BDSM → BDSM-related mass media → 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 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
