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