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Jacques Lacan in English: A Bibliography of the Seminars and Writings

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Mahitosh Mandal
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Last updated: October 2026 | The list is currently being updated.

This bibliography provides a consolidated list of the seminars and selected writings Jacques Lacan (1901-1981), with available English translations and links to the relevant texts.

I. The Seminars of Jacques Lacan

  1. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book I: Freud’s Papers on Technique, 1953–1954. Translated by John Forrester, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1991. [Click here]

  2. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book II: The Ego in Freud’s Theory and in the Technique of Psychoanalysis, 1954–1955. Translated by Sylvana Tomaselli, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1991. [Click here]

  3. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book III: The Psychoses, 1955–1956. Translated by Russell Grigg, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1997. [Click here]

  4. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book IV: The Object Relation, 1956–1957. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2020. [Click here]

  5. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book V: The Formations of the Unconscious, 1957–1958. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2017. [Click here]

  6. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book VI: Desire and Its Interpretation, 1958–1959. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2019. [Click here]

  7. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book VII: The Ethics of Psychoanalysis, 1959–1960. Translated by Dennis Porter, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1992. [Click here]

  8. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book VIII: Transference, 1960–1961. Translated by Bruce Fink, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2015. [Click here]

  9. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book IX: Identification, 1961–1962. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  10. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book X: Anxiety, 1962–1963. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2014. [Click here]

  11. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XI: The Four Fundamental Concepts of Psychoanalysis, 1964. Translated by Alan Sheridan, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1996. [Click here]

  12. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XII: Crucial Problems for Psychoanalysis, 1964–1965. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  13. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XIII: The Object of Psychoanalysis, 1965–1966. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  14. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XIV: The Logic of Fantasy, 1966–1967. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2024. [Click here]

  15. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XV: The Psychoanalytic Act, 1967–1968. Edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Seuil, 2024. English edition forthcoming from Polity. [Click here]

  16. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVI: From an Other to the Other, 1968–1969. Translated by Bruce Fink, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2023. [Click here]

  17. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVII: The Other Side of Psychoanalysis, 1969–1970. Translated by Russell Grigg, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 2007. [Click here]

  18. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII: On a Discourse That Might Not Be a Semblance, 1970–1971. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2024. [Click here]

  19. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XIX: …or Worse, 1971–1972. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2018. [Click here]

  20. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XX: Encore, 1972–1973. Translated by Bruce Fink, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, W. W. Norton, 1998. [Click here]

  21. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXI: Les non-dupes errent, 1973–1974. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  22. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXII: RSI, 1974–1975. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  23. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXIII: The Sinthome, 1975–1976. Translated by Adrian Price, edited by Jacques-Alain Miller, Polity, 2016. [Click here]

  24. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXIV: L’insu que sait de l’une-bévue s’aile à mourre, 1976–1977. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  25. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXV: The Moment to Conclude, 1977–1978. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  26. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXVI: Topology and Time, 1978–1979. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

  27. Lacan, Jacques. The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XXVII: Dissolution, 1979–1980. Translated by Cormac Gallagher from unedited French typescripts, unpublished manuscript. [Click here]

II. Writings and Other Works

  1. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: The First Complete Edition in English. Translated by Bruce Fink in collaboration with Héloïse Fink and Russell Grigg, W. W. Norton, 2006. [Click here]

  2. Lacan, Jacques. Écrits: A Selection. Translated by Alan Sheridan, W. W. Norton, 1977. [Click here]

  3. Lacan, Jacques. Autres écrits. Éditions du Seuil, 2001. [Click here]

  4. Lacan, Jacques. “Family Complexes in the Formation of the Individual.” Translated by Carol Gallagher and Cormac Gallagher, The Letter: Lacanian Perspectives on Psychoanalysis, vol. 5, 1995, pp. 1–39. [Click here]

  5. Lacan, Jacques. “Lituraterre.” Translated by Jack W. Stone, SubStance, vol. 32, no. 3, issue 102, 2003, pp. 3–13. [Click here]

  6. Lacan, Jacques. My Teaching. Translated by David Macey, Verso, 2008. [Click here]

  7. Lacan, Jacques. Television: A Challenge to the Psychoanalytic Establishment. Edited by Joan Copjec, translated by Denis Hollier, Rosalind Krauss, and Annette Michelson, W. W. Norton, 1990. [Click here]

  8. Lacan, Jacques. “The Case of Aimée, or Self-Punitive Paranoia.” The Clinical Roots of the Schizophrenia Concept: Translations of Seminal European Contributions on Schizophrenia, edited by John Cutting and Michael Shepherd, Cambridge University Press, 1987, pp. 207–224. [Click here]

 
 
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