J&L Books is a non-profit Atlanta / New York based publisher of artists’ books, founded in 2000 by Jason Fulford and Leanne Shapton. J&L is committed to making new books by or about contemporary artists.

For ICA LA’s Bookshelf Residency, J&L celebrates 25 years of publishing with an Annex Gallery project titled J&L Books: Reading Room that features a library of books in print (for sale) and out of print (not for sale) by or including work by Helon Habila, Miriam Toews, Adam Gilders, Gregory Halpern, Sara Perovic, Harry Smith, Manuel DeLanda, Will Brown, Mike Mandel, Chrissy Piper, Bruce Conner, Craig Taylor, Sam Lipsyte, Susanne Kippenberger, Corita Kent, Lisa Kereszi, Gus Powell, Amy O’Neill, Michael Northrup, Elisabeth Tonnard, Corin Hewitt, Octavian Esanu, Mike Slack, Michael Schmelling, Shoboshobo, Amie Barrodale, David Shrigley, Shary Boyle, Marcel Dzama, Paul Davis, Dame Darcy, Myles Langlois, M. Dumontier, Neil Farber, Jason Logan, David Berman, Lenka Clayton, and more.

Public participation is encouraged through an invitation to draw book title recommendations within the installations of the Annex Gallery and the main book shelves.