Poly Books Update - Summer 2025

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American Poly: A History
Christopher M Gleason

The Anxious Person’s Guide to Non-Monogamy
Lola Phoenix

The Art and Etiquette of Polyamory
Francoise Simpere

The Art of Relationship Anarchy: A Revolutionary Approach to Love, Intimacy, and Connection
Deanne Meyers

Ask Me About Polyamory – Kimichi Kuddles
Tikva Wolf

Beyond Monogamy, Polyamory and the Future of Polyqueer Sexualities
Mimi Schippers

Designer Relationships: A Guide to Happy Monogamy, Positive Polyamory, and Optimistic Open Relationships
Mark Michaels and Patricia Johnson

Eight Things I Wish I'd Known About Polyamory: Before I Tried It and Frakked It Up
Cunning Minx

Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home
Alex Alberto

The Ethical Slut, Third Edition: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
Janet Hardy and Dossie Eason

Fifty Years of Polyamory in America
Glen W Olson, Terry Lee Brussel-Rogers

Fraught Intimacies: Non-Monogamy in the Public Sphere
Nathan Rambukkana

A Happy Life in an Open Relationship
Susan Wenzel

Hot to the Touch: Views from the Polyamory Lifestyle
Cole Riley

It's Called "Polyamory": Coming Out About Your Nonmonogamous Relationships
Tamara Pinctus and Rebecca Hiles

The Jealousy Workbook
Kathy Labriola

Kaleidoscope of Polyamory: How Ready are You for an Open Relationship?
Mint Rabbit

The Lesbian Polyamory Reader
Marcia Munson, Judith Stelboum

Let’s Talk About …Non-Monogamy
JR James

Love and Freedom: Transcending Monogamy and Polyamory (Diverse Sexualities, Genders, and Relationships)
Jorge N Ferrer

Love's Not Color Blind: Race and Representation in Polyamorous and Other Alternative Communities
Kevin A. Patterson

The Many Faces of Polyamory: Longing and Belonging in Consensual Relationships
Magdalena J Fosse

Many Loves: A Memoir of Polyamory and Finding Love(s)
Sophie Lucido Johnson

More: A Memoir of an Open Marriage
Molly Roden Winter

More Than Two: A Practical Guide to Ethical Polyamory
Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert

More Than Two, Second Edition: Cultivating Nonmonogamous Relationships with Kindness and Integrity
Eve Rickert, Andrea Zanin

Multiamory: Essential Tools for Modern Relationships
Winston, Lingren, and Matlack

The Myth of Monogamy: Fidelity and Infidelity in Animals and People
Judith Eve Lipton, David P. Barash

The New Love Without Limits
Deborah Anapol

New Religions and the Mediation of Non-Monogamy: Polyamory, Polygamy, and Reality Television
Michelle Mueller

Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy
Rachel Krantz

Open Deeply: A Guide to Building Conscious, Compassionate Open Relationships
Kate Loree

Open Monogamy: A Guide to Co-Creating Your Ideal Relationship Agreement
Tammy Nelson

Opening Up: A Guide to Creating and Sustaining Open Relationships
Tristan Taomino

Poly Land: My Brutally Honest Adventures in Polyamory
Page Turner

The Polyamorists Next Door
Elisabeth Shef

Polyamorous Advice: You Won’t Get From Your Monagamous Friends
Sam Cat

Polyamory: A Clinical Toolkit for Therapists (and Their Clients)
Martha Kauppi

Polyamory and Jealousy
Franklin Veaux, Eve Rickert

Polyamory and Kink
Jess Mahler

Polyamory and Pregnancy
Jessica Burde

The Polyamory Breakup Book
Kathy Labriola

A Polyamory Devotional: 365 Daily Reflections for the Consensually Nonmonogamous
Evita Sawyers.

