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.
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17th century
edit- 1610 Jin Ping Mei
- 1639 De Usu Flagrorum
- 1693 The Carnal Prayer Mat
- 1695 Jin Ping Mei - edited by Zhang Zhupo
18th century
edit- 1750 Fashionable Lectures
- 1785 The 120 Days of Sodom
- 1791 Justine
- 1795 Aline and Valcour
- 1795 Philosophy in the Bedroom
- 1797 Juliette
19th century
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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