 | Theory of the dérive and other situationist writings on the city(Barcelona, ES: Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, 1996) | Libero Andreotti (Editor), Guy Debord (Contributor), Xavier Costa (Editor), Asger Jorn (Contributor), Gilles Ivain (Contributor), A.F. Conord (Contributor) | Permanent Collection |
 | 5 Or 6(New York: Lukas & Sternberg, 2000) | Liam Gillick (Author) | Exhibition catalog, Essay, Photography, Critical theory, Visual essay / Permanent Collection |
 | My Wet Hot Drone Summer(Brooklyn, NY: Badlands Unlimited, 2015) | Lex Brown (Author) | Fiction, Erotica, American Fiction -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass (Bantam Classics)(Bantam Classics (1984), Edition: Reissue, 272 pages, 1984) | Lewis Carroll (Author) | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | Way(San Francisco: North Point Press, 1988) | Leslie Scalapino, Andrew Savulich (Cover artist) | Poetry, Urban studies, American poetry -- 20th century / Permanent Collection |
 | The public world/syntactically impermanence([Middletown, Conn.] : Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press ; University Press of New England, c1999., 1999) | Leslie Scalapino | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Knotcraft(Brooklyn: Protozoa Books, 2017) | Leslie Lasiter (Author) | Artist’s book, Prints and printmaking, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | The empathy exams(Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press, 2014., 2014) | Leslie Jamison | Bard2017 / Bard Reading Room (2017), Permanent Collection |
 | The Bavino Sermons(Durban, SA: Gecko Poetry, 1999) | Lesego Rampolokeng (Author) | African literature, Poetry, American poetry -- 20th century / Permanent Collection |
 | The Funambulist: Politics of Space and Bodies 03(Paris: The Funamblist, 2016) | Leopold Lambert (Editor) | Consumerism, Politics, Fashion design, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | The Funambulist Politics of Space and Bodies 015: Clothing Politics #2(2018, ?) | Leopold Lambert (Editor) | Politics, Fashion design, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Leonor Antunes: the last days in chimalistac(Berlin: Bom Dia Boa Tarde Boa Noite, 2016) | Leonor Antunes, Adam Szymczyk (Editor) | Exhibition catalog, Art, Contemporary art, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | The alphabet versus the goddess : the conflict between word and image(New York : Viking, 1998., 1998) | Leonard Shlain | Permanent Collection |
 | The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)(Harvard University Press (1981), Edition: Revised, 440 pages, 1981) | Leonard Bernstein (Author) | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Pequeño azul y pequeño amarillo(Kalandraka Infantil (2012), 2013) | Leo Lionni (Author), Pedro Angel Almeida (Translator) | Picture book, Spanish language, Children's literature / Children's Library, CC Catálogo, #16: Formas (2017) |
 | The New Society For Universal Harmony(New York, NY: Granary Books, Inc., 2005) | Lenore Malen (Author) | Artist’s book, Photography, Social documentary photography / Permanent Collection |
 | Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists(New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993) | Lenora Champagne (Editor), Holly Hughes (Contributor), Jessica Hagedorn (Contributor), Karen Finley (Contributor), Laurie Anderson (Contributor), Rachel Rosenthal (Contributor), Laurie Carlos (Contributor), Beatrice Roth (Contributor), Robin McCauley (Contributor), Lenny Sack (Contributor), Fionna Templeton (Contributor) | Gender, Performance, Experimental theatre, Performance studies, Feminism and Feminist theory / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Out from Under: Texts by Women Performance Artists(New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1993) | Lenora Champagne (Editor) | Art, Performance / BAM Reading Room (2017), Recovered books |
 | Water & Salt(Pasadena, CA: Red Hen Press, 2017) | Lena Khalaf Tuffaha (Author) | American literature, Poetry, American poetry -- 21st century / Permanent Collection |
 | Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk(Grove Press (2016), Edition: 20th Anniversary, 448 pages, 2016) | Legs McNeil (Author) | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | TENDER OMNIBUS: The First Twenty-Five Years of Tender Buttons Press(Tender Buttons Press (2016), 620 pages, 2016) | Lee Ann Brown (Editor), Katy Bohinc (Editor) | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Lee Lozano(Stockholm: Moderna Museet; Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2010) | Lee Lozano, Iris Müller-Westermann (Editor) | 20th century, Exhibition catalog, Painting, Monograph / Permanent Collection, Cybernetics Conference |
 | Marx & Engels on Literature and Art(St. Louis: Telos Press, 1973) | Lee Baxandall (Editor), Stefan Morawski (Introduction), Stefan Morawski (Editor) | Socialism, Art theory, Critical theory / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
 | Radical Perspectives in the Arts(Harmondsworth, Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1972) | Lee Baxandall (Editor) | Art theory, Critical theory / Permanent Collection, Laurin Raiken Archive |
 | Pamphlet Architecture 15: War and Architecture(Princeton Architectural Press (1997), Edition: 5th, 40 pages, 1997) | Lebbeus Woods (Author) | Bam2016 / BAM Reading Room, 2016, Permanent Collection |
 | Heavy Metals(Brooklyn: Leanna Perry, 2016) | Leanna Perry (Artist) | Artist’s book, Review, Zines, Fashion design, Luxury fashion, Textile and fiber arts, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | Water Days(Paris, FR: Dis Voir, 2010) | Leah Singer (Artist), Lee Ranaldo (Artist) | Artist’s book, Sound, Prints and printmaking / Permanent Collection |
 | ⌘C, ⌘V(Chicago: Leah Mackin, 2014) | Leah Mackin (Author) | Technology, Artist’s book, Experimental, Review, Risograph, Bard2018 / Permanent Collection, Bard Reading Room 2018 |
 | The Collected Poetry(Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1998) | Léopold Sédar Senghor (Author) | Poetry, Bilingual, French language, Postcolonialism / Permanent Collection, BAM Reading Room (2017) |
 | Pollen Memory(New York: Tender Buttons, 2003) | Layne Browne (Author), Wayne Smith (Designer), Toni Simon (Cover artist) | Poetry / Permanent Collection |