List of BDSM literature

The following is a chronological list of notable sadomasochistic literature about or involving BDSM, both fictional and non-fictional. Both written literature and comics are included, but not films or video. Series are listed as one item; where publication date is ill-defined, the earliest date is used.

17th century

• 1610 Jin Ping Mei
• 1639 De Usu Flagrorum
• 1693 The Carnal Prayer Mat
• 1695 Jin Ping Mei - edited by Zhang Zhupo

18th century

• 1750 Fashionable Lectures
• 1785 The 120 Days of Sodom
• 1791 Justine
• 1795 Aline and Valcour
• 1795 Philosophy in the Bedroom
• 1797 Juliette

19th century

• 1828 The Lustful Turk
• 1830 Exhibition of Female Flagellants
• 1866 The Romance of Chastisement
• 1870 Venus in Furs
• 1873 The Romance of Lust
• 1876 The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant
• 1878 Experimental Lecture
• 1887 The Whippingham Papers
• 1893 Gynecocracy
• 1899 The Memoirs of Dolly Morton
• 1899 The Torture Garden

20th century

• 1907 Sadopaideia
• 1908 The Way of a Man with a Maid
• 1928 Belle de Jour
• 1947 Sweet Gwendoline
• 1948 Shira
• 1954 Nights of Horror
• 1954 Story of O
• 1956 The Image
• 1966 Gor
• 1966 Isabella
• 1973 Gravity's Rainbow
• 1974 Imaginative Sex
• 1975 Willard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse Mystery
• 1978 Nine and a Half Weeks
• 1978 Spectator Magazine
• 1981 Coming to Power
• 1982 Against Sadomasochism
• 1983 The Piano Teacher
• 1983 The Sleeping Beauty Quartet
• 1984 1982, Janine
• 1985 Exit to Eden
• 1988 Macho Sluts
• 1990 Something Leather
• 1993 The Ties That Bind
• 1994 Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & Literature
• 1995 The River Ophelia
• 1998 A Defence of Masochism

21st century

• 2001 Kushiel's Legacy series
• 2003 Snakes and Earrings
• 2004 Terminal Avenue
• 2007 L'Étudiante
• 2010 The Marketplace series
• 2011 Fifty Shades of Grey series
• 2011 Sunstone

See also

• Sadism and masochism in fiction
• BDSM in culture and media