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

1749 Fanny Hill
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 [...] 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 [...]
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 [...]
1990 Something Leather
1993 The Ties That Bind
1994 Skin: Talking About [...], 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

1982, JanineA Defence of MasochismAftercare (BDSM)Against SadomasochismAgeplayAline and ValcourAnimal roleplayAnne DesclosAnne RiceAriel SandsBDSMBDSM in culture and mediaBelle de Jour (novel)Body worshipBondage (BDSM)Bondage hoodBondage positions and methodsBondage suitBoot worshipBreast tortureCaningCatherine Robbe-GrilletChastity belt (BDSM)Cock and ball tortureCollars in BDSMComing to PowerConsent in BDSMDe Usu FlagrorumDiscipline (BDSM)Dominance and submissionDominatrixDossie EastonEdgeplayEdging (sexual practice)Erotic asphyxiationErotic electrostimulationErotic humiliationErotic sexual denialErotic spankingExhibition of Female FlagellantsExit to EdenExperimental LectureFacesittingFakir MusafarFanny HillFashionable LecturesFear playFemale submissionFemale-led relationshipFeminist views on BDSMFeminization (sexual activity)FetLifeFifty Shades of GreyFiggingForced orgasmForced seductionGayle RubinGloria BrameGlossary of BDSMGorGravity's RainbowGynecocracy (novel)Head bondageHogtie bondageHuman furnitureImaginative SexImpact playInternational Fetish DayInterrogation sceneIsabella (comics)Janet HardyJapanese bondageJin Ping MeiJuliette (novel)Justine (de Sade novel)Kink (sexuality)Knife playKushiel's LegacyL'Étudiante (novel)Laura AntoniouLeather pride flagLeather subcultureLegality of BDSMLeopold von Sacher-MasochLimits (BDSM)List of BDSM equipmentList of BDSM organizationsList of universities with BDSM clubsLocktoberMacho SlutsMale dominance (BDSM)Male submissionMaster/slave (BDSM)Medical fetishismMetal bondageMummification (BDSM)Munch (BDSM)Nights of HorrorNine and a Half Weeks (book)OmorashiOutline of BDSMPatrick CalifiaPegging (sexual practice)Philosophy in the BedroomPlay (BDSM)Play party (BDSM)Play piercingPredicament bondageRape fantasyRisk-aware consensual kinkRope bondageSadism and masochism in fictionSadomasochismSadomasochistic literatureSadopaideiaSafewordSamoisSelf-bondageSensation playService-oriented submissionSexual fetishismSexual roleplayShira (book)Skin: Talking About Sex, Class & LiteratureSnakes and EarringsSociety of JanusSomething LeatherSpectator MagazineSpreadeagle (position)Story of OSunstone (comics)Suspension bondageSweet GwendolineTemperature playTerminal AvenueThe 120 Days of SodomThe Carnal Prayer MatThe Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young FlagellantThe Eulenspiegel SocietyThe Image (novel)The Lustful TurkThe Marketplace seriesThe Memoirs of Dolly MortonThe Piano Teacher (Jelinek novel)The River OpheliaThe Romance of ChastisementThe Romance of LustThe Sleeping Beauty QuartetThe Torture GardenThe Way of a Man with a MaidThe Whippingham PapersTickle fetishismTop, bottom, switchTotal enclosure fetishismTrevor JacquesUrethral soundingVenus in FursWax playWillard and His Bowling Trophies: A Perverse MysteryZhang Zhupo

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