Books on Polyamory
The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities Viewed by many as the essential resource for people considering sexually non-exclusive relationships. 
Polyamory: The New Love Without Limits: Secrets of Sustainable Intimate Relationships This is the 1997 revision of the book that started many people on their quest for new relationship structures.  A wonderful collection of personal essays describing the search for, and discovery of, the mystical unity between sexuality and spirituality, from the perspectives of lay people, clergy, and spiritual seekers of all persuasions and paths. |
 New reprint of this classic 1973 work by psychologist and Unitarian-Universalist minister Ron Mazur.  A new (1999) look at the complete spectrum of open relationship styles from a feminist-lesbian point of view, this collection of essays has drawn high marks from reviewers.  Only some of the essayists in this work qualify as "polyamorous," but the entire work is still very useful to the polyamorous, or would-be polyamorous reader due to the large numbers of bisexuals in the polyamorous community. |
 From Adam, Eve, and The Serpent, through Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and Etta Place, to billionaire financier Warren Buffett, Susie Buffett, and Astrid Menkes, this book, itself written by a triad, looks at love triangles throughout the ages. The star-studded cast of characters includes gays, straights, bisexuals, nobility and commoners, artists, actors, politicians, diplomats, etc. Though not "polyamorous," since the term dates to the 1980's, these lovers "a trois" nonetheless provide a long and distinguished lineage for loving more than one.  This 1994 book explores multi-spouse relationships as a solution to demographic and social trends. Dr. Kilbride's background in African Studies allows him to develop cross-cultural threads and to examine the responses of the Christian missionary churches to African polygyny. These discussions provide food for thought for those grappling with reconciling Christianity and multi-spouse relationships. |