seattle : [Minneapolis, Minn.] : Wave Books ; Distributed to the trade by Consortium Book Sales and Distribution, c2009., 2009) | Maggie Nelson | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | NOTES ON(Green Lantern Press (2016), 240 pages, 2016) | Magalie Guerin (Author) | BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Formas que aparecen(Mexico City: Textofilia, 2013., 2013) | Magali Lara (Author) | Picture book, Spanish language, Children's literature / Children's Library, CC Catálogo, #16: Formas (2017) |
 | James Lee Byars: 1/2 an Autobiography(Koln, DE: Walther König; New York City: MoMA PS1; Mexico City: Museo Jumex, 2014) | Magali Arriola (Editor), James Lee Byars (Artist), Peter Eleey (Editor), David Sewell (Contributor) | Photography, Performance, Monograph, Contemporary art, Bam2016, Artist writing / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Soundings: Nordic Sound Art(Roskilde, Denmark: Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, 2009) | Mads Kullberg (Editor), David Toop (Contributor), Brandon LaBelle (Contributor), Rune Sochting (Editor), Aeron Bergman (Contributor), Andreas Engstrom (Contributor) | Norway, Exhibition catalog, Sound, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
| The Folk Art of Madhubani(New Delhi: Lok Kalyan Bhavan, 1965) | Madan Mahatta (Artist) | Permanent Collection |
 | Duties of an English Foreign Secretary(Albany, NY: Fence Books, 2009) | Macgregor Card (Author), Ellie Ga (Cover artist) | Poetry, Affect, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Trick or Trait(Eindhoven, NL: Onomatopee, 2014) | Maartje Folkeringa (Author), Renske Janssen (Contributor), Freek Lomme (Contributor), Maartje Folkeringa (Contributor), Nanne op 't Ende (Translator), Lucette ter borg (Contributor) | Artist’s book, Essay, Sculpture, Art criticism / Permanent Collection |
 | Chronicles of the Egyptian Revolution and its Aftermath: 2011-2016(Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2016) | M. Cherif Bassiouni (Author) | History, Review, Middle Eastern studies / Permanent Collection |
 | Woman on Edge of Time(Fawcett (1981), 1981) | M Piercy (Author) | Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Funeral Doom Spiritual(New York: RITA, 2016) | M Lamar, Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Contributor), Tucker Colbertson (Contributor) | Libretto, African American art, Artist’s book, Photography / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
| Swallower(Brooklyn, NY: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2014) | Lyric Hunter | Permanent Collection |
 | Freedom: The Happy Hypocrite(Book Works (2014), 96 pages, 2014) | Lynne Tillman (Guest Ed.) (Author) | |
 | The Poetics of Cloth: African Textiles/Recent Art(New York, NY: Grey Art Gallery New York University, 2009) | Lynn Gumpert (Editor), Kofi Anyidoho (Editor), John Picton (Editor), Lynn Gumpert (Editor), Doran Ross (Author), Jennifer Brown (Author), Janet Goldner (Author), Lydie Diakhaté (Author) | Art, African art, Contemporary art, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Water Sources(Mountainville, NY: Storm King Art Center, 2015) | Lynda Benglis (Author), Lydia Benglis | Nature, Sculpture, Monograph, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Helen Mirra: Cloud, the, 3(Zurich: JRP|Ringier/Christoph Keller Editions, 2007) | Lyn Hejinian (Author), Helen Mirra (Artist), Christoph Keller (Editor) | Artist’s book, Contemporary art, Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Will Work for Drugs(Brooklyn, NY: Akashic Books, 2009) | Lydia Lunch (Author) | Memoir, Fiction, Essay, Interview, Review / Permanent Collection |
 | The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis(New York: Picador, 2009) | Lydia Davis (Author) | American literature, Fiction, Short stories / Permanent Collection |
 | Russian Novels(Northampton, MA: Factory Hollow Press, 2014) | Luke Bloomfield (Author) | Poetry, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Codex Seraphinianus(Rizzoli (2013), Edition: Pck Har/Bk, 396 pages, 2013) | Luigi Serafini (Author) | Review / BAM Reading Room (2017) |
| Codex Seraphinianus(New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2013) | Luigi Serafini (Author), Sylvia Notini (Translator) | Artist’s book, Contemporary art / Permanent Collection |
 | Pulcinellopaedia Seraphiniana(Rizzoli (2016), Edition: Later Edition, 128 pages, 2016) | Luigi Serafini (Author) | Review |
 | Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus(MINEOLA, NY: Dover Publications, 1999) | Ludwig Wittgenstein (Author), Bertrand Russell (Introduction), C. K. Ogden (Translator) | Philosophy, Politically engaged / Permanent Collection, Carolyn Bush Library |
 | Culture and Value(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1984 [c.1977]) | Ludwig Wittgenstein (Author), Peter Winch (Translator), G.H Von Wright (Editor) | Philology / Permanent Collection, Carolyn Bush Library |