Polyamory for Dummies
Jaime Grant

Polyamory in the 21st Century
Deborah Anapol

Polyamory, Monogamy, and American Dreams: The Stories We Tell about Poly Lives and the Cultural Production of Inequality
Mimi Schippers

The Polyamory Paradox: Finding Your Confidence in Consensual Non-Monogamy
Irene Morning

The Polyamory Workbook
Sara Youngblood Gregory

Polysecure: Attachment Trauma and Consensual Non-Monogamy
Jessica Fern

Polywise: A Deeper Dive into Navigating Open Relationships
Jessica Fern and David Cooley

Power Circuits: Polyamory in a Power Dynamic
Raven Kaldera

Sex at Dawn: How We Mate, Why We Stray, and What It Means for Modern Relationships
Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha

Relationship Anarchy: Occupy Intimacy!
Juan-Carlos Pérez-Cortés

Spiritual Polyamory
Mystic Life

Stepping Off the Relationship Escalator: Uncommon Love and Life
Amy Gahran

Stories from the Polycule: Real Life in Polyamorous Families
Elizabeth Shef

The Smart Girl’s Guide to Polyamory
Dedeker Winston

A Therapist’s Guide to Consensual Non-Monogamy, Polyamory, Swinging, and Open Marriage
Rhea Orion

Thriving in Non Monogamy An Ethical Slut's Guide: Overcome Jealousy, Enjoy Sex, and Honor Yourself
Erin Davidson

Understanding Non-Monogamies
Meg Barker and Darren Landridge

Understanding Threesomes Gender, Sex, and Consensual Non-Monogamy
Ryan Scoats

Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology
Angela Willey

What Is Compersion?: Understanding Positive Empathy in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships
(Diverse Sexualities, Genders, and Relationships)
Marie Thouin (Author), Jessica Fern (Foreword)

Why It’s OK to Not Be Monogamous
Justin L. Clardy

Wide Open: My Adventures in Polyamory, Open Marriage, and Loving on My Own Terms
Gracie X

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Late last year, I posted a reasonably comprehensive list of books on CNM and polyamory that I had come across. Since then, I've come across several new poly books at book stores (primarily browsing the large Barnes & Noble near my home) which led me to also check Amazon for any additional titles. Altogether, I found another dozen or so - which I added to last year's list. I believe that almost all of these should be available - either in hard copy or ebook. (I've probably read 15 of them - mostly the more well known titles).

I also saw a few "poly fiction" titles - which I did not include. Someone else may want to suggest some of these titles.

Please feel free to add any other poly books to the list in the comments.
 
And the Heinlein addendum - which I posted previously:

Four of Robert Heinlein's novels have polyamorous elements to varying degrees.

Stranger in a Strange Land, winner of the Hugo award and named to the Library of Congress' list of the hundred novels that shaped America, featured a plural marriage in its story. The novel had a a profound impact on the 1960s counter culture in general, as well as on the the concept of consensual non-monogamy during that time period. In fact, it was Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart, high priestess of the neo-pagan Church of All Worlds - an organization based on the fictional "church" of the same name in that novel - who invented the term "polyamorous", introducing the term in the May 1990 article "A Bouquet of Lovers", first published in the Green Egg, a neo-pagan journal affiliated with the Church of All Worlds.

The Moon is a Harsh Mistress, also a Hugo award winning novel, featured a "line marriage" in a fictional lunar society.

The novels Time Enough for Love and Friday both included group marriages in their stories.
 
Thanks for that update. It's cool and amazing how many books have been written on poly, and there seems to be an uptick on numbers of new books.
 
kdt26417 said:
Thanks for that update. It's cool and amazing how many books have been written on poly, and there seems to be an uptick on numbers of new books.
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We can definitely see polyamory gradually moving more into the mainstream when we look at this collection of books - and hopefully as more than just "unicorn fantasy poly". Along those lines, two books really struck me as showing just how much poly is moving into the public awareness.
One was seeing "Polyamory for Dummies" at a Barnes & Noble - getting a "for dummies" book is definitely a sign of increasing awareness. :)

The other is the the "Polyamory Devotional" - definitely a sign of growing acceptance.
 
Love the appearance of the "for Dummies" book! :)
 
kdt26417 said:
Love the appearance of the "for Dummies" book! :)
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Yeah, browsing Barnes & Noble and seeing "Polyamory for Dummies" is definitely a sign that poly is becoming more mainstream - one of those new things that the average person is hearing about but perhaps doesn't really know what its about - like cryptocurrency or pickle ball. :)

While I would describe myself as "spiritual but not religious" with an interest in metaphysics and mysticism - I am really not one to use a daily devotional. The point is that that daily devotionals are so "every day" and "normal" - and now there's one for the poly community. :)
 
Never heard of pickle ball. Cryptocurrency I've heard of, though all I know about it is it's a tool for spammers and scammers.
 
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