BDSM BOOK LIST

 

General BDSM Books for those on either side of the /

Books for Male and Female Dominant

Books for Female Dominants

Books for submissives

Books for the Master/slave Dynamic

Books for and about The Leather Community

Books on Rope

Books for Fetishes/Specific Types of Play

Books about Polyamory

Research on the History, Psychology, and Philosophy of BDSM

BDSM Themed Fiction Books

  • The Story of O A classic of BDSM fiction, The Story of O follows the tale of O, a fashion photographer who is taken by her lover to a mysterious chateau called the Roissy, where she is trained as a sex slave. When her training is complete, her lover then gives her to a new master, who continues her sexual adventure.
  • Elicitation The first book in the Training of Eileen, this novel follows a woman who on her wedding night is told that she is to be trained in sexual servitude by her husband. Their honeymoon becomes a sexual whirlwind, as she is brought into a universe of sexual adventures she didn’t dream possible.
  • Evocation In book two of the Training of Eileen, the story picks up after Eileen and her new husband return from their honeymoon. In the familiar environs of their home city, Eileen learns that her sexual servitude will be an ongoing part of her life. Her adventure continues as her husband furthers her sexual training, shaping her into an eager and willing submissive.
  • The Sleeping Beauty Series This collection of three erotic novels by Anne Rice follows Beauty, awakened from a magical slumber by a prince who first deflowers her and then brings her into a world of sexual trials and subjugation. She is brought into a world where erotic submission is demanded of her, and subjected to harsh treatment when she fails to be properly compliant.
  • Nine 1/2 Weeks , Elizabeth McNeill, 1978, Shocking and hot.  Much better than the film. No longer in print.
  • Exit to Eden , Anne Rice writing as Anne Rampling, 1982, BDSM fantasy. The basis for the 1994 film. Again, the book is better.
  • Man with a Maid Omnibus: Man with a Maid, Man with a Maid Volume II, and Man with a Maid the Conclusion , Anonymous.  A Victorian BDSM Classic emphasizing male dominance over female submissives.
  • Macho Sluts: Erotic Fiction , Pat Califia, 1986.  A collection of very hot lesbian BDSM short stories from one of the great writers of lesbian SM.
  • Meeting the Master , Elissa Wald, 1997. A collection of role-oriented stories by New York writer Elissa Wald. Many of the stories are fascinating looks at power-play focused relationships, both in the consensual realm and in the self-discovery realm.
  • Juliette; Justine , 120 Days of Sodom, The Marquis de Sade.  The 18th Century writer whose writing gave sadism its name.  Savage, nonconsensual, sexual violence.  A decidedly acquired taste.
  • Venus in Furs , Sacher Von Masoch.  The namesake of masochism.  A classic tale of a male submissive and his cruel dominant mistress, written by a submissive who almost certainly lived what he wrote.
  • Benson (and many other novels), John Preston.  Preston is the premier author of gay SM fiction, and Mr. Benson is his most famous work.
  • Leatherwomen by Laura Antoniou, 1992-94.  Three excellent anthologies of short stories by women, about women though by no means limited to women.
  • The Marketplace series by Laura Antoniou
  • Masters of the Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair
  • Mountain Masters & Dark Haven by Cherise Sinclair
  • Masters and Mercenaries by Lexi Blake

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