About the Site

The Pervert’s Library came into existence for two main reasons.  First, I had long grown weary of hearing people in the BDSM community make book recommendations about books they had clearly never read.  While there are several kinky authors whose works are rightly canonized within BDSM community, the sad truth is that there are just as many, if not more, who would be unable to find a publisher if their area of expertise was something more mainstream like gardening.  You can count on me to not worry about a book’s or author’s reputation and let you know if something is truly crappy and not worth your money.

The other reason I started this site is to find an outlet for my interests in history, antiques, sleaze, book collecting, BDSM, web publishing, and reading all in one place. Among the things that interest me are faux-sociological pulps from the late 1960s and 70s, modern educational BDSM books, biographies, memoirs, and self-published works. In addition to books, I also like old men’s and fetish magazines, vintage fetish photographs, antique catalogs, and all manner of ephemera.  I’m always interested in acquiring more of this sort of material, so if you would like to give or sell it to a good home that will appreciate it, drop me a line.

While many of the things in the library still in print or widely available, I strive to focus on materials that are outside the mainstream of publishing as well as that material which is virtually unknown or forgotten.  It is my hope to both expose and archive much of this material so that it will be remembered and appreciated.  Unfortunately, even though I enjoy a lot of material that is obscure, much of it is obscure for a very good reason: it’s awful.

Don’t be shy about letting me know what you think about the reviews you read here.  Use the comments to tell me what you like and, maybe more importantly, what you disagree with.  You can also write me at todd@pervertslibrary.com.